Why Use a High Performance File System? RAID, Inc. Explains

Today’s computational requirements are increasing at geometric rates  that involve large quantities of data. However, the performance of the I/O subsystem and communication capabilities are not keeping pace, The solution is HPC file systems [parallel file system], which are designed to provide CPUs with shared access to data in parallel. They enable high performance by allowing various storage technologies and high-speed low latency interconnects to obtain the desired performance and scalability.

Can an HPC file system be used in both a heterogeneous and homogeneous clustered environment?

This technology can be used in a clustered environment, or in a departmental setting  where there are a number of discrete servers. In both cases, the I/O subsystem will benefit in performance, in scalability to share data in both heterogeneous and homogeneous environments.

RAID, Inc. specializes in high performance computing solutions from top 500 supercomputers, down to departmental level.  To learn more about HPC file systems, contact us, or stay tuned for next week’s installment of  this blog post series about HPC file systems.