Supermicro Total Solution for Lustre
High performance file system based on open software defined storage accelerates innovation and
redefines storage economics
Scale-Out Storage - Lustre
Lustre is the Parallel file system of choice for High Performance Computing (HPC) and large file
applications. To meet the capacity and throughput requirements of HPC workloads, Lustre
has traditionally required adoption of custom proprietary storage products leading to vendor
lock-in and reduced innovation. The evolution of software defined high availability platforms
like OpenZFS running on Linux now make it possible to meet the performance requirements
of HPC on open industry standard x86 platforms, reducing storage costs by up to 90%.
Supermicro in Partnership with Intel and some of the worlds leading HPC integrators offers a
total solution for Lustre on OpenZFS with Supermicro’s industry leading hardware, software and
services infrastructure. The total solution provides customers pre-designed, pre-tested Lustre
configurations optimized for Supermicro systems reducing complexity and risk, controlling
acquisition and operational costs and accelerating solution time to market.
Open Industry Standard <Software/Defined> Architecture
• Tested and Validated Lustre Open <Software/Defined> solution based on workload
optimized Supermicro Systems
• Reduce storage costs by up to 90% with Lustre on OpenZFS based on Supermicro open
industry standard hardware and software
• Software defined storage targets using cost a effective high density JBOD enclosures
configured with OpenZFS RAIDZ2 targets.
Best in Class System and Software Infrastructure
• Leverages the best of Supermicro’s expansive Server and Storage product portfolio
• Based on hardened Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre* Software on OpenZFS optimized for
Supermicro systems increasing single node performance by 30%
• Flexible architecture providing a high performance, hot swappable and no single point of
failure design
• High bandwidth utilizing 12Gb/s SAS3 and the latest Ethernet, InfiniBand and Omni-Path
Interconnects up to 100Gb/s
LUSTRE TOTAL SOLUTION
AT-A-GLANCE
• Open <Software/Defined> Lustre
Solution based on workload
optimized Supermicro Systems
• Simple building block architecture
delivers predictable scaling
• Supports large datasets and high
performance storage environments
• Industry leading storage density
with fully redundant High
Availability design
• Highest Density storage using 90
Bay 4U design and the latest high
performance SAS3 interconnect
Total Solution (Software, System and Service)
Pre-designed and pre-tested Total Solution for Lustre on OpenZFS provides customers the
insight on where and how to deploy Lustre on OpenZFS reducing complexity and risk, controlling
costs and accelerating solution time to market.
Compute Cluster
High Speed Ethernet or FDR InfiniBand Network
Object Storage Servers (OSS)
SW RAID
High Bandwidth
Redundant SAS 3.0
Object Storage Targets (OST)
Object Storage Servers (OSS)
Meta Data Server (MDS/MGS)
HW Raid High IIOP
Redundant SAS 3.0
1-n OSS Pair Scale-Out
Linear Performance
Meta Data Target (MDT/MGT)
Object Storage Targets (OST)
Total Solution for Lustre Configurations
Metadata and Mgmt Server Pod
(MDS/MGS)
Object Storage Server Pod
OSS – 2x1
• Single Pod can support hundreds of
OSS Pods and thousands of clients
• Multiple Pods can be added to meet
capacity requirements
• Linear scaling of throughput and
capacity
• Multiple Pods can be added to
meet capacity requirements
• Linear scaling of throughput and
capacity
• 2x storage capacity/OSS
Capacity/Pod
3.2TB raw capacity, 1.6TB usable
User defined, 576TB usable using 8TB
media
User defined, 1.1PB usable using 8TB
media
Form Factor
• 6U Configuration
• Redundant Metadata servers
SSG-6028R-LUSTRE-MDS1
Avago Synchro Controller Pair
AOC-Synchro-9380-8e
• Shared SAS3 JBOD
(6 SSD, 8x lanes per node)
SSG-J2004-LUSTRE-MDT1
• 8U Configuration
• Redundant Object Storage Servers
SSG-6028R-LUSTRE-OSS1
• 1x 90-bay Object Storage Target
(OST) (zero-capacity, 16x lanes per
node)
SSG-J4000-LUSTRE-OST2
• 12U Configuration
• Redundant Object Storage Servers
SSG-6028R-LUSTRE-OSS1
• 2x 90-bay Object Storage Target
(OST) (zero-capacity, 16x lanes per
node)
SSG-J4000-LUSTRE-OST2
Technical Specifications
MDS/MGS
CPU/Memory
12Gb/s (SAS3) LSI/Avago Syncro hardware RAID
controllers
Metadata Target 2U 24 2.5” Drive JBOD with shared redundant
expander (8X lanes/node)
Dual E5-2667 v4, 3.2 GHz, 8 core/128GB
Fabric User definable supporting Ethernet, InfiniBand
and Omni-Path Interconnects up to 100Gb/s
Storage Interconnect
Object Data Target
• Remotely manage hardware and OS configuration & health
Manages power consumption of nodes in cluster
• Manages firmware provisioning through BMC/IPMI Execute
commands on multiple target systems in parallel
Rack Integration and Proof of Concept Services
• Consulting service on solution architecture design
• Test equipment including servers, storage, network switches,
cabinets, PDUs, and power meters
OSS
CPU/Memory
• Intel Manager for Lustre
• Open Industry Standard server management (SSM)
Dual E5-2667 v4, 3.2 GHz, 8 core/ 128GB
Fabric User definable supporting Ethernet, InfiniBand
and Omni-Path Interconnects up to 100Gb/s
Storage Interconnect
Management Software
12Gb/s (SAS3) redundant IT mode controllers
4U 90 3.5” drive JBOD(s) with shared SAS3
redundant expander (16x lanes/node)
• Engineering support on installation, configuration and testing
Support
• Flexible and customizable Service Level Agreements (SLA):
4-Hour and Next Business Day Onsite Service
• Media Retention, Onsite deployment, Preventative
Maintenance, and Remote Management Service options
available
• Live, domestic call center response
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MKT-0005-10/2016-04.35
Description
Object Storage Server Pod
OSS – 2x2