HPC
Embedded dCache Proven at CERN Scale
For some companies and research centers, managing access to massive pools of stored data across different systems has been a persistent challenge, especially with variations in file systems. …
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Cloud
Qumulo File System Tackles Petabyte Scale Data Management
Hoarding data using commodity storage servers is “cheap and cheerful,” as the phrase goes. …
Cloud
Why The Coldest Storage At Google Is Nearline
There is a kind of law of relativity that differentiates hyperscale companies from large enterprises. …
Cloud
Hyperscale, Cloud Drive Infrastructure Capacity Up, Prices Down
If you think that the giants of the hyperscale and cloud world have a hankering for minimalist, custom servers forged by original design manufacturers, you should see the appetites they have for their storage gear–it is a lot larger perhaps than many realize. …
Enterprise
Where is Lustre Finding its Brightest Shine?
Lustre will continue to grow in enterprise settings, but as we have described in part one and part two of this extended series on the state of the HPC-centric file system, it appears it will probably not have a sudden, meteoric rise to the top of the large enterprise list if users are not already invested in high performance computing infrastructure and applications. …
Cloud
Flash Gears Up To Displace Disk In Datacenters
Sometime before the end of this year, it will be possible to get a petabyte of raw flash storage capacity that fits within a 3U rack enclosure, and if current trends persist, such a device will cost the same or less than a disk array equipped with reasonably capacious and zippy disk drives. …
Enterprise
What Stands in the Way of Enterprise Lustre Adoption?
As we described in detail in the previous section of this series on the state of Lustre and the roadmap for the parallel file system, beyond traditional HPC, the file system has some weaknesses for large-scale enterprise shops. …
Compute
DNA Sequencing: Not Quite HPC Yet
DNA sequencing has been driving unprecedented discoveries in the life sciences since the emergence of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies ten years ago. …
Enterprise
Tracing the Enterprise Path for Lustre
While it is generally considered stable and reliable in large-scale environments, Lustre is not without a few key weaknesses, which the small vendor community supporting it are often first to point out. …
Compute
Inside an Evolving Genomics Cluster
From processors, memory, network, and beyond, making architectural choices to support large-scale genomics research is often fed as much by trial and error as it is empirical knowledge about what will work for a demanding application set. …