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Historical ISC22 List

This is the ISC22 historian IO500 list
# BoF Information IO500 Repro.
Institution System · FS Type Storage Vendor Client Nodes Total Client Proc. Score BW MD
(GiB/s) (kIOP/s)
201 ISC21 Georgia Institute of Technology PACE-Phoenix Lustre DDN 10 240 17.07 4.52 64.48 -
202 ISC18 Fraunhofer Seislab BeeGFS ThinkparQ 24 24 16.96 5.13 56.14 -
203 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev BeeGFS Dell 16 16 16.22 7.33 35.88 -
204 SC20 University of Tsukuba Cygnus Gfarm OSS 10 20 16.12 8.10 32.09 -
205 ISC20 SUSE HammerHead CephFS SUSE/Ampere/Arm 10 220 15.61 7.34 33.22 -
206 ISC21 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus nrsv Vast 10 300 15.50 7.54 31.84 -
207 ISC18 DKRZ Mistral Lustre1 Seagate 100 1,200 15.47 12.68 18.88 -
208 SC19 University of Birmingham BEAR-AI Spectrum Scale DDN 10 80 15.39 2.74 86.48 -
209 ISC20 SUSE HammerHead CephFS SUSE/Ampere/Arm 10 220 15.38 7.04 33.57 -
210 ISC20 SUSE HammerHead CephFS SUSE/Ampere/Arm 10 200 15.07 7.05 32.21 -
211 SC19 SUSE TigerShark SUSE Enterprise Storage - CephFS SUSE, Intel, Lenovo 15 120 14.91 5.74 38.72 -
212 ISC19 Inspur TStor3000 BeeGFS Inspur 10 400 14.67 4.48 48.06 -
213 ISC20 SUSE HammerHead CephFS SUSE/Ampere/Arm 10 200 14.55 6.95 30.46 -
214 SC18 KAUST Shaheen II DataWarp Cray 10 80 13.99 14.45 13.53 -
215 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev BeeGFS Dell 16 32 13.12 3.17 54.21 -
216 SC19 Nanyang Technological University Hadley GPFS DDN 10 640 12.89 7.47 22.24 -
217 SC18 Google and DDN Lustre on GCP Lustre Google 10 80 12.82 4.30 38.23 -
218 SC21 GWDG SCC BeeGFS 10 80 12.55 2.63 59.85 -
219 ISC19 University of Birmingham BEAR-AI Spectrum Scale DDN 10 20 12.54 2.97 52.85 -
220 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev BeeGFS Dell 16 64 12.51 2.10 74.72 -
221 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 88 2,816 12.50 8.31 18.79 -
222 ISC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI dm11 Scale-out NAS 96 960 12.45 3.22 48.16 -
223 SC19 SUSE TigerShark SUSE Enterprise Storage - CephFS SUSE, Intel, Lenovo 10 80 12.43 4.64 33.34 -
224 ISC20 National Center for Supercomputing Applications NCSA Industry System Spectrum Scale DDN/Dell 8 96 12.37 3.03 50.54 -
225 ISC18 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Govorun Lustre RSC 24 192 12.08 3.34 43.65 -
226 ISC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 480 11.96 5.64 25.37 -
227 ISC19 Queen Mary University Of London Apocrita Spectrum Scale E8 10 240 11.73 4.73 29.11 -
228 SC21 ULHPC Aion SpectrumScale DDN 128 256 11.35 1.80 71.57 -
229 SC20 The Science and Technology Facilities Council JASMIN 4 Quobyte Quobyte Inc. 10 240 11.34 12.34 10.43 -
230 ISC20 National Center for Supercomputing Applications HAL Spectrum Scale DDN 10 100 11.31 3.62 35.37 -
231 ISC20 National Center for Supercomputing Applications NCSA Industry System Spectrum Scale DDN/Dell 8 96 11.28 3.04 41.78 -
232 ISC20 National Center for Supercomputing Applications HAL Spectrum Scale DDN 10 100 11.13 3.63 34.15 -
233 ISC18 PNNL EMSL Cascade Lustre 126 252 11.12 4.88 25.33 -
234 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev BeeGFS Dell 16 128 11.01 1.90 63.81 -
235 SC20 EPCC Archer 2 (test system) Lustre Cray 10 80 10.68 2.63 43.43 -
236 SC20 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 260 10.64 7.44 15.22 -
237 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev BeeGFS Dell 10 80 10.17 2.32 44.67 -
238 ISC20 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 620 9.87 6.36 15.32 -
239 ISC22 Omnibond OrangeFS-Google OrangeFS Omnibond-Google 10 150 9.82 4.40 21.92 -
240 SC18 Queen Mary; University Of London Apocrita GPFS E8 10 240 9.65 4.32 21.55 -
241 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 32 32 9.42 2.94 30.19 -
242 SC19 Stanford Sherlock/Oak Lustre Dell, QCT, HGST 10 240 9.31 1.89 45.87 -
243 ISC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI dm11 Scale-out NAS 10 320 9.22 2.38 35.64 -
244 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 16 16 9.07 2.84 28.95 -
245 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev Lustre Dell 16 64 8.63 2.10 35.37 -
246 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev Lustre Dell 16 128 8.58 2.05 35.83 -
247 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 480 8.45 6.16 11.60 -
248 SC19 IST Austria IST Austria HPC BeeGFS Homemade@IST 4 80 8.41 1.77 39.98 -
249 ISC19 SUSE TigerShark CephFS SUSE, Intel, Lenovo 14 98 8.38 3.58 19.60 -
250 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 820 8.01 6.31 10.17 -
251 ISC20 German Climate Computing Center Mistral Lustre1 Cray 10 120 7.92 2.93 21.36 -
252 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 480 7.77 5.39 11.18 -
