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Dell Storage for HPC with Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre sofware
Figure 13: Directory Metadata Operations
5. Conclusions
There is a well-known requirement for scalable, high-performance clustered file system solutions. The
Dell Storage for HPC with Intel EE for Lustre addresses this need with a well-designed solution that is
easy to manage and fully–supported. The solution includes the added benefit of the Dell PowerEdge™
13
th
generation servers platform and PowerVault™ storage products and Lustre
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technology, the leading
open source solution for a parallel file system. The Intel Manager for Lustre (IML) unifies the
management of the Lustre File System and solution components into a single control and monitoring
panel for ease of use.
The scale of the raw storage, 960TB per Object Storage Server Pair and up to 10GB/s of read and 6GB/s
of write throughput in a packaged component, is consistent with the needs of the high performance
computing environments. The Dell Storage for HPC with Intel EE for Lustre is also capable of scaling in
throughput as easily as it scales in capacity.
The performance studies demonstrate a high throughput for both reads and writes for N-to-N as well as
N-to-1 file type access. Results from MDtest show an elevated capacity for the metadata file
operations. With the PCI-e 3.0 interface, IB FDR HCAs contributes to excel in high bandwidth
applications.
The continued use of generally available, industry-standard benchmark tools like IOzone, IOR and
MDtest provide an easy way to match current and expected growth with the performance outlined. The
profiles reported from each of these tools provide sufficient information to align the configuration of
the Dell Storage for HPC with Intel EE for Lustre with the requirements of many applications or group
of applications.
The Dell Storage for HPC with Intel EE for Lustre solution delivers all the benefits of a scale-out parallel
file system-based storage for your high performance computing needs.