Custom Parallel Storage Solutions for HPC and AI
EXAScaler is a custom parallel storage deployment for HPC & AI clusters.
Built on Lustre technology, DDN EXAScaler solutions augment with enterprise level hardening and additional features. Every parallel storage solution from Microway and DDN is architected for high performance, provides near linear scaling inside the appliance, and has the potential for expansion up to hundreds of petabytes.
Why EXAScaler?
Ultra-High Performance
Keep pace with demanding HPC and AI codes, large groups of users, and diverse I/O mixes. EXAScaler solutions have the dedicated, high bandwidth, hardware architecture your toughest workloads need.
Limitless Scalability
EXAScaler does that: scale effortlessly from terabytes to petabytes to exabytes. Keep up with the explosion of data in your organization.
Best Blend of Community and Enterprise Features
EXAScaler has roots in community Lustre code and can be managed by those with open-source Lustre expertise. Yet it also adds new enterprise features and functionality and comes with 24×7 enterprise support.
Custom Architected
Microway and DDN experts. Whether that’s a capacity + performance metric, a workload, an I/O profile, or a design ready for enormous capacity expansion, our teams can tailor the EXAScaler solution to you.
Sample EXAScaler Configurations
Accessible Blend of Capacity + Perf.
DDN EXAScaler with ES7990X Host
Parallel Storage for Departmental Clusters and Up
Specifications
- Up to ~25GB/sec R with 20GB/sec W; capacity from hundreds of Terabytes to Petabytes
- Up to 800,000 IOPS
- Up to 450 total drives with up to 4 additional expansion chassis—mix of spindles and SSDs
- 12Gb SAS backbone to drives and enclosures
- Fully redundant storage nodes in host chassis and Declustered RAID in Appliance
- DDN SFA OS with EXA5 Parallel Filesystem
- Lustre Parallel Storage for Performance but NFS, SMB, HDFS and S3 gateways available
- 200Gb/100Gb InfiniBand, 100Gb Ethernet, OPA, or Fibre Channel
Largest Capacity Scale & Perf.
DDN EXAScaler with ES18K Host
Parallel Storage for Larger Institutions
Specifications
- Up to ~70GB/sec R with 70GB/sec W; scales to over 25PB!
- Up to 3,000,000 IOPS
- Up to 1872 total drives with up to 19 additional chassis—mix of spindles and SSDs
- NVMe-based Storage Fusion Fabric to drives and enclosures
- Fully redundant storage nodes in host chassis and Declustered RAID in Appliance
- DDN SFA OS with EXA5 Parallel Filesystem
- Lustre Parallel Storage for Performance but NFS, SMB, HDFS and S3 gateways available
- 200Gb/100Gb InfiniBand, 100Gb Ethernet
Demanding IO at Limited Capacity
DDN EXAScaler on ES200NVX
All Flash Solution for Intense IO
Specifications
- Up to ~24GB/sec R with 20GB/sec W, capacity up to ~256TB
- Up to 1,500,000 IOPS
- Up to 24 NVMe SSDs
- Fully redundant storage nodes in host chassis and Declustered RAID in Appliance
- DDN SFA OS with EXA5 Parallel Filesystem
- Lustre Parallel Storage for Performance but NFS, SMB, HDFS and S3 gateways available
- 200Gb/100Gb InfiniBand, 100Gb Ethernet
Demanding IO with Large Capacity
DDN EXAScaler ES400NVX and Spindle Expansion
Intense I/O with Large Capacity
Specifications
- Up to ~48GB/sec R with 30GB/sec W
- Up to 3,000,000 IOPS
- Up to 384 total drives with up to 4 additional chassis—mix of spindles and NVMe for performance
- Fully redundant storage nodes in host chassis and Declustered RAID in Appliance
- DDN SFA OS with EXA5 Parallel Filesystem
- Lustre Parallel Storage for Performance but NFS, SMB, HDFS and S3 gateways available
- 200Gb/100Gb InfiniBand, 100Gb Ethernet
Something else?
Custom Parallel Storage Solutions
Looking for something that fit these samples or need help assessing what’s best? Let us design a system that meets your needs.
Key Capabilities
- Capacities 1PB or beyond
- Throughput >20-500GB/sec
- Dynamic capacity expansion
DDN EXAScaler Technical Resources
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