253 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 48 48 7.64 2.93 19.88 -
254 SC18 CERN Bytecollider CephFS 64 64 7.56 2.83 20.16 -
255 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev Lustre Dell 10 40 7.36 1.90 28.59 -
256 ISC19 SUSE TigerShark SUSE Enterprise Storage SUSE, Intel, Lenovo 10 70 7.32 2.48 21.60 -
257 ISC20 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI Vast Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 620 7.27 5.96 8.86 -
258 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 10 10 7.14 2.32 22.05 -
259 SC19 Stanford Sherlock/Regal Lustre Dell 10 160 7.05 1.64 30.28 -
260 ISC20 German Climate Computing Center Mistral Lustre1 Cray 10 120 6.92 2.89 16.57 -
261 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 32 32 6.67 2.95 15.10 -
262 SC19 IST Austria IST Austria HPC BeeGFS Homemade@IST 10 100 6.63 1.39 31.62 -
263 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI dm11 Scale-out NAS #N/A 10 760 6.42 2.61 15.82 -
264 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 32 128 6.26 1.25 31.42 -
265 SC20 University of Reading ThunderX2 Local file system 1 16 6.23 0.37 104.54 -
266 ISC20 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI VastTest Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 620 6.20 3.51 10.95 -
267 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 32 64 6.16 1.25 30.28 -
268 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev Lustre Dell 16 32 6.07 1.34 27.56 -
269 SC18 CERN Bytecollider CephFS 64 64 6.01 2.85 12.64 -
270 ISC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI nrs Scale out NFS Qumulo 10 320 5.95 2.59 13.69 -
271 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 32 256 5.79 1.05 31.92 -
272 ISC19 PGS Lustre on GCP Lustre Google 10 50 5.70 1.91 17.05 -
273 ISC20 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI VastTest Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 620 5.68 3.67 8.80 -
274 ISC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI qflash Scale out NFS Qumulo 96 960 5.32 2.80 10.11 -
275 SC18 DKRZ Mistral Lustre2 Seagate 10 80 5.32 1.05 27.06 -
276 ISC21 DKRZ Mistral Lustre Seagate/Cray 10 80 5.22 1.16 23.50 -
277 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto BeeGFS Dell 16 16 5.08 2.24 11.49 -
278 ISC20 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI VastTest Scale-out NAS Vast Data 10 620 4.98 3.56 6.96 -
279 SC18 Clemson University ofsdev Lustre Dell 16 16 4.88 1.31 18.17 -
280 ISC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI qflash Scale out NFS Qumulo 10 120 4.46 2.12 9.35 -
281 ISC19 Queen Mary. University Of London Apocrita Spectrum Scale DDN 10 240 4.36 1.26 15.09 -
282 ISC18 SNL Serrano Spectrum Scale IBM 16 160 4.25 0.65 27.98 -
283 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI nrs Scale-out NAS Qumulo 10 760 4.19 2.88 6.11 -
284 SC18 EPCC Archer Lustre Seagate 10 80 3.70 0.77 17.84 -
285 SC19 Janelia Research Campus, HHMI nearline4 Scale-out NAS Qumulo 10 760 3.67 2.45 5.49 -
286 ISC19 JIHT RAS Desmos BeeGFS 10 60 3.55 0.51 24.88 -
287 SC18 Queen Mary, University Of London Apocrita GPFS DDN 10 240 3.44 0.87 13.56 -
288 ISC19 JIHT RAS Fisher BeeGFS 10 320 3.19 0.51 20.03 -
289 SC21 IBMDL Sandbox SpectrumScale IBM 10 0 3.17 0.61 16.57 -
290 ISC20 LNCC SDumont Lustre Cay/HPE 10 240 3.06 2.32 4.02 -
291 ISC18 STFC Jasmin/Lotus NFS Purestorage 64 128 2.33 0.26 20.93 -
292 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto OrangeFS Dell 32 32 2.31 1.93 2.77 -
293 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto OrangeFS Dell 48 48 2.15 1.80 2.57 -
294 SC18 Nemours nas6 GPFS DDN 1 2 2.06 1.39 3.04 -
295 ISC18 STFC Jasmin/Lotus NFS Purestorage 16 64 1.98 0.21 18.77 -
296 SC18 Nemours nas6 GPFS DDN 1 2 1.52 0.74 3.11 -
297 SC18 Clemson University Palmetto OrangeFS Dell 16 16 1.47 1.21 1.79 -
298 SC18 Sandia National Laboratories Ghost GPFS IBM 10 100 0.31 0.05 1.85 -

Top 10 systems compared

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Score 100% Bandwidth 100% Metadata 100% Clients 100% Processes 100% #201 — PACE-Phoenix (Georgia Institute of Technology) #202 — Seislab (Fraunhofer) #203 — ofsdev (Clemson University) #204 — Cygnus (University of Tsukuba) #205 — HammerHead (SUSE) #206 — (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus) #207 — Mistral (DKRZ) #208 — BEAR-AI (University of Birmingham) #209 — HammerHead (SUSE) #210 — HammerHead (SUSE)
  • #201 PACE-Phoenix Georgia Institute of Technology
  • #202 Seislab Fraunhofer
  • #203 ofsdev Clemson University
  • #204 Cygnus University of Tsukuba
  • #205 HammerHead SUSE
  • #206 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus
  • #207 Mistral DKRZ
  • #208 BEAR-AI University of Birmingham
  • #209 HammerHead SUSE
  • #210 HammerHead SUSE