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by NGRhodes 352 days ago
Scale of data we see on our HPC, it is way better performance per £/$ to use Lustre mounted over fast network. Would spend far too much time shifting data otherwise. Local storage should be used for tmp and scratch purposes.
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The docker image is a scratch purpose.
Imagine copying 8gb image to 96000 ranks over network
It's called caching layers bruv, container images do it. Plus you can stagger registries in a tiered cache per rack/cage/etc. OTOH, constantly re-copying the same executable over and over every time you execute or access it over a network filesystem wastes bandwidth and time, and a network filesystem cache is both inefficient and runs into cache invalidation issues.