Amazon FSx for Lustre
What is Amazon FSx for Lustre?
● Amazon FSx for Lustre is an FSx solution that offers scalable storage for the Lustre system (parallel and high-performance file storage system).
● It supports fast processing workloads like custom electronic design automation (EDA) and high-performance computing (HPC).
● It provides shared file storage with hundreds of gigabytes of throughput, sub-millisecond latencies, and millions of IOPS.
● It offers a choice between SSD and HDD for storage.
● It integrates with Amazon S3 to process data concurrently using parallel data-transfer techniques.
● It stores datasets in S3 as files instead of objects and automatically updates with the latest data to run the workload.
● It offers to select unreplicated file systems for shorter-term data processing.
● It can be used with existing Linux-based applications without any changes.
● It offers network access control using POSIX permissions or Amazon VPC Security Groups.
● It easily provides data-at-rest and in-transit encryption.
● AWS Backup can also be used to backup Lustre file systems.
● It integrates with SageMaker to process machine learning workloads.
Use cases:
● The workloads which require shared file storage and multiple compute instances use Amazon FSx for Lustre for high throughput and low latency.
● It is also applicable in media and big data workloads to process a large amount of data.
Price details:
● Charges are applied monthly in GB based on the storage capacity used for the file system.
● Backups are stored incrementally, which helps in storage cost savings.
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