beegfs

BeeGFS parallel Filesystem

BeeGFS is a highly scalable filesystem. It can run on a single server but has the capability to scale out to hundreds of servern.

The four components of BeeGFS are:

  • Management Server
  • Metadaten Server
  • Storage Server
  • BeeGFS Client

    • The minimum requirement for a running BeeGFS Filesystem is one BeeGFS Management Server, one BeeGFS Metadata Server, one BeeGFS Storage Server and one BeeGFS Client. This can be realised on one server or inside a virtual machine. For testing of BeeGFS a community edition is avaiable for download, however, this does not allow to use the enterprise edition features. To be able to test the enterprise edition feature a 60 day test license is available. For use in production an enterprise subscription is manadatory.

    Here is a table to compare the BeeGFS Enterprise Version with the community version

    Community Edition Enterprise Edition
    Community Mailing List
    Yes
    Yes
    Free Update
    Yes
    Yes
    Ready to use binary packages and source code
    Yes
    Yes
    Direct access to support
    No
    Yes
    Next Business Day Service Level Agreements for Support (Higher SLA on request)
    No
    Yes
    High Availability
    No
    Yes
    Resilience
    No
    Yes
    Quota Enforcement
    No
    Yes
    Access Control Lists (ACL)
    No
    Yes
    Storage Pools
    No
    Yes
    Remote Storage Targets
    No
    Yes
    Early updates and hotfixes
    No
    Yes

    Sagittarius-IT has experience in configuration and deployment of BeeGFS since 2018. We work closely with ThinkparQ GmbH and can assist you in:

  • Design
  • Installation (Implementation)
  • Configuiration (performance tuning)

    • of BeeGFS.

    We have our own lab with Infiniband support for testing and solution support.

    As a ThinkparQ VAR Partner we can give you a quote and provide you an offer for your BeeGFS installation. Do not hesitate to ask. Your direct contact for BeeGFS is Volker Pense (vpense(at)sagittarius-it.de)