HPC systems require shared filesystems to function effectively. Two really good choices for both small and large systems are NFS and SSHFS.

GlusterFS stores data across the network and can be used as a storage back end in cloud environments.

If you believe Red Hat’s marketing hype, the company has no less than revolutionized data storage with version 2.1 of its Storage Server. The facts tell a rather different story.

Many HPC sites with petabytes of data need some sort of backup solution. Among the many candidates, cloud storage is a serious contender. In this article, we look at one solution with some serious advantages: S3QL.