IBM Power Systems can leverage several IBM storage solutions to improve performance and flexibility for IBM i workloads. These include direct attachment of DS5000 storage arrays as well as virtualizing storage through PowerVM VIOS configurations using DS5000, SVC, XIV, and other storage arrays. Using SSDs in Power Systems can also provide major performance boosts for applications with random read-intensive workloads.
The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and their benefits over traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). SSDs offer much faster read/write speeds and lower power consumption compared to HDDs. A mixed configuration using both SSDs and HDDs is typically recommended, with "hot" frequently accessed data stored on SSDs and "cold" infrequently accessed data stored on HDDs. The document provides examples of workloads and applications that are good fits for SSDs, and also discusses technologies used in SSDs like single-level cells and multi-level cells. It also covers how to identify and move hot data to SSDs for the AIX and IBM i operating systems.
This document discusses the use of solid state drives (SSDs) in servers to improve performance, reduce costs, and increase reliability compared to spinning hard disk drives (HDDs). It summarizes three main uses of SSDs: 1) replacing boot disks to speed up applications, 2) replacing disks in high input/output systems, and 3) using SSDs as a fast virtual memory paging device. It then provides details on IBM's 50GB high input/output SSD options for servers and blades, and 160GB/320GB PCIe SSD adapters that provide even higher performance than SATA/SAS attached SSDs.
The document summarizes the Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive. Key points:
1) It combines an SSD and HDD into one device for faster performance than an HDD and larger capacity than an SSD at 1/10 the price.
2) Its Adaptive Memory technology learns user behavior to place frequently used data in faster flash memory for improved response times.
3) It provides fast boot times within seconds like an SSD while retaining large storage capacities up to 750GB.
4) Benchmarks show it has faster boot and application launch times than SSDs, previous SSHDs, and HDDs. It is a simple plug-and-play solution without special drivers.
Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array, Redefining Storage Performance and Efficiency-...Agora Group
The document discusses Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array, a flash storage solution that provides unprecedented performance and efficiency. It achieves over 1 million IOPS in a single rack unit while using a fraction of the power and space of traditional HDD storage. The F5100 is well-suited for accelerating databases and I/O-intensive applications. Sun also offers other flash products like the Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card and flash modules that can boost server performance. Customers have reported significant improvements in response times, throughput, and reductions in power costs when using Sun's flash solutions.
Purchasing chassis with large numbers of HDDs is one way to configure your infrastructure, but such a solution can provide less than optimal performance, take up a large amount of prime data center space, and increase power and cooling costs. Configuring your servers with SSDs, on the other hand, can dramatically improve performance while simultaneously reducing the overall power consumption of your data center.
In our tests, replacing 24 HDDs in an external chassis with only six internal Kingston SSDs boosted total database performance by as much as 91.8 percent. Not only did the server with Kingston SSDs outperform the HDD solution, it also consumed 32.5 percent less power while active and 51.0 percent less power when idle. Such dramatic performance increases and reduction in power consumption can make Kingston SSDs a compelling choice for the database servers in your data center.
Performance and battery life comparison: Samsung solid-state drive vs. hard d...Principled Technologies
A zippy Samsung SSD-based notebook computer can speed up your employees’ experience at work; saving a few seconds here and there over the course of the day might sound inconsequential, but can add up. Being able to take advantage of a power-saving feature such as Intel Rapid Start Technology extends battery life, which can make employees’ lives easier. Investing in Samsung SSDs for your Dell Latitude E6430 notebooks can deliver this improved speed and battery life, boosting both productivity and morale.
This document summarizes the Plextor M5M Series mSATA Solid State Drive. It discusses the business potential for mSATA drives in growing ultra-portable devices. The M5M offers a compact 3.6mm size but high performance of up to 540MB/s read speeds. It uses Toshiba 19nm flash and has extensive reliability testing including 22 hours of testing in Flexstar chambers. The M5M is supported by a 3 year warranty and customer support across Europe.
