When designing a storage infrastructure for an artificial intelligence (AI) or deep learning (DL) workload, the default assumption is that an all-flash array (AFA) or something even faster must be at the heart of the design. The problem is as…
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Are All-Flash Arrays All Wrong for AI and DL Workloads?
Tagged with: AFA, AI, All-Flash, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, DL, Flash, Metadata, Object Storage, SwiftStack
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Developing an NVMe over Fibre Channel Strategy
Most All-Flash Arrays (AFA) are setup as block devices connected via a Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Network (SAN). The deterministic nature of FC and its inherent low latency are an ideal match for AFAs. As data centers begin to…
For All-Flash Performance, Hardware vs. Media
In recent years the industry has seen the evolution of flash media from Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) based interconnects to Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) based interconnects. And now, PCIe interconnect is standardized around…
Tagged with: AFA, AI, All-Flash, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Machine Learning, ML, NVMe, PCIe, Replication, ROI, SAS, Violin Systems
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How Do I Prepare for PCIe Gen 4?
2019 will be the year that new CPUs and motherboards supporting the fourth generation of the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface (PCIe 4.0) will come to market – meaning that new storage systems using the interface are also on…
Has NVMe Really Reached Price Parity with SAS?
Several NVMe flash vendors are claiming that NVMe Flash has reached price parity with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) based flash. The claim is true or pretty close to true in most situations. Vendors are selling their NVMe flash drives for…
Why Workload Modeling and Monitoring for NVMe-oF?
When migrating to new technology, it is always important to conduct a careful cost/benefit analysis, to understand what the return on the new investment will be. It is also necessary to be sure that the investment will provide desired outcomes…
What is High versus Extreme Performance?
While some applications in the data center require extreme performance, high performance is now a default requirement for all production applications. How performance is measured varies by application (for example, one application might require very high throughput while others might…
Tagged with: AFA, AI, All-Flash, Artificial Intelligence, Deduplication, Fibre Channel, Flash, Hybrid, Machine Learning, ML, NVMe, Replication, Violin Systems
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15 Minute Webinar: NVMe Readiness Assessment
Most All-Flash Arrays were bought in the last few years and have not come anywhere close to “end of life,” yet most vendors are now shipping NVMe All-Flash Arrays which offer better performance. As enticing as these new systems might…
What is Extreme Performance?
The modern data center has to support many different types of workloads, each of which makes different demands on the storage architecture. Today, standard all-flash arrays (AFA) are the mainstream storage system for the data centers and conventional best practice…
Tagged with: AFA, AI, All-Flash, Artificial Intelligence, Deduplication, Fibre Channel, Flash, Hybrid, Machine Learning, ML, NVMe, Replication, Violin Systems
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Why is Software Defined Storage Failing to Consolidate Storage?
After enterprises decide not to use the storage mainframe described in our last blog they often next investigate software-defined storage (SDS) as a means to consolidate their storage and reduce storage costs. With SDS, consolidation occurs at the storage software…
Tagged with: AFA, Cloud, Compression, Consolidation, Deduplication, Flash, Hyperconvergence, Hypervisor, Migration, Object Storage, SDN, SDS, Software Defined Storage, StorONE, Virtualization
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