PANASAS Scale-out NAS

Panasas offers a high performance, scale-out NAS storage platform called ActiveStor. ActiveStor speeds up workflow while simplifying data management. Panasas’ ActiveStor is an integrated clustered application solution to integrate flash and SATA (Serial Attachment) storage nodes with Intel Compute (client protocols and a distributed file system). The company also offers ActiveStor integrated with PAnFS (clustered storage operating system) and DirectFlow (parallel data access protocol) that can deliver high performance from scale-out NAS application. ActiveStor can deliver functionalities such as linear scalability of performance and capacity, high manageability, cost and performance effectiveness, and availability and reliability at scale.