BeeGFS Parallel File Storage

BeeGFS Storage for HPC

Never Lose Data Again

BeeGFS Buddy Mirroring automatically replicates data, handles storage server failures transparently for running applications and provides automatic self-healing.

Efficient Persistent Access

Create multiple storage pools with segmented projects based on performance so each project gets exactly what it needs.

Scale On Demand

Simply add more disks to increase capacity, plus with BeeOND, you can easily create on-demand shared parallel filesystems on a per-job basis.

Simple and Scalable on any Hardware

BeeGFS Architecture

Networking

BeeGFS systems are compatible with any TCP/IP or RDMA-capable networks, like Infiniband, Omni-Path, or RoCE.

Management Node

BeeGFS Management Service provides a rendevouz point for new servers and clients while continually protecting registered services and state checking.

Metadata Node

The metadata servers manage file directory information, ownership, and file location targets for quick retrieval.

Flash Storage

An optional way to provide optimal performance for active high-performance jobs. Storage targets can be combined into a Fast Pool and tied to a directory.

Bulk Storage

These robust storage servers perform the bulk storage functions including storing user file contents either internal or externally attached.

Each Exxact BeeGFS Storage Cluster Includes

1x 1U Management Node

• 2x Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
• 96GB Memory
• 960GB SSD
• 24TB HDD

1x 1U Metadata Node

• 2x Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
• 96GB Memory
• 960GB SSD
• 48TB HDD

1x 1U Networking

• 10GbE Ethernet
• 24 Ports
• Optional 25GbE/40GbE/50GbE
• Optional EDR IB/ 100GbE

1 PB 16U StorageCluster

4x 4U Storage Nodes

1,056TB Capacity

Flash storage pools optional - NVME or SSD

1.5 PB 24U StorageCluster

6x 4U Storage Nodes

1,584TB Capacity

Flash storage pools optional - NVME or SSD

2 PB 32U StorageCluster

8x 4U Storage Nodes

2,112TB Capacity

Flash storage pools optional - NVME or SSD

See How it Scales

Specs: 2x Intel Xeon X5660, 48 GB RAM | 4x Intel 510 Series SSD (RAID 0) | Ext4, QDR Infiniband | Scientific Linux 6.3 | Kernel 2.6.32-279 and FhGFS 2012.10-beta1
Performed on Fraunhofer Seislab: 25 nodes | 3 tier memory: 1 TB RAM, 20 TB SSD, 120 TB HDD
*Single node local performance without BeeGFS: 1,332 MB/s (write) and 1,317 MB/s (read).

BeeGFS Parallel File Storage

BeeGFS Storage for HPC

Never Lose Data Again

Efficient Persistent Access

Scale On Demand

Simple and Scalable on any Hardware

BeeGFS Architecture

Each Exxact BeeGFS Storage Cluster Includes

1x 1U Management Node

1x 1U Metadata Node

1x 1U Networking

1 PB 16U StorageCluster

1.5 PB 24U StorageCluster

2 PB 32U StorageCluster

See How it Scales

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