LINBIT SDS Brief
On Bare Metal Ampere Altra Family
LINBIT SDS Performance on Ampere
Ampere® Altra® Family Processors Deliver Disruptive Value for Large-Scale, High-Performance Storage Solution
LINBIT SDS - developed by LINBIT® - delivers ultra-fast, resilient block storage for private and cloud infrastructure. Using LINBIT SDS with Ampere Altra Max processors enables you to use commodity hardware to create high-performance storage clusters. With native integration to Kubernetes, LINSTOR® - one of the key software components of LINBIT SDS - makes building, running, and controlling block storage much simpler when providing persistent block storage for Kubernetes environments.
In this LINBIT SDS using Ampere® Altra® Max solution brief, Ampere, LINBIT and Samsung collaborate together to showcase the performance data after running tests with an Ampere Altra Max 3-node MicroK8s cluster.
Benchmarking Results
Working with LINBIT SDS to manage storage demands, we can drive sustained peak loads into the drives. The results have been compared against the current LINBIT IOPS world record that ran and used a 12x Intel node cluster which had 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L processors per Node.
Storage performance per node compared to Intel:
Random Read/Write
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7x better in 4k Random Read performance
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3x better in 4k Random Write performance
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4x better in 4k Random Read/Write (70/30)
Sequential Read/Write
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6x better in 128k sequential read performance
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3x better in 128k sequential write performance
Benchmarking Configuration
We ran a series of FIO tests using LINBIT SDS to benchmark the highest storage performance on 3-node MicroK8s cluster using 1x Altra Max processor per node. We used the Ampere Mt. Collins platform for reference, equipped with one Ampere Altra Max processor and eight Samsung PM1733a NVMe SSDs per node. The tests used the Ampere Altra Max M128-30 processor which supports a 3.0Ghz operating frequency.
Server-Level Specifications
| PLATFORM | AMPERE ALTRA MAX | INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8280L |
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| Processor | 1x Ampere Altra Max - 128 Arm v8.2+ 64-bit CPU cores up to 3.0 GHz | 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L CPU |
| Memory | 250GiB DDR4-3200 | 384GiB DDR4 DRAM |
| Persistant Memory | N/A | 4x 512GB Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory |
| Storage | 8x PCIe Gen.4 Samsung PM1733a SSDs (30.72TB) 1x PCIe Gen.3 Samsung PM983 SSD (960GB) for boot drive | 4x Intel SSD DC P4510 of at least 4TB |
| Network | 2x Mellanox MT28908 [ConnectX-6] 100Gbe | Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710 with dual 25GbE ports |
Cluster-Level Specifications
| PLATFORM | AMPERE ALTRA MAX | INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8280L |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | 3x Ampere Altra Max - 128 Arm v8.2+ 64-bit CPU cores up to 3.0 GHz | 24x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L CPU |
| Memory | 750GiB DDR4-3200 | 460GiB DDR4 DRAM |
| Persistant Memory | N/A | 48x 512GB Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory |
| Storage | 24x PCIe Gen.4 Samsung PM1733a SSDs (30.72TB) 3x PCIe Gen.3 Samsung PM983 SSD (960GB) for boot drive | 48x Intel SSD DC P4510 of at least 4TB |
| Network | 6x Mellanox MT28908 [ConnectX-6] 100Gbe | 12x Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710 with dual 25GbE ports |
For more information about Samsung PM1733a, click here or contact your Samsung Sales representative
LINBIT SDS Architecture
Key Benefits
Ampere Altra Family Processors Deliver Disruptive Value for Large-Scale, High-Performance Storage Solution
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Higher core counts compared to competitors.
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Predictable and linear workload performance.
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Low power consumption - reduces carbon footprint.
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Kubernetes persistent storage.
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Block storage replication.
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Open Source LINBIT SDS
Ampere - Empowering What’s Next
The Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max processors are complete system-on-chip (SOC) solutions built for cloud native applications. Ampere Altra supports up to 80 cores and Ampere Altra Max supports up to 128 aarch64 cores. In addition to incorporating a large number of high-performance cores, the innovative architecture delivers predictable high performance, linear scaling and high energy efficiency.
Footnotes
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