DDB Tops IO500 10-Node List For HPC Storage
Blocks & Files, Friday, June 20th, 2025
DDN says it has secured the top position against its competitors on the IO500 benchmark.
The IO500 rates HPC (High-Performance Computing) storage systems with a single score reflecting their sequential read/write bandwidth, file metadata operations (file creation, delete, and lookup), and searching for files in a directory tree. There is a 10-node score for small HPC systems and a production score for unlimited node setups. DDN says that most enterprise AI workloads run in the 10-node category and there it is number one - at least when it comes to the benchmark - claiming it is outperforming competitors 'by as much as 11x.'