IEEE Computer Society

 MSST

Sponsored by the IEEE Mass Storage Systems
Technical Committee		 IEEE Computer Society

April 16 – 20, 2012         
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA          

Asilomar Conference Center
The 28th IEEE Conference on Massive Data Storage will dedicate a full week to computer storage technology. The symposium will include a day of tutorials, two days of invited papers, and two days of peer-reviewed, research papers.

The MSST research track and SNAPI, the IEEE International Workshop on Storage Network Architecture and Parallel I/Os will combine to become the 28th IEEE MSST/SNAPI conference. MSST/SNAPI 2012 will highlight the latest research in the architecture, design, implementation, and evaluation of local and networked storage and parallel I/O systems.

Draft Program

Registration and Logistics

MSST Tutorials

April 16th (Monday)
Five important distributed file systems will be discussed: Lustre, GPFS, OrangeFS, Ceph, and HDFS. Two are old school and three are upstarts. They have different fundamentals and different intended uses. Top experts will guide you in what makes each of these technologies work. Whether you are an implementer, a decision maker, or both, this day will be an investment in your career.
Andreas Dilger
Andreas Dilger
Whamcloud		 Walter Ligon
Walter Ligon
Clemson		 Ray Paden
Ray Paden
IBM		 Sage Weil
Sage Weil
Ceph

MSST Symposium

April 17th—18th (Tuesday—Wednesday)
Our keynote speaker is Cray President and CEO, Peter Ungaro, who will address the synergy between massive computing and massive storage. Featured speaker Dr. Robert E. Fontana, IEEE Fellow and author of over 100 patents in magnetic storage, will provide an insider's view of the future of disk, tape, and solid-state memory technology. Other talks will address massive archives, cloud storage, and content management. Prominent consultant and blogger Henry Newman will challenge us on limits to the scalability of our current storage paradigms.
Keynote
Peter Ungaro
Peter Ungaro
President & CEO, Cray
Rune Bjerkestrand
Rune Bjerkestrand
Cinevation
Dave Boomer
Dave Boomer
IBM
Andreas Dilger
Andreas Dilger
Whamcloud
Erik Eyberg
Erik Eyberg
Texas Mem. Sys.
Dave Fellinger
Dave Fellinger
DataDirect
Robert E. Fontana, Jr.
Robert Fontana, Jr.
IBM

Kent Koeninger
Kent Koeninger
Veritomyx
Jeffrey Layton
Jeffrey Layton
Dell
Walter Ligon
Walter Ligon
Clemson
Henry Newman
Henry Newman
Instrumental
Jean-Ives Nief
Jean-Ives Nief
CC-IN2P3

Stephen J. O'Hearn
Stephen O'Hearn
JPL
Matthew O'Keefe
Matthew O'Keefe
U of Minn.
Ray Paden
Ray Paden
IBM
Sage Weil
Sage Weil
Ceph
Gary T. Wright
Gary Wright
LDS

Vendor Exposition

April 18th—19th (Wednesday—Thursday)
Call for Participation

MSST/SNAPI Research Track

April 19th—20th (Thursday—Friday)
Call for Papers  
Program Committee
There is a limited number of student grants available which take the form of $150 reductions in the registration fee. There will also be a $250 award for the best student paper. For more information, contact Merritt Jones through our contact page.

Media Sponsor
HPCwire Logo     Datanami Logo
Complimentary subscriptions to HPCwire will be offered to all attendees,
compliments of the 28th IEEE Conference on Massive Data Storage.

Silver Sponsors
DataDirect Networks Logo RAID, Inc. Logo

Bronze Sponsors
Texas Memory Systems Logo Aeon Computing Logo


Spectra Logic Logo

Organizers
IEEE Sponsor     Merritt Jones
Conference Chair     Dr. Sam Coleman
Tutorial Chair     Sean Roberts
Program Chair     Harry Hulen
Research Track Co-Chairs     Dr. Ethan Miller, Dr. John Bent
Vendor Chair     Ben Kobler
Media Relations     Michael Stevens
Conference Organizer     Jane Everett