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File create, File stat, Metadata file create performance,

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Improving NFS Performance on HPC Clusters with Dell Fluid Cache for DAS Number of create() ops per second 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Figure 9. Metadata file create performance File create 1 2 4 8 16 32 48 64 128 256 512 Number of concurrent clients baseline DFC-WB DFC-WT File create and file remove tests show similar results with the baseline out-performing the DFC configuration. File stat is a read operation and here the DFC configuration outperforms the baseline by up to 80%. Figure 10. Metadata file stat performance Number of stat() ops per second 200000 180000 160000 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 1 File stat 2 4 8 16 32 48 64 128 256 512 Number of concurrent clients baseline DFC-WB DFC-WT 21

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Metadata file create performance
Figure 9.
File create and file remove tests show similar results with the baseline out-performing the DFC
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