Panasas ActiveStor 12: High Performance HPC Storage for the Enterprise

This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of the performance scalability of the Panasas ActiveStor 12 (PAS 12) High Performance Computing (HPC) Storage System. The PAS 12 is a plug-and-play, high-performance, scale-out NAS solution designed with enterprise manageability in mind. ESG Lab evaluated the PAS 12 solution with an eye on validating the claims of appliance-like simplicity in support of large scale storage environments with demanding HPC performance requirements.