I saw a demo where a couple (I think 5?) Intel 750 PCIe SSDs hard locked a system because the processor (a 5960X if I remember correctly) couldn't handle writing to all of them at once.
I can't think of a time where a modernish processor couldn't handle a storage array of any size.
I wonder if we will ever talk about CPUs the way we used to with slow spinning HDDs, as a fact of life that it basically is the slowest part of a computer and there is basically nothing we can do about it.
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MrSpadge - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
I love how storage is becoming increasingly smart. Lot's of work to do, but huge potential benefits by avoiding the worst case scenarios.Stochastic - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Storage is exciting again!descendency - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
I saw a demo where a couple (I think 5?) Intel 750 PCIe SSDs hard locked a system because the processor (a 5960X if I remember correctly) couldn't handle writing to all of them at once.I can't think of a time where a modernish processor couldn't handle a storage array of any size.
I wonder if we will ever talk about CPUs the way we used to with slow spinning HDDs, as a fact of life that it basically is the slowest part of a computer and there is basically nothing we can do about it.
tuxRoller - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
It probably froze because the write-back throttling mechanism was disabled, they were using blocking io, or thru had the max_aio_nr set too low.valinor89 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
"In spite of a fire that closed the exhibition floor last week at Flash Memory Summit"Looks like the SSD market is heating up again!
Samus - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - link
Or Samsung was there and really outdid themselves with their latest SSD's...