The Speed of Scale-out

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now unlocks 72 GB/s throughput and 2.4 Million IOPS. Discover how multiple HA pairs unify into the cloud's most powerful data engine.

72 GB/s
Max Throughput
2.4M
Max IOPS

Throughput Scaling: Single vs. Multi-Node

Comparison based on standard 1-node vs. 12-node scale-out configurations.

1. Breaking the Performance Ceiling

Legacy cloud file systems are often limited by the performance of a single pair of file servers. FSx for NetApp ONTAP enables Scale-out Architecture, allowing you to aggregate the performance of up to 12 high-availability pairs into a single, unified file system.

Linear Scalability

As you add more nodes, both throughput and IOPS scale linearly. This allows your storage to grow exactly in line with the demands of your most compute-intensive workloads.

2. Unified Scale-out Cluster

Multiple High-Availability (HA) pairs act as a single logical entity, distributing data blocks across all nodes for maximum parallel performance.

Compute Farm

1000s of EC2 Instances

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HA Pair 1
HA Pair 2
HA Pair 3
Up to 12 Pairs
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Unified Data Lake

FlexGroup Volumes

FlexGroup Volumes

Automatically stripes data across all HA pairs to balance load and maximize throughput.

NVMe Acceleration

Each node includes local NVMe SSDs for ultra-fast read caching of hot data.

Elastic Capacity

Scale performance independent of capacity storage using intelligent tiering.

3. Built for the Extremes

Consistent Sub-ms Latency

"The scale-out architecture allows for high throughput without the typical latency spikes seen in standard NAS systems under heavy load."

Workload Suitability Index

Scale-out architectures excel at multi-tenant, high-concurrency environments.

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Gen AI Training

Massive parallel read throughput for feeding data-hungry model training clusters via S3 or NFS.

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Financial Analytics

Sub-millisecond latency for real-time quantitative modeling, backtesting, and high-frequency risk analysis.

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EDA & Chip Design

Supports millions of small metadata operations and high concurrency for silicon simulation workloads.

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Media Rendering

Provides the massive bandwidth required for multi-stream 4K/8K video editing and VFX render farms.

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Seismic & Geophysics

Handles the petabyte-scale parallel processing needed for oil and gas exploration data sets.

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Life Sciences

Enables rapid analysis of large-scale genomic sequences with high concurrent user access.