the Lustre file system demonstrated impressive data transfer results of 780 MB/second per Sun Fire X4500 data server
Sun BluePrint: Implementing the Lustre File System with Sun Storage High Performance Storage to Meet the Needs of High Performance Computing
Sean Cochrane's Sun BluePrints On-Line describes an implementation of the Sun Lustre file system as a scalable storage cluster using Sun Fire servers, high-speed/low-latency InfiniBand interconnects, and additional networking and storage devices. The paper also considers the use of the Sun Lustre file system at a shared government and education research site, including configuration information and details on testing that was performed on-site to evaluate the performance of Sun's scalable storage solution.
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