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Panasas high-performance scale-out NAS storage solutions enable enterprise customers to rapidly solve complex computing problems, speed innovation and bring new products to market faster. All Panasas solutions leverage the patented PanFS™ storage operating system to deliver exceptional performance, scalability and manageability. Panasas PAS 7, 8, 9 and PAS HC systems are optimized for demanding storage environments in the energy, government, finance, manufacturing, bioscience, and higher education industries.
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Panasas Storage Solutions
July 2010
Slide 2 Panasas, Inc.
Growth in Data
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Unstructured data (6
2% CAGR)
Transactional data (22% CAGR)
IT spending growth 2%
Source: Data growth (IDC), IT spending (Forrester)
2010 Data Growth vs. IT Spending forecast
2010 Data Growth vs. IT Spending forecast
Unstructured Data Growth Exploding
Unstructured Data Growth Exploding
“Unstructured data will be the primary task for storage”
“Volume of unstructured data in organizations estimated to be as high as 85% of all data”
“Growth of unstructured data a pain for IT”
Slide 3 Panasas, Inc.
High Performance Storage
Enterprise NAS
Business ApplicationsERP
FinanceCRMEmail
Other mission critical
HPCRisk Modeling
CFD SimulationSeismic ProcessingHigh Energy Physics
EDA OPCVisual Effects rendering
Genome sequencing
Technical ApplicationsTrading algorithms
CAE Design ComputingGeo Interpretation
VisualizationRTL Design ComputingModel, texture creation
Drug DiscoveryGenome archives
Media multi-format archivesSW DevelopmentHome directories
Technical Enterprise
Drive Innovation Increase Revenue
Operations focus Keep the business running
Slide 4 Panasas, Inc.
Technical Enterprise Applications
Different use cases and requirements
HPC Technical ApplicationsApplication focus Modeling/Simulation Input (design)/Output (analysis)Job type Batch InteractiveCompute environment Linux Clusters Linux/Unix/Windows servers/desktopsFile Size larger smallerTypical # users 1 to 10 10's to 100'sProtocol DirectFlow NFS/CIFSPerformance Reqmt Bandwidth (75%)/IOPS (25%) IOPs (75%)/Bandwidth (25%)
Common element – Requirement for huge storage capacity
Slide 5 Panasas, Inc.
The Storage Problem
High ThroughputSequential I/O
Supercomputing
HPC Linux Cluster
High IOPsRandom I/O
Technical Apps
Linux/Windows/Unix
Different applications and users across the workflow Need the right performance for the right problem
Need to maximize efficiency and minimize costs
Low $/GBMassive Capacity
High Capacity Store
Linux/Windows/Unix
Slide 6 Panasas, Inc.
Technical Computing
High Capacity Store
Linux/Windows/Unix
PanFS
Panasas Solutions
High ThroughputSequential I/O
High IOPsRandom I/OLow $/GB
Massive Capacity
Supercomputing
HPC Linux Cluster
Technical Apps
Linux/Windows/Unix
High performance scale-out NAS Solving the most difficult storage problems to drive innovation & revenue
PAS 7/8 PAS 9PAS HC
Slide 7 Panasas, Inc.
Technical Enterprise Applications
$2.87 billion market (IDC) for HPC & Technical Applications
BioScience• BioInformatics
• Computation Chemistry• Molecular Modeling
Energy• Seismic Processing• Reservoir Simulation
• Interpretation
Finance• Credit Analysis• Risk Analysis
• Portfolio Optimization
Manufacturing• EDA Simulation
• Fluid Dynamics (CFD)• Thermal/Structural Mechanics
University Research• High Energy Physics• Molecular Dynamics• Quantum Mechanics
Government• Imaging & Search
• Stockpile Stewardship• Weather Forecasting
Slide 8 Panasas, Inc.
Panasas Product Family
BalancedPerformance& Capacity
PAS 8
Optimized for Highest
Performance
PAS 9
Entry-LevelPerformance& Capacity
PAS 7
Introducing the PAS HC
Developed with/for largest Panasas customers
HighCapacityArchive
PAS HC
Slide 9 Panasas, Inc.
Introducing PAS HC
Capture and archive massive amounts of data for technical computing applications
Provides the highest levels: Performance
Scalability
Manageability
Multi-Petabyte Scale-Out NAS Solution
Slide 10 Panasas, Inc.
PAS HC - Performance w/ High Density Footprint P
erfo
rman
ce
5 GB/s and 1 PB per rack – add racks for performance and/or scalability
New Intel® Nehalem Microarchitecture
New 64 bit O/S
Faster memory, multi-core tuning
64 Gb/s Fibre Channel backend capacity
Capacity
Slide 11 Panasas, Inc.
Solutions For Every Workload
PAS 7 - Full-Featured, Entry Systemo Balanced Performance
o Scalability providing up to 44 TB of raw capacity in a compact 4U rack-unit (7”) shelf
PAS 8 - Excellent Performance and Scalabilityo For highly sequential I/O workloads and large files
o Supporting a broad range of scientific and technical applications
PAS 9 - Blazing Performanceo Tailored for random I/O workloads and large and
small files.
o Solid state disks (SSD) that accelerates metadata operations
o Provides extreme levels of throughput for performance-sensitive applications
Slide 12 Panasas, Inc.
The Panasas Difference
Patented file system Global namespace
Infinite scale
Multi-protocol support Parallel and direct access
pNFS open source standard
High reliability Tiered parity data protection
Automatic load balancing
PanFS Storage Operating System
Workstations/PCs Workstations/PCsHPC
Cluster
NFS DirectFLOW CIFS/pNFS
PanFS
PAS 7/8 PAS 9PAS HC
Slide 13 Panasas, Inc.
Scale Capacity AND Performance
Global namespace – high performance
Multi-petabyte scale
Add capacity without disruption
Throughput
Capacity
Slide 14 Panasas, Inc.
Panasas Summary
Unique family of high performance storage solutions• Single file system - PanFS storage operating system
• Match performance to the application
• Easy to scale and manage
300+ blue chip customers in 51 countries
Worldwide network of 60+ partners and resellers
