International Conference on
Massive Storage Systems
and Technology

Sponsored by Santa Clara University,
School of Engineering


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.



Hosted at
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
MSST returns to Santa Clara University for its 50th anniversary!

Santa Clara University
The beautiful Santa Clara University campus

This site is dedicated to providing historical information about MSST, from its founding in 1974 through 2023. Information for MSST 2024 and subsequent conferences will be included on the Santa Clara University web site:

https://scu.edu/MSST



MSST History


1974 May 22-23 Washington, DC USA IEEE Mass Storage Workshop
1976 Jan 27-28 Valley Forge, PA USA 2nd IEEE Workshop on Mass Storage Systems
1977 Apr 5-7 Palo Alto, CA USA 3rd IEEE-CS Workshop on Mass Storage Systems
1980 Apr 15-17 Denver, CO USA 4th IEEE MSS Symposium
1982 Oct 26-28 Boulder, CO USA 5th IEEE MSS Symposium
1984 Jun 4-7 Vail, CO USA 6th IEEE MSS Symposium
1985 Nov 4-7 Tucson, AZ USA 7th IEEE MSS Symposium
1987 May 11-14 Tucson, AZ USA 8th IEEE MSS Symposium
1988 Oct 31-Nov 3 Monterey, CA USA 9th IEEE MSS Symposium
1990 May 7-10 Monterey, CA USA 10th IEEE MSS Symposium
1991 July 23-25 Greenbelt, MD USA National Space Science Data Center Conference
on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
for Space and Earth Science Applications
1991 Oct 7-10 Monterey, CA USA 11th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1992 Sep 22-24 Greenbelt, MD USA NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1993 Apr 26-29 Monterey, CA USA 12th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1993 Oct 19-21 College Park, MD USA 3rd NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1994 Jun 12-16 L'Annecy France 13th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1995 Mar 29-30 College Park, MD USA 4th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1995 Sep 11-14 Monterey, CA USA 14th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1996 Sep 17-19 College Park, MD USA 5th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
1998 Mar 23 - 26 College Park, MD USA 6th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
15th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1999 Mar 15-18 San Diego, CA USA 16th IEEE Mass Storage Systems Symposium
7th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2000 Mar 27-30 College Park, MD USA 8th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
17th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
2001 Apr 17-20 San Diego, CA USA 18th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
9th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2002 Apr 15 - 18 College Park, MD USA 10th NASA Goddard Conference on
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
19th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
2003 Apr 7-10 San Diego, CA USA 20th IEEE / 11th NASA Goddard
Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2004 Apr 13-16 College Park, MD USA 12th NASA Goddard / 21st IEEE (MSST2004)
Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2005 Apr 11-14 Monterey, CA USA 22nd IEEE - 13th NASA Goddard (MSST2005)
Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2005 Jun 19-24 Sardinia Italy IEEE International Symposium on
Emergence of Globally Distributed Data
2006 May 15-18 College Park, MD USA 14th NASA Goddard, 23rd IEEE (MSST2006)
Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2007 Sep 24-27 San Diego, CA USA 24th IEEE (MSST2007)
Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
2008 Sep 22-25 Baltimore, MD USA 25th IEEE (MSST2008) Symposium on Massive
Storage Systems and Technologies
2010 May 3-7 Incline Village, NV USA 26th IEEE (MSST2010) Symposium on Massive
Storage Systems and Technologies
2011 May 23-27 Denver, CO USA 27th IEEE (MSST 2011) Symposium on Massive
Storage Systems and Technologies
2012 April 16-20 Pacific Grove, CA USA 28th IEEE (MSST 2012) Conference on Massive
Data Storage
2013 May 6-10 Long Beach, CA USA 29th IEEE (MSST 2013) Conference on Massive
Data Storage
2014 June 2-6 Santa Clara, CA USA 30th International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2014)
2015 May 30-June 5 Santa Clara, CA USA 31st International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2015)
2016 May 2-6 Santa Clara, CA USA 32nd International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2016)
2017 May 15-19 Santa Clara, CA USA 33rd International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2017)
2018 May 14-16 Santa Clara, CA USA 34th International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2018)
2019 May 20-24 Santa Clara, CA USA 35th International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2019)
2020 Oct 29-30 Virtual — Hosted by
Santa Clara University		 36th International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2020)
2023 May 22-24 Santa Clara, CA USA 37th International Conference on Massive
Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2023)

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