The advance of solid state disk as a replacement for mechanical disk is driving gains in application performance and computing efficiency. However, the same advancements are also driving even more revolutionary changes in system memory. A new and even higher performance persistent data storage layer is emerging that will enable broad adoption of the as yet unrealized power real time computing.

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2013
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In-­‐Memory
Compu.ng
and
the
Emergence
of
Tier
-­‐1
Storage
John
Webster
Senior
Partner
John@EvaluatorGroup.com
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Overview of Evaluator Group
! Since
1997
delivering
comprehensive
and
objecHve
analysis
of
storage
systems
and
related
issues
— A
team
of
engineers,
systems
performance
experts
and
go-­‐to-­‐market
specialists
— Expert
analysis
with
detailed
informaHon
and
unbiased
opinions
! PracHcal,
business-­‐oriented,
technical
perspecHves
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Research Coverage
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InformaHon
Management
&
Data
Storage
Virtualiza.on
Data
Analy.cs
Performance
Solid
State
Hyper-­‐
Converged
Cloud
Services
&
Object
SDS
&
Virtualiza.on
Data
Protec.on
&
Archive

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A Few of Our Customers
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What’s the Point?
! A
new
scalable,
very
high
performance,
low
cost
Her
is
persistent
storage
is
emerging
(Tier
-­‐1).
! AdopHon
will
be
accelerated
by
rapid
advances
in
price
for
performance
and
capacity.
! It
will,
converged
with
other
technologies,
enable
broad
adopHon
of
real
Hme
analyHcs.
! Market
potenHal
for
real
Hme
analyHcs—and
real
Hme
compuHng
in
general—already
exists
(and
has
existed
for
years).
! At
present,
the
possibiliHes
can
only
be
parHally
imaged.
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What is Tier -1?
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SSD (Tier 0)
High-Performance
Disks (Tier 1)
High-Capacity
Disks (Tier 2)
External Tier 3
Tape
Optical
DataMovement
Storage System Tiering “Within the Box” and External
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Response
Time
µs
ms
ms
seconds
SSD
=
Solid
State
Device

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Inc.
Persistent In-
Memory SSD
High-Capacity
Disks
Tier -1 Data Persistence In-Memory
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Persistent In-
Memory SSD
Capacity SSD
.....
_
SSD
=
Solid
State
Device

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What Does the Future for
SSD Look Like?
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Inc.
Why Enterprise IT Likes SSD
! Elongate
tech
refresh
cycles
! Increased
efficiency/reduced
cost
of
virtualized
servers
! DeduplicaHon
yields
gains
in
price/GB
vs.
disk
! Lower
Opex
for
machine
room
environmentals
! ApplicaHon
performance
(turn
muts
into
show
dogs)
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Why Business Likes SSD
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Multiple SSD Technologies Advancing in Parallel
Non-­‐volaHle
memory
(NVM)
technologies
under
current
development
! NAND
flash
! MRAM
! Memristor
! ResisHve
RAM
! PCM
! Nano
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Cost of Disk vs Flash
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Moore’s Law for DRAM
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NVMe Performance
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Inc.
Bottom Line
Increasing
demand
+
increasing
compe..on
+
increasing
produc.on
for
SSD
=
Con.nual
improvements
in
SSD
price
for
performance
and
scale
=
Con.nued
cost
reduc.ons
and
performance
enhancements
for
In-­‐
Memory
Compu.ng
=
Accelera.ng
advancements
in
real
.me
compu.ng
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Group,
Inc.
Where is the Demand for
Real Time Computing?
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2013
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Inc.
Enabling Converged, Real-time Analytics
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The
confluence
of
two
major
compuHng
trajectories:
! ConHnued
improvements
in
memory
technology
that
began
with
the
first
digital
computers
! Advancement
of
MPP
compuHng
that
began
in
the
early
1980's

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Group,
Inc.
Visions of Real Time Analytics in 2004
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! AnalyHc-­‐based
applicaHons
based
on
convergence
of
mulHple
data
sources-­‐
potenHally
in
real
Hme
! Interviewed
50
CEOs,
CIOs
and
Technologists
from
verHcal
industry
segments
! Visions
were
of
leveraging
disparate
and
pervasive
data
sources
(mobile,
sensor,
database)
in
real
Hme.

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2013
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Group,
Inc.
CEO Real Time Visions 2004
! RFID
converged
with
paHent
data
in
to
prevent
accidentally
inducing
adverse
reacHons
to
drugs
in
a
hospital
sejng
! MulHple
sensory
data
inputs
to
monitor
and
control
chemical
leaks
in
chemical
producHon
! In-­‐store
shoe
manufacturing
! ….
and
more
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Group,
Inc.
Great Visions in 2004, but…
! Data
Warehousing
systems
built
around
transacHonal,
structured
data
! Reports
made
available
to
business
decision
makers
days
to
weeks
aler
data
creaHon
! No
ability
to
converge
mulHple
data
sources
! No
ability
to
leverage
unstructured
data
! Real
Hme?
Are
you
kidding?
CEOs
were
incapable
of
turning
their
visions
into
reality
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Group,
Inc.
The Point?
For
years
there
has
been
demand
for
analyHcs
systems
that
can
converge
mulHple
data
sources
and
deliver
results
in
real
Hme
to:
! Business
decision
makers
! Healthcare
and
Public
sector
! …
and
Consumers
Now
we
have
the
systems
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2013
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Group,
Inc.
What are the Possibilities?
7/13/15
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2013
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Group,
Inc.
What if You Could Combine…?
! RoboHcs
! Electronic
sensors
and
sensory
data
(like
IoT)
! Bluetooth
communicaHons
(mobility)
! Centralized,
real
Hme
analyHcs
! Automated
programming
! ConsumerizaHon
! Open
source
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Group,
Inc.
Mobotics
7/13/15
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• RoboHcs
• Electronic
sensors
and
sensory
data
(like
IoT)
• Bluetooth
communicaHons
(mobility)
• Centralized,
real
Hme
analyHcs
• Automated
programming
• ConsumerizaHon
• Open
source

26. MeaowMeaow
The first open-source web-programmable
device and robotics platform.
Designed to be used by common web-site programmers,
allowing device logic to be updated constantly, by simple
programs/web-pages that connect to all other internet data
sources and technologies.
Chris
Stakutis
chris.stakutis@
ConcordSoftwareAndExecutiveConsulting.com
978
764
3488

27. ©
2013
Evaluator
Group,
Inc.
The Point
! A
new
scalable,
very
high
performance,
low
cost
Her
is
persistent
storage
is
emerging
(Tier
-­‐1).
! AdopHon
will
be
accelerated
by
rapid
advances
in
price
for
performance
and
capacity.
! It
will,
converged
with
other
technologies,
enable
broad
adopHon
of
real
Hme
analyHcs.
! Market
potenHal
for
real
Hme
analyHcs—and
real
Hme
compuHng
in
general—already
exists
(and
has
existed
for
years).
! At
present,
the
possibiliHes
can
only
be
parHally
imaged.
7/13/15
27

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2013
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Group,
Inc.
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Does
In-­‐Memory
CompuHng
change
everything?
If
so,
then
this
summit
marks
the
beginning
of
a
new
era
in
compuHng
and
I
hope
to
see
you
at
the
next
one.