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As of 4 November 2026, 39 storage systems are named by companies instead of Lustre: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Lustre, companies in postings
135
Most used alternative
Amazon S3 · 4,518
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Amazon S3
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

storage systems companies choose instead of Lustre

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs Lustrepostings, 90 dCompare
1
Amazon S3Amazon
4,5183347%12,902Lustre vs Amazon S3 →
2
839621%2,328Lustre vs Azure Data Lake Storage →
3
775574%2,348Lustre vs Google Cloud Storage →
4
Azure StorageMicrosoft
558413%1,328Lustre vs Azure Storage →
5
NetAppNetApp
558413%2,240Lustre vs NetApp →
6
CephCeph Foundation
390289%886Lustre vs Ceph →
7
NFSIETF
382283%1,073Lustre vs NFS →
8
Hadoop Distributed File SystemApache Software Foundation
323239%781Lustre vs Hadoop Distributed File System →
9
Dell EMCDell Technologies
303224%707Lustre vs Dell EMC →
10
282209%649Lustre vs Azure Blob Storage →
11
iSCSIIETF
264196%593Lustre vs iSCSI →
12
Pure StoragePure Storage
229170%665Lustre vs Pure Storage →
13
NVMeNVM Express
193143%1,159Lustre vs NVMe →
14
Microsoft DFSMicrosoft
187139%375Lustre vs Microsoft DFS →
15
MinIOMinIO
165122%320Lustre vs MinIO →
16
144107%308Lustre vs Fibre Channel →
17
VAST DataVAST Data
12190%378Lustre vs VAST Data →
18
10679%320soon
19
ZFSOpenZFS
10578%192soon
20
NTFSMicrosoft
9067%148soon
21
Dell PowerScaleDell Technologies
8764%242soon
22
WEKAWekaIO
8764%236soon
23
LVMLinux
7959%226soon
24
SynologySynology
7858%132soon
25
7757%353soon
26
7354%167soon
27
SATASerial ATA International Organization
7354%448soon
28
SambaSamba Team
5944%99soon
29
Dell PowerStoreDell Technologies
5742%112soon
30
eMMCJEDEC
5541%154soon
31
Amazon S3 GlacierAmazon Web Services
5037%99soon
32
BeeGFSThinkParallel
4130%71soon
33
Universal Flash Storage (UFS)JEDEC
4130%241soon
34
Azure FilesMicrosoft
4030%86soon
35
RookCNCF
4030%51soon
36
Cisco MDSCisco
3929%72soon
37
LonghornCNCF
3627%72soon
38
Dell PowerMaxDell Technologies
3526%83soon
39
DDNDataDirect Networks
3123%123soon
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39 storage systems are named by companies instead of Lustre: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/lustre/alternatives)
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  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

Lustre alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to Lustre?

Amazon S3: 4,518 companies name it in their own job postings, against 135 for Lustre.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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