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.
More details for the call for contributions (20 minute presentations, open until Februar 28) and registration (until March 4) can be found on the Indico event page.