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Products
- ActiveStor Solution
  We’ve architected the Panasas^® ActiveStor^® solution for simplicity and limitless performance. We’ve innovated our solution, based on 20 years of file system experience, to take advantage of the latest advances, including porting to Linux, offering a wider range of networking speed options, and leveraging the latest industry-standard hardware technologies. Explore Products
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- ActiveStor Ultra
  - ActiveStor Ultra
    The industry’s leading price/performance in an appliance that maximizes simplicity, boosts reliability, and delivers the lowest TCO. Explore ActiveStor Ultra
- ActiveStor Prime
  - ActiveStor Prime
    High-performance hybrid scale-out NAS with integrated networking, flexible flash, and disk options which allow for smaller deployments that linearly scale as you grow. Explore ActiveStor Prime
Architecture
- PanFS Architecture
  The modular Panasas^® architecture with Dynamic Data Acceleration eliminates the complexity and manual intervention of tiered HPC storage, maximizing the performance of diverse storage media in a single, seamless storage system. PanFS optimizes performance across a wide variety of use-cases and mixed workloads, delivering the best total price-performance for your HPC and AI workflows. Explore Architecture
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- Overview
- PanFS
  - PanFS
    Panasas^® PanFS^® is the fastest, most efficient distributed parallel file system at any price point. Built on the Linux OS, PanFS runs on commodity hardware. Explore PanFS
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- ActiveStor Director
  - ActiveStor Director
    ActiveStor Director intelligently processes metadata to orchestrate file system activity, applies legacy protocol gateways, and “realm” (storage cluster) management. Explore ActiveStor Director
- ActiveStor Storage
  - ActiveStor Storage
    ActiveStor Storage nodes are dedicated to data and metadata storage for clients and Director Nodes. Storage node actions are under precise coordination by Director Nodes. Explore ActiveStor Storage
- Client Software
  - Client Software
    Easy to install software that implements the DirectFlow protocol, enabling superior performance and full POSIX behavior. Explore Client Software
- Exceptional Performance
  - Exceptional Performance
    ActiveStor delivers scale-out storage that transfers data between Storage Nodes and clients directly and in parallel. Explore Exceptional Performance
- Data Protection
  - Data Protection
    ActiveStor’s multiple layers of advanced protection – like Erasure-Coded Data Protection, snapshots, and replication – provide confidence that grows with scale. Explore Data Protection
- Linear Scalability
  - Linear Scalability
    PanFS^® on ActiveStor^® Ultra is designed to support linear growth, providing scalable performance, streamlined manageability, and unparalleled reliability. Explore Linear Scalability
- Centralized Management
  - Centralized Management
    Panasas gives administrators complete realm management capabilities through an intuitive web-based GUI. Explore Centralized Management
Industries
- Unique High-Performance Storage for Industries
  Panasas^® PanFS^® on ActiveStor^® Ultra is optimized for demanding storage environments. No matter what industry you’re in, the solution delivers leading price/performance in an appliance that maximizes simplicity, boosts reliability, and delivers the lowest total cost of ownership. Explore Industries
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- Manufacturing
  - Overview
  - Computer Aided Engineering
    - Computer Aided Engineering
      Create highly accurate simulations and support complex design processes that meet the dynamic demands of your customers. The Panasas ActiveStor solution helps you accelerate product development while reducing time to market. Explore Computer Aided Engineering
  - Electronic Design Automation
    - Electronic Design Automation
      Support automated design and simulate conditions on today’s most advanced electronic products. The Panasas ActiveStor solution helps you run high-performance mixed workloads that support even the most complex electronics design and automation (EDA) processes. Explore Electronic Design Automation
- Life Sciences
  - Overview
  - Genomic Sequencing and Bioinformatics
    - Genomic Sequencing and Bioinformatics
      Panasas is unique in that it provides the performance and scalability that only a parallel file system can provide for genomic analysis – but with the simplicity, reliability and mission critical support associated with enterprise scale-out NAS. Explore Genomic Sequencing and Bioinformatics
  - Structural Biology
    - Structural Biology
      CryoEM applications are demanding on file systems. The ActiveStor solution enables the reliability and scalability required handle the complex workloads of applications like RELION and cisTEM. Explore Structural Biology
  - Computational Chemistry
    - Computational Chemistry
      Computing calculations for computational chemistry often take days, weeks, or even months. The ActiveStor solution is reliable enough to handle the long-term computing needs of researchers. Explore Computational Chemistry
- Energy
  - Overview
  - Seismic Processing
    - Seismic Processing
      Seismic analysis involves acquiring, generating, and recording massive data volumes. The ActiveStor solution processes huge data volumes so users can suppress noise, enhance signals, and better understand seismic events. Explore Seismic Processing
  - Reservoir Simulation
    - Reservoir Simulation
      Energy companies need to visualize reservoirs to analyze extraction or drilling alternatives. The ActiveStor solution supports process modeling and simulation for better forecasting. Explore Reservoir Simulation
  - Interpretation and Analysis
    - Interpretation and Analysis
      Analysis of seismic data generates models and predictions about subsurface properties and structures. Using the ActiveStor solution, analysts can make better use of data, improving their competitive advantage. Explore Interpretation and Analysis
  - Renewables
- University
  - Overview
  - Climate Modeling
    - Climate Modeling
