Amazon FSx for Lustre

Amazon FSx for Lustre provides a fully managed, high-performance file system optimized for fast processing workloads, such as machine learning, high performance computing (HPC), video processing, and financial modeling.

Key Features

High Performance: Designed for workloads that need sub-millisecond latencies and millions of IOPS.
S3 Integration: Seamlessly linked to Amazon S3. You can read objects as files and write results back to S3.
Scratch vs Persistent:
- Scratch: For short-term, temporary storage (higher speed, not replicated).
- Persistent: For long-term storage (replicated within AZ).

Use Cases

High Performance Computing (HPC)
Machine Learning training jobs.
Video Rendering and media processing.
Big Data Analytics.

Exam Tips

[!TIP] Keywords: "High Performance Computing", "HPC", "Parallel File System", "Linked to S3", "Lustre".

If the scenario involves Linux workloads requiring massive throughput, choose FSx for Lustre.
If it involves Windows workloads, choose FSx for Windows File Server.