Webinar On Demand

New Advancements in PNFS / NFS v4.2 for High-Performance and Distributed Storage

Recorded December 3, 2024

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With a series of recent updates to Parallel NFS in Linux 4.2, standard distributions now include support for extreme high-performance workloads and the distributed hybrid storage environments needed for AI and other GPU-based use cases. These enhancements enable modern data centers and clouds to support such workloads globally with standard Linux, and without the need for proprietary clients to support multi-vendor data environments.

In this session we will cover the latest kernel additions submitted by Hammerspace to enable such use cases, and look ahead to future enhancements coming in the next year.

Speakers

Trond Myklebust_CTO

Trond Myklebust, Chief Technology Officer, Hammerspace

Trond Myklebust, co-founder and CTO, brings more than 20 years of experience with networked storage and Linux kernel development.  As the maintainer and lead developer for the Linux kernel NFS client, Trond has nurtured the community to architect and develop several generations of networked filesystems.  Before joining Hammerspace, Trond worked at NetApp and the University of Oslo. Trond also holds an MSc in quantum field theory and fundamental fields from Imperial College, London and worked in high-energy physics at the University of Oslo and CERN.

 

Mike_Snitzer_Hammerspace_Headshot

Mike Snitzer, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Hammerspace

Mike, a long-time leader in the Linux kernel community, bringing 24 years of experience developing software for Linux and high-performance computing clusters, serves as the second Linux kernel maintainer on the Hammerspace engineering staff and manages the Linux kernel development for Hammerspace’s Global Data Platform. For over a decade, Snitzer has been the maintainer of the upstream Linux kernel’s Device Mapper (DM) subsystem. Additionally, Snitzer spent 15 years at Red Hat as a Senior Principal Software Engineer, where he was a member of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) kernel storage team, and the upstream Linux and RHEL kernel maintainer of the DM subsystem.

 

Molly Presley_SVP Marketing

Molly Presley, SVP, Marketing, Hammerspace

Molly is the SVP of Global Marketing for Hammerspace and host of the very popular Data Unchained podcast. She brings a wealth of experience from leading product and marketing organizations, user communities, and customer advisory board for global technology innovators. Molly is the founder of the Active Archive Alliance, co-author of three books focused on putting data to use in research, analytics and AI environments, and was previously a board member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).