Amazon FSx for Lustre

Amazon FSx for Lustre is a high-performance shared file system that is well suited for demanding HPC workloads where speed is a priority.

When this storage type is mounted on an autoscaling cluster, it is also mounted on Linux virtual desktops in the same project space.

Amazon FSx for Lustre offers:

• Sub-millisecond latencies

• Millions of IOPS (input/output operations per second)

• Highest levels of throughput of as much as 1000 gigabytes per second

• Fastest storage performance for GPU instances

• Two deployment options to accommodate different data processing needs:

  • Scratch. For temporary or short-term data processing. Data is not retained when the instance that generated the data is shut down.

  • Persistent. For longer-term storage and workloads that focus on throughput. Data is retained in the store when the instance that generated the data is shut down.

• Pay-as-you-go model where you pay only for the storage that you use

Best use cases for Amazon FSx for Lustre:

• Heavy workloads that rely on compute nodes having fast access to the same data via high-performance shared storage (lowest possible latency between nodes, high number of input/output operations, high throughput)

• GPU computing

For more information, see Amazon FSx for Lustre in the AWS documentation.

To see how Amazon FSx for Lustre compares to other storage types, see Comparison of Amazon Storage Types.