Lustre

Lustre is the world's most widely-used parallel file system for high-performance computing, powering many of the world's largest supercomputers. It's designed to deliver the extreme performance and scale required for scientific computing workloads.

Key Features

• Extreme Performance:

  • Parallel I/O architecture
  • Aggregate bandwidth scaling
  • Sub-millisecond latency
  • Concurrent client access
  • Optimized for large files
  • High-speed interconnects

• Massive Scalability:

  • Thousands of compute nodes
  • Petabytes of storage
  • Linear performance scaling
  • Multiple metadata servers
  • Distributed namespace
  • Global file system view

• HPC Optimized:

  • POSIX-compliant interface
  • MPI-IO optimization
  • Scientific application support
  • Batch scheduler integration
  • Checkpoint/restart support
  • Performance profiling

• Enterprise Reliability:

  • High availability design
  • Automatic failover
  • Data integrity protection
  • Professional support
  • Disaster recovery
  • Monitoring and alerting