Create shared storage for AWS PCS in Amazon FSx for Lustre - AWS PCS

Create shared storage for AWS PCS in Amazon FSx for Lustre

Amazon FSx for Lustre makes it easy and cost-effective to launch and run the popular, high-performance Lustre file system. You use Lustre for workloads where speed matters, such as machine learning, high performance computing (HPC), video processing, and financial modeling. For more information, see What is Amazon FSx for Lustre? in the Amazon FSx for Lustre User Guide.

The AWS PCS demonstration cluster can use an FSx for Lustre file system to provide a high-performance shared directory between the cluster nodes. Create an FSx for Lustre file system in the same VPC as your cluster.

To create your FSx for Lustre file system

  1. Go to the Amazon FSx console.

  2. Make sure the console is set to use the same AWS Region as your cluster.

  3. Choose Create file system.

    • For Select file system type, choose Amazon FSx for Lustre, then choose Next.

  4. On the Specify file system details page, set the following parameters:

    • Under File system details

      • For Name, enter getstarted-fsx

      • For Deployment and storage type, choose Persistent, SSD

      • For Throughput per unit of storage, choose 125 MB/s/TiB

      • For Storage capacity, enter 1.2 TiB

      • For Metadata Configuration, choose Automatic

      • For Data compression type, choose LZ4

    • Under Network & security

      • For Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), choose the VPC named hpc-networking:Large-Scale-HPC

      • For VPC Security Groups, leave the security group named default

      • For Subnet, choose the subnet where the name starts with hpc-networking:PrivateSubnetA

    • Leave the other options set to their default values.

    • Choose Next.

  5. On the Review and create page, choose Create file system. This returns you to the File systems page.

  6. Navigate to the details page for the FSx for Lustre file system you created.

  7. Make a note of the File system ID and the Mount name. You use this information later.

Note

The Status field shows Creating while the file system is being provisioned. File system creation can take several minutes. Wait until it completes before proceeding with the rest of the tutorial.