A research institution is running a high-performance computing (HPC) workload on AWS. The workload requires a shared file system that can provide sub-millisecond latencies and millions of IOPS. The data is currently stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. Which storage solution should the solutions architect recommend?

Answer options:

Amazon EFS in Max I/O mode

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Amazon FSx for Lustre

Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS (io2)

How to approach this question

Match 'HPC', 'sub-millisecond latency', and 'S3 integration' with FSx for Lustre.

Full Answer

C.Amazon FSx for Lustre✓ Correct

Amazon FSx for Lustre is a fully managed file system that is optimized for compute-intensive workloads, such as high performance computing (HPC), machine learning, and media data processing workflows. It natively integrates with Amazon S3, allowing you to access your S3 objects as files.

Common mistakes

Choosing EFS, which is a general-purpose file system and not optimized for the extreme performance requirements of HPC.

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