DDN launches Exa6

DDN, the #1 private storage company, unveiled recently the new major release of EXAScaler 6. 

EXA6 runs on the new EXAScaler Management Framework aka EMF.

This is a new iteration of Lustre-based parallel file systems with several new features and developments. Among them the engineering team adds the full support of NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage, online upgrades as it is a must without any possibility to restart such system, new tiering capabilities, API integration for external partners tools and Hot Nodes for client-side persistence to boost local access and processing. With AI and its multiple-read phases, having data locally on the GPU-based nodes and its NVMe storage generates significant performance boost for the application reducing drastically time to result. At every release iteration, EXAScaler makes serious progress with key enhancements and new features especially in data management confirming that the product is a real foundation for AI, Analytics/Big Data and of course HPC.

As I wrote again recently AI represents the new battlefield for File Systems and one of the most stressful workloads different from transactional, Media and HPC.

Coldago Research confirms the positioning of DDN in its recent 2020 File and Object Storage Maps and in its June 2021 Storage Unicorn Note.

We'll learn more about EXA6 and other key DDN developments and directions during the next IT Press Tour in October.