Store
MIT Research Pushes Latency Limits with Distributed Flash
We are hitting the limits of what can be crammed into DRAM in a number of application areas. …
Store
Enterprise
A Thirst For Petabyte Scale All-Flash Arrays
Some technology trends get their start among enterprises, some from hyperscalers or HPC organizations. …
Compute
The Hype About Converged Systems
Converged systems are a hot commodity in the IT sector these days. …
Store
Framing Questions for Optimized I/O Subsystems
Building high performance systems at the bleeding edge hardware-wise without considering the way data actually moves through such a system is too common—and woefully so, given the fact that understanding and articulating an application’s requirements can lead to dramatic I/O improvements. …
Compute
Systems To Morph As Memory Options Expand
Compute is by far still the largest part of the hardware budget at most IT organizations, and even with the advance of technology, which allows more compute, memory, storage, and I/O to be crammed into a server node, we still seem to always want more. …
Compute
Driving Compute And Storage Scale Independently
While legacy monolithic applications will linger in virtual machines for an incredibly long time in the datacenter, new scale-out applications run best on new architectures. …
AI
Lustre to DAOS: Machine Learning on Intel’s Platform
Training a machine learning algorithm to accurately solve complex problems requires large amounts of data. …
Enterprise
IBM Throws Weight Behind Phase Change Memory
There is no question that the memory hierarchy in systems is being busted wide open and that new persistent memory technology that can be byte addressable like DRAM or block addressable like storage are going to radically change the architecture of machines and the software that runs on them. …
Enterprise
Scaling All Flash Arrays Up And Out
The ubiquity of the Xeon server has been a boon for datacenters and makers of IT products alike, creating an ever more powerful on which to build compute, storage, and now networking or a mix of the three all in the same box. …
AI
First Burst Buffer Use at Scale Bolsters Application Performance
Over the last year, we have focused on the role burst buffer technology might play in bolstering the I/O capabilities on some of the world’s largest machines and have focused on use cases ranging from the initial target to more application-centric goals. …