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Google Cloud Managed Lustre delivers a high-performance, fully managed parallel
file system optimized for AI and HPC applications. With multi-petabyte-scale
capacity and up to 1 TBps throughput, Managed Lustre facilitates
the migration of demanding workloads to the cloud.
Highlights
Developed in collaboration with DDN, the leading provider and primary
maintainer of the Lustre file system.
Supports extreme IOPs and low latency.
POSIX compliance ensures compatibility with existing applications, tools, and
workflows.
Integrated with Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine, allowing you to mount
high-performance storage to your virtual machines and containerized
applications.
Provides high-speed and fully managed transfers into and out of
Cloud Storage.
Specifications
Metric
Result
Storage capacity
From 18,000 GiB up
to ~8 PiB (7,632,000 GiB)
Throughput
Up to 1 TBps
IOPS
Thousands of IOPS per TiB
Maximum file size
0.5 PiB
Use Cases
High-performance computing: Managed Lustre excels in HPC
environments where multiple compute nodes need fast and consistent access to
shared data for simulations, modeling, and analysis.
Machine learning: Managed Lustre can handle the large
datasets and high throughput requirements of machine learning workloads,
enabling efficient training and inference.
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