This document summarizes a presentation on transcendent memory (tmem) on the Xen virtual machine monitor. Tmem aims to solve the challenges of physical memory management in virtualized systems by creating a shared memory pool from unused and wasted guest memory. The presentation provides background on memory management in operating systems and virtual machine monitors, an overview of the tmem design and implementation progress, and a performance analysis comparing self-ballooning, tmem, tmem with deduplication, and tmem with deduplication and compression.
The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and their benefits over traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). SSDs offer much faster read/write speeds and lower power consumption compared to HDDs. A mixed configuration using both SSDs and HDDs is typically recommended, with "hot" frequently accessed data stored on SSDs and "cold" infrequently accessed data stored on HDDs. The document provides examples of workloads and applications that are good fits for SSDs, and also discusses technologies used in SSDs like single-level cells and multi-level cells. It also covers how to identify and move hot data to SSDs for the AIX and IBM i operating systems.
This document discusses the use of solid state drives (SSDs) in servers to improve performance, reduce costs, and increase reliability compared to spinning hard disk drives (HDDs). It summarizes three main uses of SSDs: 1) replacing boot disks to speed up applications, 2) replacing disks in high input/output systems, and 3) using SSDs as a fast virtual memory paging device. It then provides details on IBM's 50GB high input/output SSD options for servers and blades, and 160GB/320GB PCIe SSD adapters that provide even higher performance than SATA/SAS attached SSDs.
The document summarizes the Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive. Key points:
1) It combines an SSD and HDD into one device for faster performance than an HDD and larger capacity than an SSD at 1/10 the price.
2) Its Adaptive Memory technology learns user behavior to place frequently used data in faster flash memory for improved response times.
3) It provides fast boot times within seconds like an SSD while retaining large storage capacities up to 750GB.
4) Benchmarks show it has faster boot and application launch times than SSDs, previous SSHDs, and HDDs. It is a simple plug-and-play solution without special drivers.
Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array, Redefining Storage Performance and Efficiency-...Agora Group
The document discusses Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array, a flash storage solution that provides unprecedented performance and efficiency. It achieves over 1 million IOPS in a single rack unit while using a fraction of the power and space of traditional HDD storage. The F5100 is well-suited for accelerating databases and I/O-intensive applications. Sun also offers other flash products like the Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card and flash modules that can boost server performance. Customers have reported significant improvements in response times, throughput, and reductions in power costs when using Sun's flash solutions.
Purchasing chassis with large numbers of HDDs is one way to configure your infrastructure, but such a solution can provide less than optimal performance, take up a large amount of prime data center space, and increase power and cooling costs. Configuring your servers with SSDs, on the other hand, can dramatically improve performance while simultaneously reducing the overall power consumption of your data center.
In our tests, replacing 24 HDDs in an external chassis with only six internal Kingston SSDs boosted total database performance by as much as 91.8 percent. Not only did the server with Kingston SSDs outperform the HDD solution, it also consumed 32.5 percent less power while active and 51.0 percent less power when idle. Such dramatic performance increases and reduction in power consumption can make Kingston SSDs a compelling choice for the database servers in your data center.
Performance and battery life comparison: Samsung solid-state drive vs. hard d...Principled Technologies
A zippy Samsung SSD-based notebook computer can speed up your employees’ experience at work; saving a few seconds here and there over the course of the day might sound inconsequential, but can add up. Being able to take advantage of a power-saving feature such as Intel Rapid Start Technology extends battery life, which can make employees’ lives easier. Investing in Samsung SSDs for your Dell Latitude E6430 notebooks can deliver this improved speed and battery life, boosting both productivity and morale.
This document summarizes the Plextor M5M Series mSATA Solid State Drive. It discusses the business potential for mSATA drives in growing ultra-portable devices. The M5M offers a compact 3.6mm size but high performance of up to 540MB/s read speeds. It uses Toshiba 19nm flash and has extensive reliability testing including 22 hours of testing in Flexstar chambers. The M5M is supported by a 3 year warranty and customer support across Europe.
