SUNNYVALE, Calif.-June 20,
2011-High-performance computing (HPC) applications put
incredible stress on an organization's IT infrastructure as a
result of the extreme amount of data and information that must be
stored, managed, and processed. Addressing this challenge is no
easy task and requires a storage solution that can deliver the
performance, bulletproof reliability, and efficiency necessary to
enable customers to succeed in today's hypercompetitive business
environment.
In May, NetApp unveiled the
NetApp® E5400 storage system, which is available to OEMs
as part of the E-Series Platform, to help customers manage the
massive amount of data resulting from big-bandwidth and
high-performance applications. To help meet the growing needs of
customers in high-performance environments, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP)
today announced that the E5400 has been benchmarked for use with
the Lustre file system, an open-sourced high-performance file
system used by the majority of organizations on the Supercomputer
500 list.
E5400 Benchmarked for Use in Leading
High-Performance Environments
Together with Whamcloud, NetApp recently benchmarked the E5400 with
the Lustre file system on the Lawrence Livermore Hyperion test bed.
In a 4U storage system, Whamcloud achieved 5GB/s for read
performance and 3.5GB/s for write performance with the E5400. This
combination enables customers with a 40U rack to achieve up to
50GB/s in read performance per rack. This benchmark, along with
NetApp and Whamcloud's ability to provide Lustre support, provides
customers deploying configurations based on the E5400 with the
ability to advance their Lustre storage environments in real-world
applications.
"Teaming with NetApp to provide expanded
support options for Lustre environments gives a distinct advantage
to our HPC customers," said Brent Gorda, CEO, Whamcloud. "We're
extremely excited with the benchmarking of the E5400 with Lustre in
the Lawrence Livermore Hyperion test bed. Lustre is gaining in
importance within the HPC community, and working closely with
NetApp allows our two companies to deliver outstanding support
services, ensuring that customers get the most out of their Lustre
environments."
New Solution Details
- The E5400 enhances its modular flexibility with support for
three drive enclosures (4U 60 drive, 2U 24 drive, 2U 12 drive),
multiple drive technologies (SSD, 15K SAS, 10K SAS, NL-SAS), and
scalability to 600 drives per 40U. These new features enable
customers to optimize for capacity and performance requirements,
resulting in improved overall productivity while helping to keep
costs down and increase overall efficiencies.
- With a new 40Gb InfiniBand interface option, the E5400 can
seamlessly integrate into IB infrastructures and provide ultimate
flexibility for any high-performance storage networking
requirements.
- Architected to provide the highest levels of reliability and
availability, the E5400 enables continuous data delivery to help
customers improve computational efficiencies.
E5400 Foundational for OEM HPC
Storage Solution
Bull, a global OEM provider based in Europe, is the first NetApp
OEM partner to build and deploy an HPC storage solution on the
E5400 and have it in customer production with CEA, a French
government-funded technological research organization. Additional
HPC storage solutions from NetApp OEM partners built on the E5400
are planned and will enable OEMs to expand their market reach and
increase the number of customers who can take advantage of
solutions based on the E5400.
"High-performance computing applications are
the backbone of our ability to conduct scientific research that
requires us to manage and process immense amounts of data and
information in real time," said Jacques-Charles Lafoucriere,
Department Leader, CEA. "NetApp technology provides us with the
ability to meet our increasing data demands with zero downtime,
allowing us to focus our efforts on our research."
"We are thrilled to be working with NetApp,
and the E5400 is evidence of NetApp's commitment to working closely
with its OEM partners to deliver the storage platform and
technology needed in today's demanding HPC environments," said
Pascal Barbolosi, vice president, Extreme Computing, Bull. "We look
forward to building on our partnership and collaborating to deliver
the most comprehensive and powerful range of Extreme Computing
solutions to the market."
"Less than two months ago, we pledged our
commitment to delivering the product and technology innovation
necessary to help fuel our OEM partners' success by addressing the
growing customer requirements around big-bandwidth and
high-performance applications," said Rick Scurfield, vice president
and general manager of NetApp's OEM business. "Today's announcement
is undeniable proof that NetApp is serious about serving the HPC
market and is just the beginning of what will be many other OEM
solutions built on the NetApp E-Series Platform."
A demonstration of the NetApp E5400 storage
system will be available in Booth #743 at the International
Supercomputing 2011 Conference taking place June 20-23 in Hamburg,
Germany.
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