HPC
Memory-Like Storage Means File Systems Must Change
The term software defined storage is in the new job title that Eric Barton has at DataDirect Networks, and he is a bit amused by this. …
Lustre
Enterprise
Intel Shuts Down Lustre File System Business
Chip maker Intel is getting out of the business of trying to make money with a commercially supported release of the high-end Lustre parallel file system. …
HPC
One Small Shop, One Extreme HPC Storage Challenge
Being at the bleeding edge of computing in the life sciences does not always mean operating at extreme scale. …
HPC
Bolstering Lustre on ZFS: Highlights of Continuing Work
The Zettabyte File System (ZFS), as a back-end file system to Lustre, has had support in Lustre for a long time. …
HPC
DDN Turns The Crank On “Wolfcreek” Storage
In the high performance computing arena, the stress is always on performance. …
AI
Lustre to DAOS: Machine Learning on Intel’s Platform
Training a machine learning algorithm to accurately solve complex problems requires large amounts of data. …
Control
ARM, Open Source Feed Buzz Around HPC File System
There is but a small cadre of scalable parallel file systems and while the list might be small, weighing the relative benefits of each option against the available resources can be a challenge, as Sven Breuner and his HPC admin colleagues at the Fraunhofer Institute realized in 2004. …
HPC
Improving HPC File System Performance and Data Integrity
The precise point of departure in the history of almost anything of significance – of a country, a company or a technology – is usually imperceptible. …
Enterprise
Panasas Expands Reach Beyond HPC Foundations
For any company in the high performance computing storage market, sixteen years is quite a run. …
AI
Bringing HPC and Hadoop Under the Same Cluster Umbrella
The computational capability of modern supercomputers, matched with the data handling abilities of the Hadoop framework, when done efficiently, creates a best of both worlds opportunity. …