BeeGFS in Practice — Parallel File Systems for HPC, AI and Data-Intensive Workloads

by Dominic McKendry (ThinkParQ GmbH), Ingo Martini (ThinkParQ GmbH)

Thursday 19 Feb 2026, 10:30 → 12:00 Europe/Bratislava

This webinar introduces BeeGFS, a leading parallel file system designed to support demanding HPC, AI, and data-intensive workloads. Experts from ThinkParQ will explain how parallel file systems work, how BeeGFS is architected, and how it is used in practice across academic, research, and industrial environments.

Topics:
• Introduction and motivation: data challenges in HPC and AI
• Parallel file systems explained
• BeeGFS architecture and core components
• Why choose BeeGFS: performance, scalability, and ease of use
• Data management capabilities in BeeGFS 8
• BeeOND: on-demand storage for HPC workloads
• Community vs Enterprise (Hive) editions
• Reference stories from HPC, AI, and enterprise environments
• Discussion and Q&A