Choosing the Right High-Performance File System
Dec 8, 2023 · IBM GPFS The General Parallel File System (GPFS) from IBM has been out now for a few years. “GPFS is a high-performance, shared disk, clustered file system for AIX and …
NFS vs Parallel: File System Performance Analysis
Dec 8, 2023 · The two leading parallel file systems today are GPFS from IBM and Lustre which is supported by a number of vendors and is open source. Characterizing the workload, of course, …
IBM Builds on Hadoop with New Storage Architecture
Dec 18, 2023 · The GPFS-SNC divides tasks between independent nodes and no one waits on the other. According to IBM, the GPFS-SNC can “convert terabytes of pure information into …
pNFS and the Future of File Systems - Enterprise Storage Forum
Dec 8, 2023 · High-performance file systems such as Panasas PanFS, Sun QFS, Quantum StorNext, IBM GPFS and HP File Services can add plenty of value to storage implementations …
Supercomputing’s Super Storage Issues - Enterprise Storage Forum
The system uses GPFS storage pools and policies to implement multi-tiered storage, says Govindaraju. “Placement policies can be defined to locate newly created files in a widely …
The Future of HPC File Systems - Enterprise Storage Forum
Dec 8, 2023 · Some of these industry storage leaders that are working on parallel file systems solutions include Intel, EMC, Seagate, Hitachi, NetApp all with the Lustre file system and IBM …
IBM, Symantec Get Ready for Cloud Storage
Dec 8, 2023 · IBM Smart Business Storage uses Big Blue’s General Parallel File System (GPFS), XIV storage systems and BladeCenter servers to create a clustered environment “to provide …
Storage Appliances Are the Future - Enterprise Storage Forum
Big File System Appliances For now there are two different large shared file systems used for large storage appliances—GPFS and Lustre. Multiple vendors make these appliances. While …
IBM Brings Cloud-Based Spectrum Storage to Microsoft Azure
Oct 15, 2021 · IBM is extending the reach of its cloud-based Spectrum storage product to Microsoft Azure in an effort to reduce the complexity enterprises can encounter when they …
Linux Networx Debuts ‘Super’ Storage - Enterprise Storage Forum
Dec 18, 2023 · Instead, Linux Networx is taking advantage of an OEM agreement it signed in December to use IBM’s General Parallel File System, or GPFS. “Linux Networx has …