This document summarizes a presentation on transcendent memory (tmem) on the Xen virtual machine monitor. Tmem aims to solve the challenges of physical memory management in virtualized systems by creating a shared memory pool from unused and wasted guest memory. The presentation provides background on memory management in operating systems and virtual machine monitors, an overview of the tmem design and implementation progress, and a performance analysis comparing self-ballooning, tmem, tmem with deduplication, and tmem with deduplication and compression.
1. The document discusses hybrid RAID solutions that combine SSDs and HDDs to provide both high performance from SSDs and high capacity from HDDs.
2. A hybrid RAID deployment places read operations on faster SSDs and writes data to both SSDs and HDDs for redundancy. This improves IOPS and reduces latency over HDD-only solutions.
3. Examples show how hybrid RAID can maximize storage capacity while improving performance for tasks like booting and database operations in servers and workstations.
An IBM Storage Solution for Small and Mid-size Businesses -- The IBM Storwize...Tony Pearson
The document describes the IBM Storwize V3700 storage solution for small and mid-size businesses. It has award-winning simplicity and can be deployed quickly and flexibly. It starts small and scales up, and is optimized for flash. The Storwize V3700 offers everything needed from storage in a compact 2U form factor, with redundant components, 10GbE iSCSI and FCoE connectivity, solid state drives, and hybrid storage pools. It provides high performance similar to midrange systems through its embedded analytics and optimized hardware and software features inherited from IBM's enterprise-class storage solutions.
The IBM System x3400 M3 server provides scalable performance and availability features for small and medium sized businesses at an affordable price point. It supports the latest Intel Xeon processors with up to 128GB of memory and internal storage capacities of up to 16TB. The x3400 M3 offers redundancy features, extensive manageability tools, and a three-year onsite warranty to maximize uptime.
0901 Improving The Mobile Experience With Solid State Drives Pptguest4fc853
Intel IT is evaluating solid-state drive (SSD) technology to understand user benefits and enterprise impacts. Initial testing shows SSDs provide significantly faster performance, lower energy use extending battery life, and potential lower support costs compared to hard disk drives. Based on these results and expected reliability improvements, Intel sees SSDs as a logical next step to improve mobile computing experiences.
Alienware X51 performance comparison: Samsung SSD vs. traditional hard drivePrincipled Technologies
The Alienware X51 with Samsung SSD delivers more speed and greater performance than the same machine with HDD storage, which for gamers means better gaming experiences. For a modest additional investment, users could avoid frustrating lag times when copying large files and when booting and shutting down their systems. Users should appreciate the noticeable improvements that a solid-state drive brings.
ENT401 Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Applications in the AWS Cloud...Amazon Web Services
Oracle Hyperion applications - Essbase, Planning and Financial Management (Consolidation) - are the most widely-used financial analytic applications in the world. They all experience extreme peaks in usage, primarily during period-end close. Few corporate IT operations provision enough server capacity to provide good response time to Finance Departments during these close periods, which tends to make a challenging time even more difficult. Because of these factors, Hyperion applications are ideally suited for cloud computing in an enterprise setting. Join Larry Hill from Full 360 to discuss his firm’s deep experience with the benefits and best practices related to this or key workload running in the Amazon cloud.
This document provides an in-depth look at solid state drive (SSD) performance in the IBM DS8000 storage system. It discusses SSD performance best practices, such as placing hot data on SSDs for applications requiring low response times. It also covers selecting which data is best suited for SSDs versus HDDs on the DS8000, which now supports SSDs as a high performance tier along with 15K RPM and 7K RPM HDDs. Tools for analyzing I/O patterns on AIX and System z servers are also described to help identify hot data candidates for migration to SSDs.
This document proposes a flash-based caching scheme called Flash as Cache Extension (FaCE) to improve database performance and recovery time. FaCE caches both clean and dirty database pages in SSDs on database transaction commit. It uses a write-optimized design with sequential writes to SSDs and a write-back synchronization policy. FaCE also leverages the non-volatility of flash caches to support faster database recovery by reading cached pages from SSDs instead of disks. Evaluation shows FaCE achieves over 3x higher throughput than existing schemes and 4x faster recovery time.
