Scalable File I/O Solutions

Voltaire has significant experience and expertise in enabling large scale parallel file system deployments. Such solutions include: HP StorageWorks Scalable File Systems (HP SFS), Lustre, IBM GPFS and PVFS. These solutions, when combined with InfiniBand from Voltaire, solve two critical problems that NFS creates: limited throughput and limited scalability.
Learn more about the benefits of Voltaire solutions with:

• HP SFS
  
• Lustre
  
• IBM GPFS
  
• PVFS
  

Scalable file systems over InfiniBand means unparalleled performance on both the clients and storage servers. With Voltaire Grid Backbone™ solutions, hundreds and thousands of nodes can rely on a single file system global name space. This is field proven. One of Voltaire's customers uses Grid Director™ ISR 9288 switches for the high performance fabric for a 2,200 CPU (1,100-node) system on a single global name space.

At the heart of Voltaire's Scalable File I/O solutions is the Voltaire Grid Director multi-service switch. Voltaire's director-class, multi-service switches offer integrated InfiniBand, GbE and Fibre Channel connectivity in a single chassis. This enables MPI and storage traffic to run on the same network, a capability that is not available with Ethernet or proprietary fabrics. By enabling interprocessor communication and high performance storage on a single network, Voltaire solutions enable companies to leave behind NFS and its limitations and move to parallel file systems over InfiniBand which enables far greater scalability.