FSx for Lustre

Question 1

What is FSx for Lustre?

Answer 1

A managed Lustre file system designed for high performance computing on Linux clients.

Question 2

What type of file permission model does FSx for Lustre support?

Answer 2

POSIX

Question 3

What is FSx for Lustre designed for?

Answer 3

Machine Learning, Big Data, Financial Modeling, and other high performance computing use cases.

Question 4

Does FSx for Lustre support HA?

Answer 4

Yes, in one AZ only.

Question 5

What are the two deployment types for FSx for Lustre?

Answer 5

1. Scratch - pure performance, but no HA and no replication. Used for short term or temp workloads.
2. Persistent - has replication within one AZ.

Both options can be backed up to S3.