Application acceleration from the data storage perspectiveInterop
The document discusses new advances in caching and solid state storage for accelerating application performance. It describes how solid state drives (SSDs) offer significantly higher input/output performance than spinning hard disks. SSDs can be used to cache frequently accessed data and improve performance for databases, file systems, virtualized applications, and other workloads limited by random disk access. The document provides examples of inserting SSDs at different points in storage systems, such as directly on application servers or in storage area networks, to optimize performance.
Power consumption in computing gets more and more attention.
How can we reduce it, save money on variable business cost and be \'Green\'?
This white paper will shed some new light on the matter.
The document compares the Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 and System x3550 M5 1U rack servers. Key differences include the RD350 supports Intel E5-2600 v3 CPUs up to 105W, has 2 PCIe slots, uses RAID adapters, and includes a 450W Gold power supply, while the x3550M5 supports up to 145W CPUs, has 3 PCIe slots, uses onboard RAID, and offers more storage configuration flexibility. Both servers offer redundant cooling and manageability features for reliability.
Databases are a key part of any application. The storage subsystem contributes most to performance of the database. In recent days, new storage technologies like Solid State Storage (SSD) and high performance drives are becoming cheaper and more accessible, but it takes a lot of planning to use these technologies in a cost effective way for best price-performance.
Building a Virtualized Development and Testing EnvironmentsLai Yoong Seng
A virtual testing and development environment is the perfect place to test applications, operating systems and hardware before you place them into production -- whether it’s virtualized or not. Testing and development environments are frequent candidates for server virtualization deployments, especially for companies just starting out with virtualization. Testing and development environments provide a low-risk medium in which to test out virtualization and can improve resource allocation and storage. But there are several potential challenges for virtualized test and development environments, including networking, backup and recovery and high-availability concerns. In this session, we will talk about how to address these challenges with Windows Server 8 Hyper-V.
This document summarizes an assessment of SSD performance in the IBM DS8000 storage system. SSDs provide significantly higher throughput and lower response times than HDDs for random I/O workloads. Testing showed SSD response times were much lower than HDDs across all data points. Using SSDs can improve performance for applications requiring low response times while reducing energy usage, cooling needs, and data center footprint. SSD best practices include placing hot data on SSDs and using SSDs for applications that traditionally overprovisioned HDDs.
In storage management today, breaking the cycle of increased complexity and explosive data growth can be a big challenge. The old ways of buying and managing storage have become less effective. Due to resource constraints—both physical storage resources and human resources— IT organizations must act quickly to optimize and simplify their infrastructure.
The document discusses EMC's VNX unified storage solutions for enterprises. It highlights how VNX addresses the challenges of relentless data growth through its FAST suite of technologies, which use flash storage to optimize performance and capacity. The document provides an overview of different VNX models and their capabilities for virtualized environments.
The Vigor Evo HD is a rugged portable computer that provides server and workstation performance in a durable, field-ready chassis. It replaces racks of equipment with a single, compact system that can run demanding applications in challenging conditions. Weighing under 35 pounds, it can be easily transported and relies on built-in handles, straps, and shock absorbers to protect the internal chassis from falls and vibrations. The system is customizable and can be upgraded over time to support mission-critical programs for years.
SSDs use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks to store data. SSDs access data much faster than hard disk drives and have no moving parts, providing benefits like higher reliability, lower power consumption, and silent operation. An SSD contains a controller, flash memory, and an interface to connect to a computer or device. The controller manages the flash memory by mapping data to pages and blocks. SSDs are being used increasingly in devices like laptops, servers, and cameras due to their faster speeds and reliability compared to HDDs.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) enable dramatically higher throughput and lower response times, providing the
potential to significantly lower operational costs in the data center. IBM recently announced the IBM
System Storage DS8000 Turbo series with Solid State Drives (SSDs).
