Panasas announced the launch of its new ActiveStor Ultra Edge platform, an HPC
and AI/ML storage solution designed for edge computing environments. Panasas'
ActiveStor Ultra Edge platform has a reduced footprint
and lower entry cost, making it an ideal choice for organizations deploying HPC
and AI/ML applications at remote locations, closer to where data is generated,
to improve real-time decision-making. ActiveStor Ultra Edge will be showcased
this week at ISC High Performance 2023 in Hamburg, Germany at Panasas booth
#G713.
Global
spending on edge computing is expected to reach $208 billion in 2023, an
increase of 13.1% over 2022, according to the IDC
Worldwide Edge Spending Guide. Organizations deploying edge HPC and AI/ML
applications will require greater performance and system reliability at the
edge. ActiveStor Ultra Edge offers a robust, compact, and high-performance
solution at a competitive price point that enables organizations to scale and
keep pace with growing demands of real-time data processing.
ActiveStor
Ultra Edge is the newest addition to Panasas' ActiveStor portfolio, designed to
serve the evolving data requirements in today's modern HPC ecosystem, which
encompasses traditional HPC applications alongside AI/ML processing as well as
cloud and edge computing technologies. The Panasas PanFS® data engine, the
industry's first parallel file system for Linux and the heart of the ActiveStor
storage family, delivers infinitely scalable storage capacity and performance
in the small form-factor Ultra Edge system to address diverse edge computing
demands across industries.
"Our
customers require storage infrastructures that can dynamically adapt to a
changing mix of both AI/ML and traditional HPC workflows, but also have the
capacity to support workflows across core data centers, remote satellite
locations, and into the cloud," stated Tom Shea, CEO at Panasas. "The reduced
footprint of ActiveStor Ultra Edge delivers the required performance,
reliability, and ease of management that Panasas is known for, making it ideal
for smaller and remote HPC data centers."
The
Panasas PanFS data engine, together with the PanView and PanMove data
visibility and movement suite, is solving data location challenges while
delivering industry-leading simplicity and enhanced protection from drive,
node, and site failure. From erasure coding to patented file-level RAID
protection, Panasas brings enterprise-grade reliability and ease of use to
high-performance parallel storage at the edge, so organizations can make
informed decisions faster to improve operational efficiency.