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Executive summary
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Executive summary
In high-performance computing (HPC), designing a well-balanced storage system to achieve optimal
performance presents significant challenges. A typical storage system consists of a variety of considerations,
including file system choices, file system tuning, and disk drive, storage controller, IO cards, network card,
and switch strategies. Configuring these components for best performance, manageability, and future
scalability requires a great deal of planning and organization.
The Dell EMC Ready Solution for HPC BeeGFS High Capacity Storage is a fully supported, easy-to-use,
high-throughput, scale-out, parallel file system storage solution with well-described performance
characteristics. This solution is offered with deployment services and full hardware and software support from
Dell Technologies.
The solution scales to greater than 5 PB of raw storage and uses Dell EMC PowerEdge servers and the Dell
EMC PowerVault storage arrays. This white paper describes the solution’s architecture, scalability, tuning
best practices, and flexible configuration options and their performance characteristics.
Dell Technologies and the author of this document welcome your feedback on the solution and the solution
documentation. Contact the Dell Technologies Solutions team by email
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