A parallel file system is a software component designed to store data across multiple networked servers. It facilitates high-performance access through simultaneous, coordinated input/output (I/O) ...

As AI and HPC workloads drive unprecedented demands on data infrastructure, the concept of the “parallel file system” (PFS) has re-emerged as a critical architectural foundation. However, it remains ...

Dell Technologies will soon become a parallel file system provider to support AI workloads, but doing so could help push the vendor into new markets or into a more specific storage role. In May at ...

Hammerspace unveiled its new high-performance NAS architecture, Hyperscale NAS, to cater to the growing demands of enterprise AI, machine learning, deep learning initiatives, and the increasing use of ...

When it comes to parallel file systems, few people understand the evolution of challenges better than Sven Oehme, who was part of the original team at IBM building GPFS. Following almost a quarter ...

Many have tried, but few parallel file system upstarts have challenge the dominance of Lustre, and to a lesser extent these days, GPFS/Spectrum Scale. It does not seem to be just a matter of open ...

IBM has announced that it will begin shipping version 3.2 of its General Parallel File System (GPFS) software on October 5, 2007. GPFS enables high-end technical and high performance computing, and it ...

New Linux Foundation and first open-source metadata server advances parallel file system design with an elastic architecture for AI and HPC storage at scale Manchester, UK, June 03, 2026 (GLOBE ...

Cirata, the company that automates Hadoop data transfer and integration to modern cloud analytics and AI platforms, is now offering support for IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS), a cluster file ...

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has gone live with its Parallelstore managed parallel file storage service, which is aimed at intensive input/output (I/O) for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and ...