High-Performance Computing (HPC) used to be limited to universities and government agencies, now though industries of all types are leveraging HPC for big manufacturing, in-depth analysis, sophisticated modeling and VFX rendering. However, commercial organizations don’t have the time for erector…
Unstructured data applications are increasingly IO hungry. It’s a problem that impacts not only the High-Performance Computing (HPC) market, but also the traditional enterprise as they start initiatives like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). In…
When flash storage first came to market it exposed the weakness in storage designs, hidden by the latency of hard disk media. Now, NVMe promises to expose weaknesses in the designs of the first generation of all-flash arrays. One of…
HPC data centers are the harbinger of what the enterprise will look like in the coming years. As such enterprise data centers should pay close attention to a recent survey of HPC data centers, which was sponsored by DataDirect Networks.…
Quantum Xcellis Scale-out NAS Briefing Note Unstructured data is polarizing. On one end, a large portion of unstructured data needs almost no performance, it just needs to be retained in case it is needed in the future. On the other…
High-Performance Computing (HPC) is the proving grounds to test a storage system’s ability to handle mixed workloads. While HPC is an important market it is relatively small, at least in comparison to the broader enterprise data center storage market. With…
Almost every data center professional wants to create a hybrid cloud strategy, one that optimizes on-premises resources while leveraging the almost infinite capabilities of the cloud. The best approach is to start with what is known, on-premises storage, but move…
In recent years, most of the advances in flash performance are the result of better engineering more so than faster flash NAND. For example, NVMe makes the interface between the CPU and flash storage more efficient. NVMe over Fabrics makes…
When it comes to storage, High Performance Computing (HPC) environments are struggling with an interesting tug of war. On one side these environments need incredibly fast storage systems—the performance tier. Speed in HPC either allows for a greater number of…
For most High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, high performance storage is a critical component in the infrastructure. The storage systems need to feed the compute infrastructure as quickly as possible. With object storage improving its performance and adding flash to…
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