Google Cloud Managed Lustre, Powered by DDN EXAScaler Offering High-Performance File System Now Generally Available

DDN, AI and data intelligence solutions provider, announced that Google Cloud Managed Lustre, a fully managed, high-performance parallel file system service, powered by DDN’s EXAScaler technology, is now available.

Designed to accelerate the most demanding workloads in AI, HPC, and data-intensive enterprise environments, Google Cloud Managed Lustre brings the power of Lustre – the world’s most scalable parallel file system – natively into the Google Cloud ecosystem. The service is now available globally.

“By bringing our EXAScaler technology to Google Cloud customers as a fully managed service, we’re enabling organizations across industries to accelerate innovation without the overhead of managing complex infrastructure,” said Paul Bloch, co-founder and president, DDN.

“Partnering with DDN allows us to bring their industry leading parallel file systems to Google Cloud as a deeply integrated, first-party service. By combining DDN’s decades of expertise in high-performance Lustre with Google Cloud’s global infrastructure and AI ecosystem, we are delivering a foundational capability that removes storage bottlenecks and helps our customers solve their most complex challenges in AI and HPC.”  confirmed Asad Khan, senior director product management, Google Cloud Storage.

“Enterprises today demand AI infrastructure that combines accelerated computing with high-performance storage solutions to deliver uncompromising speed, seamless scalability and cost efficiency at scale. Google and DDN’s collaboration on Google Cloud Managed Lustre creates a better-together solution uniquely suited to meet these needs. By integrating DDN’s enterprise-grade data platforms and Google’s global cloud capabilities, organizations can readily access vast amounts of data and unlock the of AI with the NVIDIA AI platform (or NVIDIA accelerated computing platform) on Google Cloud -reducing time-to-insight, maximizing GPU utilization, and lowering total cost of ownership.” added Dave Salvator, director, accelerated computing products, Nvidia.

Purpose-Built for Performance, Simplicity, and Scale
Google Cloud Managed Lustre delivers industry performance of up to 1TB/s read throughput with <1ms latency and can scale seamlessly from 18TB to 8 PB+. With multiple performance tiers (125MB/s/TB to 1,000 MB/s/TB), organizations can tailor performance to meet the specific needs of their AI, simulation, or analytics workloads.

The service offers 

• Fully managed operations through the Google Cloud Console, CLI, and APIs
• Native integration with Google Cloud services like Google Cloud Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), IAM, VPC Service Controls, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform
• Optimized performance for AI/ML training, financial modeling, rendering, genomic analysis, and more
• Enterprise-grade reliability with a 99.9% SLA
• Terraform support, bulk data movement with Google Cloud Storage, and a Managed CSI Driver for GKE

Unlocking Value Across Industries
From LLM training and risk analysis to climate research and drug discovery, Google Cloud Managed Lustre serves customers in financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, public sector, and M&E.

“I consolidated the previous storage systems into one centralized DDN storage system using a global EXAScaler Lustre file system which can deliver the needed performance and scalability. Having spent 20 years implementing DDN systems successfully, it was an easy decision for me to choose DDN for Helmholtz Munich’s infrastructure rehaul,” said Dr Alf Wachsmann, head, DigIT infrastructure and scientific computing, Helmholtz Munich.

Availability and Getting Started
Google Cloud Managed Lustre is available. Customers can deploy instances directly through the Google Cloud Console or speak with Google Cloud or DDN representatives for tailored guidance and support.