Following “EOFS workshops on open source parallel filesystems” at DKRZ in Hamburg in 2022, at TU Dresden in 2024 and at the University Mainz in 2025, participants suggested to continue in 2026 at a different European country but staying with the chosen format of two half-days and a joint dinner for all participants.
Fortunately, two EOFS members, DDN and HPE, have agreed to provide the infrastructure for the next workshop to take place on March 12 and on March 13, including a joint dinner on the evening of the 12th. The venue will be downtown Paris easily accessible by public transport.
The focus will again be on all open source (parallel) file systems and will not only cover products currently in operation such as BeeGFS, CephFS, DAOS, and Lustre, but also experimental file systems such as GekkoFS and other adhoc file systems. In addition to aspects of operation in the data center, computer science curricula will also be covered with regard to parallel file systems, I/O architectures and operating systems.
The contributions (short presentations of 20 minutes) should thus address at least one of the following topics:
- Status and development trends for BeeGFS, DAOS, CephFS and Lustre, as well as experimental architectures.
- Experiences, development requests, and aspects of operation in the data center.
- Problems and suggestions regarding computer science education in the field of parallel file systems, IO architectures, and operating systems.
The conference language is English. The aim of the workshop is to exchange positive and negative experiences and concepts, assess development trends, formulate requests to the development teams, and expand personal contacts.
