1. Disruptive Storage Workshop Lustre Hardware Primer
12/3/2017
Disruptive Storage Workshop Lustre Hardware Primer
Hello everyone, are you confused with all the choices and recent technology disruptions, with almost weekly announcements of new tools, software, and hardware that promise to solve all of your technology challenges?
Are you searching for a solutions integrator that will provide you more than cookie cutter solutions?
Interested in open-source and not being locked into a proprietary stack with high maintenance fees? What about working with a provider that truly places your organization’s mission and business initiatives first?
Look no further than Silicon Mechanics, we are an Open-Technology Solutions Provider that has been in business for over 15 years.
My name is XXXX, and I proudly serve as the XXX of Silicon Mechanics, were we believe in using Open Source technology platforms to empower organizations through innovation.
Don Tanner
Director of Pre-Sale Engineering / Storage Architect
July 2017
© 2015 Silicon Mechanics Inc.

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Session Goals
Metadata and Manager Servers
Object Storage Servers
Differences/Latency of Infrastructure
InfiniBand vs OmniPath vs Ethernet
Networking
Options for overcoming the barrier to entry
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3. Scalable Building Block Architecture

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Metadata and Manager Servers
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Metadata and Manager Servers
MDS/MGS
CPU/Memory
Dual E v4, 3.2Ghz, 8 Core
128 GB
Fabric
One FDR InfinBand per node (2x total)
Other fabrics can be used
Storage Interconnect
12Gb/s (SAS3) Avago Syncro Hardware
RAID Controllers
Metadata Target
2U – 24 bay 2.5” drive JBOD with 10K/15K spinning drives
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Object Storage Server (OSS) and Object Storage Target (OST)
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Scalability and Flexibilty
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Object Storage Server (OSS) and Object Storage Target (OST)
MDS/MGS
CPU/Memory
Dual E v4, 3.2Ghz, 8 Core
128 GB
Fabric
One FDR InfinBand per node (2x total)
Other fabrics can be used
Object Data Target
4U –  90 3.5" drive JBOD(s) with shared SAS 3 redundant expander
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Object Storage Server (OSS) and Object Storage Target (OST)
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Scalability and Flexibilty
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Object Storage Server (OSS) and Object Storage Target (OST)
MDS/MGS
CPU/Memory
Dual E v4, 3.2Ghz, 8 Core
128 GB
Fabric
One FDR InfinBand per node (2x total)
Other fabrics can be used
Metadata Target
4U – 44 bay 3.5” drive JBOD with redundant SAS3 expanders
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Networking Choices
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13. Intel OmniPath Architecture
Networking Choices
Mellanox Infiniband
100Gbps, 56Gbps, 40Gbps,
~1 μs Latency with CPU offload options
Intel OmniPath Architecture
100Gbps
~1 μs Latency with no CPU offload options
Ethernet – Mellanox, Brocade, Juniper, Quanta
100Gbps, 50Gbps, 40Gbps, 25Gbps, 10Gbps
~3 μs Latency with no CPU offload options

14. 100Gb
56Gb
50Gb
40Gb
25Gb
10Gb
Infiniband X
OmniPath
Ethernet
12.5GB/sec
6.25GB/sec
5GB/sec
3.13GB/sec

15. Mellanox Ethernet 100Gbps/32 port Quanta Ethernet 100Gbps/48 port
Networking Choices
Network Speed
Switch Port Cost
Adapter Port Cost
Connection Cost Total
Infiniband
36 port
100Gbps
$725
$1650
$2375
OmniPath
48 port
$425
$960
$1385
Mellanox Ethernet 100Gbps/32 port
25Gbps NIC
$1025
$540
$1565
Quanta Ethernet 100Gbps/48 port
$230
$770

16. Thank you for your time. 12/3/2017
We really appreciate your time and hope you now have a better idea of the value that we will bring to [Name of org]
Any further questions?
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