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Amazon FSx for Lustre increases maximum metadata IOPS by 15x

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This article discusses an update to Amazon FSx for Lustre, a service that provides high-performance file storage for compute workloads. The key points are:

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  • Amazon FSx for Lustre is increasing the maximum metadata IOPS (input/output operations per second) by up to 15x
  • Metadata IOPS can now be provisioned independently of the file system's storage capacity
  • Higher metadata IOPS allow faster file and directory operations, accelerating time-to-results for metadata-intensive workloads like machine learning and HPC
  • The metadata IOPS level can be updated with a click, allowing quick performance scaling as workloads grow
  • The higher metadata IOPS are available for new Persistent_2 file systems in all AWS regions where they are supported


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