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MSST

The International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology

MSST History

Since the conference was founded, in 1974, by the leading national laboratories, MSST has been a venue for massive-scale storage system designers and implementers, storage architects, researchers, and vendors to share best practices and discuss building and securing the world’s largest storage systems for high-performance computing, web-scale systems, and enterprises.

MSST celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024 at Santa Clara University, where it continues to be hosted by the School of Engineering.

This page is dedicated to providing historical information about MSST, from its founding in 1974. The archived sites for each year are preserved below; links to years 2024 and onward use the maintained pages in this repository.

YearDatesLocationCountryEvent
1974May 22-23Washington, DCUSAIEEE Mass Storage Workshop
1976Jan 27-28Valley Forge, PAUSA2nd IEEE Workshop on Mass Storage Systems
1977Apr 5-7Palo Alto, CAUSA3rd IEEE-CS Workshop on Mass Storage Systems
1980Apr 15-17Denver, COUSA4th IEEE MSS Symposium
1982Oct 26-28Boulder, COUSA5th IEEE MSS Symposium
1984Jun 4-7Vail, COUSA6th IEEE MSS Symposium
1985Nov 4-7Tucson, AZUSA7th IEEE MSS Symposium
1987May 11-14Tucson, AZUSA8th IEEE MSS Symposium
1988Oct 31-Nov 3Monterey, CAUSA9th IEEE MSS Symposium
1990May 7-10Monterey, CAUSA10th IEEE MSS Symposium
1991July 23-25Greenbelt, MDUSANSSDC Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies for Space and Earth Science Applications
1991Oct 7-10Monterey, CAUSA11th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1992Sep 22-24Greenbelt, MDUSANASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1993Apr 26-29Monterey, CAUSA12th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1993Oct 19-21College Park, MDUSA3rd NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1994Jun 12-16L’AnnecyFrance13th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1995Mar 29-30College Park, MDUSA4th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1995Sep 11-14Monterey, CAUSA14th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1996Sep 17-19College Park, MDUSA5th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1998Mar 23-26College Park, MDUSA6th NASA Goddard Conference / 15th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1999Mar 15-18San Diego, CAUSA16th IEEE Symposium / 7th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2000Mar 27-30College Park, MDUSA8th NASA Goddard Conference / 17th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
2001Apr 17-20San Diego, CAUSA18th IEEE Symposium / 9th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2002Apr 15-18College Park, MDUSA10th NASA Goddard Conference / 19th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
2003Apr 7-10San Diego, CAUSA20th IEEE / 11th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2004Apr 13-16College Park, MDUSA12th NASA Goddard / 21st IEEE (MSST2004) Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2005Apr 11-14Monterey, CAUSA22nd IEEE / 13th NASA Goddard (MSST2005) Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2005Jun 19-24SardiniaItalyIEEE International Symposium on Emergence of Globally Distributed Data
2006May 15-18College Park, MDUSA14th NASA Goddard / 23rd IEEE (MSST2006) Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2007Sep 24-27San Diego, CAUSA24th IEEE (MSST2007) Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2008Sep 22-25Baltimore, MDUSA25th IEEE (MSST2008) Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies
2010May 3-7Incline Village, NVUSA26th IEEE (MSST2010) Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies
2011May 23-27Denver, COUSA27th IEEE (MSST 2011) Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies
2012April 16-20Pacific Grove, CAUSA28th IEEE (MSST 2012) Conference on Massive Data Storage
2013May 6-10Long Beach, CAUSA29th IEEE (MSST 2013) Conference on Massive Data Storage
2014June 2-6Santa Clara, CAUSA30th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2014)
2015May 30-June 5Santa Clara, CAUSA31st International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2015)
2016May 2-6Santa Clara, CAUSA32nd International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2016)
2017May 15-19Santa Clara, CAUSA33rd International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2017)
2018May 14-16Santa Clara, CAUSA34th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2018)
2019May 20-24Santa Clara, CAUSA35th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2019)
2020Oct 29-30Virtual (SCU)36th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2020)
2023May 22-24Santa Clara, CAUSA37th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2023)
2024June 3-7Santa Clara, CAUSA38th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2024)
2025September 22-24Santa Clara, CAUSA39th International Conference (MSST) & NFS 40th Anniversary Celebration
2026June 1-5Santa Clara, CAUSA40th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2026)

The per-year archive links (1995–2023) resolve once the historical archive has been mirrored into this folder — see scripts/mirror-history.sh and the README.