Panasas to Open-Source pNFS Client Code

“High-performance storage system maker Panasas announced May 22
that it will release the source code of its parallel file system
client software, called DirectFLOW, to the open-source
community.

“The Parallel Network File System, or pNFS, is a complex
Panasas-created technology engineered to solve storage I/O
bottlenecks and accelerate customer deployments of parallel storage
solutions, a Panasas spokesperson said. It enables direct parallel
data transfer–as opposed to the standard, narrower, one-lane file
system–between clients and storage devices…”

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