      Leading academic research institutions choose the ActiveStor solution to create highly accurate climate and weather models using complex simulation and analysis of huge data volumes. Explore Climate Modeling
  - Materials Science
    - Materials Science
      By streamlining access to computer modeling techniques and accelerating complex analysis, the ActiveStor solution helps academic researchers develop new materials faster. Explore Materials Science
  - High-Energy Physics
    - High-Energy Physics
      With the ActiveStor solution, researchers can unlock the secrets of our physical world by using large-scale computer simulation technologies to process huge volumes of data. Explore High-Energy Physics
  - Computational Sciences
    - Computational Sciences
      The ActiveStor solution helps researchers access, manage, simulate, model, and analyze the massive data sets needed to solve complex science and engineering problems. Explore Computational Sciences
- Government
  - Overview
  - Climate Modeling
    - Climate Modeling
      Agencies that monitor, model, and analyze climate and weather changes rely on high performance storage solution to run simulations faster, even with growing data volumes. Explore Climate Modeling
  - Defense
    - Defense
      Leading defense organizations choose the ActiveStor solution to support highly accurate mission simulations and accelerate complex analysis for enhanced national security. Explore Defense
  - Intelligence
    - Intelligence
      To understand adversaries and risks, intelligence organizations count on the ActiveStor solution to support the collection, analysis, and storage of vast amounts of disparate information. Explore Intelligence
  - Financial Modeling
    - Financial Modeling
      Organizations select the ActiveStor solution to support fast, precise economic simulation, analysis, and modeling of the effects of interest rate changes, forecasts, and agricultural factors. Explore Financial Modeling
- Media & Entertainment
- AI/HPC Convergence
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  - Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning)
  - Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning)
    - Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning)
      Most complex AI solutions make use of sophisticated neural networks that require and use the massive computing power of GPUs. This in turn demands more intelligence in the storage infrastructure that must support this never-ending need for increasing functionality and performance. Explore Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning)
  - Machine Learning
    - Machine Learning
      When it comes to the statistical approaches to AI, accuracy and time-to-model matter, and the size of the data sets keeps growing. Training scales in a near-linear fashion which requires an optimized and linearly scalable storage infrastructure. Explore Machine Learning
Customers
Support
- Enterprise-Class Support, Services, and Training
  Panasas has a reputation for high reliability, thanks to the redundancy and resilience built into our products. However, even the highest-quality products and the best-architected systems eventually require support. That’s why Panasas offers support, professional services, and training that will help you maximize your investment and stay within budget. Explore Support
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- Support Plans
  - Support Plans
    Help IT groups resolve issues quickly so they can meet availability requirements and get the most value from your storage system. Explore Support Plans
- Professional Services
  - Professional Services
    Gain the expertise you need with a limited-term professional engagement to address specific storage challenges or technical requirements. Explore Professional Services
- Training Courses
  - Training Courses
    Panasas provides in-depth training to drive high levels of technical proficiency with Panasas ActiveStor parallel storage systems. Explore Training Courses
Company
- Company
  Panasas^® PanFS^® on ActiveStor^® Ultra supports industry and research innovation around the world, with the fastest plug-and-play parallel data storage system. Explore Company
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- Company
- Why Panasas
  - Overview
  - High Performance
    - High Performance
      PanFS^® on ActiveStor^® Ultra offers unlimited performance scaling in 4 GB/s building blocks, utilizing multi-tier intelligent data placement to maximize storage performance by placing metadata on low latency NVMe SSDs, small files on high IOPS SSDs, and large files on high-bandwidth HDDs. Explore High Performance
  - Low Cost to Own and Operate
    - Low Cost to Own and Operate
      The new generation of PanFS^® is integrated with state-of-the art COTS hardware to deliver the fastest parallel file system at any price point. Its frustration-free deployment, operation, and maintenance create a storage solution with the lowest total cost of ownership in its class. Explore Low Cost to Own and Operate
  - Surprising Simplicity
    - Surprising Simplicity
      PanFS^® on ActiveStor^® Ultra offers frustration-free deployment, operation, and maintenance. You can get from dock-to-data in less than a day, and the low-touch solution requires no deep technical skills for ongoing administration. A single IT administrator can support systems of any size. Explore Surprising Simplicity
  - Unparalleled Reliability
    - Unparalleled Reliability
      Fully automated online failure recovery delivers exceptional reliability. Explore Unparalleled Reliability
  - Extreme Flexibility
    - Extreme Flexibility
      The new generation of PanFS^® is a portable parallel filesystem ready to run on qualified commodity or OEM-certified storage hardware, allowing for rapid adoption of new hardware capabilities and an expanded portfolio of hardware options over time. Explore Extreme Flexibility
  - Timely, High-Quality Support
    - Timely, High-Quality Support
      At Panasas^®, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service with a single-vendor problem resolution approach—ready to give you our undivided attention the moment you need it. Explore Timely, High-Quality Support
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