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Feels like FSx for Lustre without the complexity. Definitely what EFS could be. Congrats on the launch!

• huntaub 2y ago
  Thank you! That’s exactly my hope! How can we make these technologies as easy as possible for teams to use so that they can build the best <training> <analysis> or whatever applications without becoming storage experts.
  • foodbaby 2y ago
    How does it compare perf-wise to FSX Lustre backed by S3? Other than pay-as-you-go are there any functional differences?
    • huntaub 2y ago
      Ultimately, we should be able to match the performance of FSx for Lustre. With a scale-out protocol (mirroring the Lustre protocol), it's relatively simple to achieve scaleable throughput and IOPS out to the level of 100s of GiB/s and millions of IOPS (we aren't doing this today, but I anticipate being here within a month or two). Functionally, we're not running DRTs like Lustre does in order to synchronize from S3. We will support the ability to pre-load the cache (like a DRT), for customers who can't handle the lazy-loading latency, but unlike Lustre, we can't run out of capacity in the hot tier, and we will automatically delete data from the hot tier when it's not in use. I know that DRT management can be complex for customers.