When it comes to AI and machine learning applications, data throughput can become the deciding factor between success and failure. Lustre’s architecture is designed to offer unmatched performance across large-scale clusters, and the achievable throughput can be optimized based on the hardware configuration—specifically, the type of storage drives used and the network infrastructure in place. Throughput on Different Storage Drives 1. HDDs (Hard Disk Drives)    For installations that use traditional HDDs, throughput generally peaks between 100 to 200 MB/s…

Given the increasingly important role AI is playing in our society, I want to create a series of posts about the backend infrastructures that enable these services to process immense amounts of data per second. A key component in making these massive clusters work is storage, without which HPC clusters would not be able to access and process data. One of the storage solutions used to deliver huge throughput performance is Lustre. Let’s explore what it is, how it works,…