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Dell HPC Lustre Storage solution with Mellanox Infiniband EDR
Figure 2: Dell HPC Lustre Storage Solution Components Overview
There are several new architectural changes in this release compared to previous release. The solution
continues to use the Dell PowerEdge R630 server as the Intel Management Server, while the Object
Storage Servers and Metadata Servers in the configuration will be based on the Dell PowerEdge R730.
The PowerEdge R730 is a 2U dual socket server with 7 PCIe expansion slots available enabling future
expansion. Also new to this solution is support of the new Mellanox Infiniband EDR HCA. The storage
backend of the solution will utilize the PowerVault MD3460 fully populated with your choice of 4TB,
6TB or 8TB SAS hard disk drives. For the Lustre software, the solution supports version 3.0 of the Intel
Enterprise Edition for Lustre software. More detailed overview of the components and solution
architecture are in sections to follow.
To characterize the maximum capabilities of the Dell HPC Lustre Storage solution, this study will focus
only on the performance of the Mellanox Infiniband EDR based configuration. This PowerEdge R730,
shown in Figure 3, allows for server expansion, performance and serviceability of the solution server
components in a 2U form factor.