[Info-vax] Storage is faster than the processor

[Bob Gezelter]

On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 3:24:54 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> Having storage that is faster than the processors renders more than a 
> few system and application design details obsolete.
> 
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> Non-volatile Storage
> Implications of the Datacenter's Shifting Center
> 
> https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2874238
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> Ponder what this shift means for OpenVMS and its network and storage 
> I/O stacks, for scheduling, fast path and affinity, the new file system 
> and related.  And for your applications, too.
> 
> This isn't fiction or future, either.   The HPE 3PAR FC SAN SSD storage 
> arrays are just staggeringly faster than the old MSA gear.  And that's 
> before any discussions of PCIe or NVDIMMs.
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> 
> -- 
> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

Hoff,

Indeed. It does change the calculus of what matters in IO and CPU management.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com