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10 Node Research SC18 List

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Research 10 Node Research

This is the official ranked list1 from SC 2018 for the 10 Node Challenge. The list shows all qualifying 10 node results.

That means only those entries that qualify according to the wish of the submitter are contained.

# BoF Information IO500 Repro.
Institution System · FS Type Storage Vendor Client Nodes Total Client Proc. Score BW MD
(GiB/s) (kIOP/s)
1 SC18 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summit Spectrum Scale IBM 10 160 70.63 9.84 199.48 -
2 SC18 WekaIO WekaIO Matrix WekaIO 10 700 67.79 27.05 125.43 -
3 SC18 DDN Bancholab Lustre DDN 10 240 31.78 6.33 156.69 -
4 ISC18 IBM Sonasad Spectrum Scale IBM 10 10 24.24 4.57 128.61 -
5 SC18 KAUST Shaheen II DataWarp Cray 10 80 13.99 14.45 13.53 -
6 SC18 Google and DDN Lustre on GCP Lustre Google 10 80 12.87 4.30 38.23 -
7 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev BeeGFS Dell 10 80 11.58 2.32 44.67 -
8 SC18 Queen Mary; University Of London Apocrita GPFS E8 10 240 9.79 4.32 21.55 -
9 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev Lustre Dell 10 40 8.18 1.90 28.59 -
10 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 10 10 7.51 2.32 22.05 -
11 SC18 DKRZ Mistral Lustre2 Seagate 10 80 5.35 1.05 27.06 -
12 SC18 Queen Mary, University Of London Apocrita GPFS DDN 10 240 3.73 0.87 13.56 -
13 SC18 EPCC Archer Lustre Seagate 10 80 3.70 0.77 17.84 -
14 SC18 Sandia National Laboratories Ghost GPFS IBM 10 100 0.32 0.05 1.85 -

Top 10 systems compared

Each axis is scaled to the highest value among these systems — 100% marks the leader on that dimension. Click a system below to toggle it.

Score 100% Bandwidth 100% Metadata 100% Clients 100% Processes 100% #1 — Summit (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) #2 — (WekaIO) #3 — Bancholab (DDN) #4 — Sonasad (IBM) #5 — Shaheen II (KAUST) #6 — Lustre on GCP (Google and DDN) #7 — ofsdev (Clemson University) #8 — Apocrita (Queen Mary; University Of London) #9 — ofsdev (Clemson University) #10 — Palmetto (Clemson University)
  • #1 Summit Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • #2 WekaIO
  • #3 Bancholab DDN
  • #4 Sonasad IBM
  • #5 Shaheen II KAUST
  • #6 Lustre on GCP Google and DDN
  • #7 ofsdev Clemson University
  • #8 Apocrita Queen Mary; University Of London
  • #9 ofsdev Clemson University
  • #10 Palmetto Clemson University