Amazon FSx for Lustre vs Lustre
Amazon FSx for Lustre
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Lustre
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| Figure | Amazon FSx for Lustre | Lustre |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Distributed File System Software | 7.9 (#10) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Performance | AWS states that it offers up to 1200 Gbps per-client throughput with Elastic Fabric Adapter and NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage, millions of IOPS, and sub-millisecond latencies. | Lustre is designed for high throughput and can use high-speed fabrics including Ethernet and InfiniBand. |
| Product | Amazon FSx for Lustre is a fully managed, scalable high-performance file storage service for compute-intensive workloads. | Lustre is an open-source, parallel file system for high-performance computing environments. |
| Security | All file systems are encrypted at rest; in-transit encryption is available in select regions, and VPC security groups can control network access. | The FAQ says Lustre supports POSIX access control lists and Kerberos authentication, and enforces security on the Metadata Server using a server-local PAM-managed group database. |
Plans
Amazon FSx for Lustre
- Intelligent-Tiering (elastic) storage classPrice not published
- SSD or HDD (provisioned) storage classPrice not published
In their own words
Amazon FSx for Lustre
Amazon FSx for Lustre has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.