Sanctioned Chinese supercomputer maker stripped of IO500 benchmark crown, Intel-powered Aurora retakes the lead — record-breaking ParaStor F9000 storage system doesn't meet reproducibility requirements
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The larger SCNet AICS-A submission ran the IO500 benchmark from 500 client nodes with 64,000 client processors and achieved an IO500 score of 79,110.05, with 26,888.39 GiB/s of bandwidth and 232,754.76 kIOPS of metadata performance. The smaller AICS-B was a 10-client submission with 2,560 client processors.
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- ▪The larger SCNet AICS-A submission ran the IO500 benchmark from 500 client nodes with 64,000 client processors and achieved an IO500 score of 79,110.05, with 26,888.39 GiB/s of bandwidth and 232,754.76 kIOPS of metadata performance.
- ▪The smaller AICS-B was a 10-client submission with 2,560 client processors.
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Tech Industry Supercomputers Sanctioned Chinese supercomputer maker stripped of IO500 benchmark crown, Intel-powered Aurora retakes the lead — record-breaking ParaStor F9000 storage system doesn't meet reproducibility requirements News By Anton Shilov Published 11 September 2026 But it is still among the fastest storage subsystems in the world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The IO500 Committee has removed storage subsystems based on Sugon's ParaStor F9000 all-flash storage systems from its…
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