Mar 21, 2021 · Industry Insights

ML Workloads

The article analyzes IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0's new features—RDMA support, lock‑free reads, multi‑layer NVMe write cache, and variable SubBlock sizes—and demonstrates how they enable a next‑generation HPC supercomputer to meet demanding AI/ML/DL small‑file and large‑file I/O performance targets, with benchmark results showing up to 700% improvement.

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How IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0 Boosts HPC Small‑File I/O for AI/ML Workloads

Architects' Tech Alliance

Dec 3, 2020 · Fundamentals

IBM GPFS (Spectrum Scale) Overview: History, Architecture, Features, and High‑Performance Computing Use Cases

This article provides a comprehensive overview of IBM's General Parallel File System (GPFS), detailing its historical development, architectural models—including SAN, NSD, and Share‑Nothing Cluster—its operational capabilities, performance advantages, scalability, high‑availability features, and its role in large‑scale high‑performance computing environments.

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IBM GPFS (Spectrum Scale) Overview: History, Architecture, Features, and High‑Performance Computing Use Cases