[gpfsug-discuss] WekaIO Unveils Cloud-Native Scalable File System

Interesting. Performance is one thing, but how usable. IBM, watch your back :-) “WekaIO is the world’s fastest distributed file system, processing four times the workload compared to IBM Spectrum Scale measured on Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) SFS 2014, an independent industry

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] WekaIO Unveils Cloud-Native Scalable File System

while i really like competition on SpecSFS, the claims from the WekaIO people are lets say 'alternative facts' at best The Spectrum Scale results were done on 4 Nodes with 2 Flash Storage devices attached, they compare this to a WekaIO system with 14 times more memory (14 TB vs 1TB) , 120 SSD's

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] WekaIO Unveils Cloud-Native Scalable File System

Ah yes - Sven keeping us honest! Bob Oesterlin Sr Principal Storage Engineer, Nuance From: on behalf of Sven Oehme Reply-To: gpfsug main discussion list Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 12:24 PM

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] WekaIO Unveils Cloud-Native Scalable File System

Ah benchmarks... There are Lies, damn Lies, and then benchmarks. I've been in HPC a while on both the vendor (Cray) and customer side, and until I see Lustre, BeeGFS, Spectrum Scale, StorNext, OrangeFS, CEPH, Gluster, 'Flash in the pan v1', etc. all run on the EXACT same hardware I take ALL