This paper will discuss the advantages of SSD, highlight SSD best practices, provide an assessment of
performance using DS8000s with SSD, and demonstrate energy, cooling, and space savings with SSD.
The document discusses how solid state disks (SSDs) can improve performance in Oracle databases compared to traditional magnetic disks, describing Oracle's database flash cache architecture and how SSDs are used in Exadata systems. It provides details on SSD technologies, benchmarks showing SSD performance improvements for sorting, redo logging and other workloads, and recommendations for configuring and using SSDs in Oracle databases and Exadata systems.
This document compares the specifications and performance of various hard drives and solid state drives. It finds that while SSDs provide much faster seek times, higher RPMs, and greater IOPS than HDDs, they also have higher prices per gigabyte and more complex memory management due to the limitations of flash memory. The optimal SSD performance depends most on the controller technology used rather than the flash memory itself.
1. The document discusses hybrid RAID solutions that combine SSDs and HDDs to provide both high performance from SSDs and high capacity from HDDs.
2. A hybrid RAID deployment places read operations on faster SSDs and writes data to both SSDs and HDDs for redundancy. This improves IOPS and reduces latency over HDD-only solutions.
3. Examples show how hybrid RAID can maximize storage capacity while improving performance for tasks like booting and database operations in servers and workstations.
An IBM Storage Solution for Small and Mid-size Businesses -- The IBM Storwize...Tony Pearson
The document describes the IBM Storwize V3700 storage solution for small and mid-size businesses. It has award-winning simplicity and can be deployed quickly and flexibly. It starts small and scales up, and is optimized for flash. The Storwize V3700 offers everything needed from storage in a compact 2U form factor, with redundant components, 10GbE iSCSI and FCoE connectivity, solid state drives, and hybrid storage pools. It provides high performance similar to midrange systems through its embedded analytics and optimized hardware and software features inherited from IBM's enterprise-class storage solutions.
The IBM System x3400 M3 server provides scalable performance and availability features for small and medium sized businesses at an affordable price point. It supports the latest Intel Xeon processors with up to 128GB of memory and internal storage capacities of up to 16TB. The x3400 M3 offers redundancy features, extensive manageability tools, and a three-year onsite warranty to maximize uptime.
0901 Improving The Mobile Experience With Solid State Drives Pptguest4fc853
Intel IT is evaluating solid-state drive (SSD) technology to understand user benefits and enterprise impacts. Initial testing shows SSDs provide significantly faster performance, lower energy use extending battery life, and potential lower support costs compared to hard disk drives. Based on these results and expected reliability improvements, Intel sees SSDs as a logical next step to improve mobile computing experiences.
Alienware X51 performance comparison: Samsung SSD vs. traditional hard drivePrincipled Technologies
The Alienware X51 with Samsung SSD delivers more speed and greater performance than the same machine with HDD storage, which for gamers means better gaming experiences. For a modest additional investment, users could avoid frustrating lag times when copying large files and when booting and shutting down their systems. Users should appreciate the noticeable improvements that a solid-state drive brings.
ENT401 Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Applications in the AWS Cloud...Amazon Web Services
Oracle Hyperion applications - Essbase, Planning and Financial Management (Consolidation) - are the most widely-used financial analytic applications in the world. They all experience extreme peaks in usage, primarily during period-end close. Few corporate IT operations provision enough server capacity to provide good response time to Finance Departments during these close periods, which tends to make a challenging time even more difficult. Because of these factors, Hyperion applications are ideally suited for cloud computing in an enterprise setting. Join Larry Hill from Full 360 to discuss his firm’s deep experience with the benefits and best practices related to this or key workload running in the Amazon cloud.
This document provides an in-depth look at solid state drive (SSD) performance in the IBM DS8000 storage system. It discusses SSD performance best practices, such as placing hot data on SSDs for applications requiring low response times. It also covers selecting which data is best suited for SSDs versus HDDs on the DS8000, which now supports SSDs as a high performance tier along with 15K RPM and 7K RPM HDDs. Tools for analyzing I/O patterns on AIX and System z servers are also described to help identify hot data candidates for migration to SSDs.
This document proposes a flash-based caching scheme called Flash as Cache Extension (FaCE) to improve database performance and recovery time. FaCE caches both clean and dirty database pages in SSDs on database transaction commit. It uses a write-optimized design with sequential writes to SSDs and a write-back synchronization policy. FaCE also leverages the non-volatility of flash caches to support faster database recovery by reading cached pages from SSDs instead of disks. Evaluation shows FaCE achieves over 3x higher throughput than existing schemes and 4x faster recovery time.
Application acceleration from the data storage perspectiveInterop
The document discusses new advances in caching and solid state storage for accelerating application performance. It describes how solid state drives (SSDs) offer significantly higher input/output performance than spinning hard disks. SSDs can be used to cache frequently accessed data and improve performance for databases, file systems, virtualized applications, and other workloads limited by random disk access. The document provides examples of inserting SSDs at different points in storage systems, such as directly on application servers or in storage area networks, to optimize performance.
Power consumption in computing gets more and more attention.
How can we reduce it, save money on variable business cost and be \'Green\'?
This white paper will shed some new light on the matter.
The document compares the Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 and System x3550 M5 1U rack servers. Key differences include the RD350 supports Intel E5-2600 v3 CPUs up to 105W, has 2 PCIe slots, uses RAID adapters, and includes a 450W Gold power supply, while the x3550M5 supports up to 145W CPUs, has 3 PCIe slots, uses onboard RAID, and offers more storage configuration flexibility. Both servers offer redundant cooling and manageability features for reliability.
Databases are a key part of any application. The storage subsystem contributes most to performance of the database. In recent days, new storage technologies like Solid State Storage (SSD) and high performance drives are becoming cheaper and more accessible, but it takes a lot of planning to use these technologies in a cost effective way for best price-performance.
Building a Virtualized Development and Testing EnvironmentsLai Yoong Seng
A virtual testing and development environment is the perfect place to test applications, operating systems and hardware before you place them into production -- whether it’s virtualized or not. Testing and development environments are frequent candidates for server virtualization deployments, especially for companies just starting out with virtualization. Testing and development environments provide a low-risk medium in which to test out virtualization and can improve resource allocation and storage. But there are several potential challenges for virtualized test and development environments, including networking, backup and recovery and high-availability concerns. In this session, we will talk about how to address these challenges with Windows Server 8 Hyper-V.
This document summarizes an assessment of SSD performance in the IBM DS8000 storage system. SSDs provide significantly higher throughput and lower response times than HDDs for random I/O workloads. Testing showed SSD response times were much lower than HDDs across all data points. Using SSDs can improve performance for applications requiring low response times while reducing energy usage, cooling needs, and data center footprint. SSD best practices include placing hot data on SSDs and using SSDs for applications that traditionally overprovisioned HDDs.
In storage management today, breaking the cycle of increased complexity and explosive data growth can be a big challenge. The old ways of buying and managing storage have become less effective. Due to resource constraints—both physical storage resources and human resources— IT organizations must act quickly to optimize and simplify their infrastructure.
The document discusses EMC's VNX unified storage solutions for enterprises. It highlights how VNX addresses the challenges of relentless data growth through its FAST suite of technologies, which use flash storage to optimize performance and capacity. The document provides an overview of different VNX models and their capabilities for virtualized environments.
The Vigor Evo HD is a rugged portable computer that provides server and workstation performance in a durable, field-ready chassis. It replaces racks of equipment with a single, compact system that can run demanding applications in challenging conditions. Weighing under 35 pounds, it can be easily transported and relies on built-in handles, straps, and shock absorbers to protect the internal chassis from falls and vibrations. The system is customizable and can be upgraded over time to support mission-critical programs for years.
SSDs use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks to store data. SSDs access data much faster than hard disk drives and have no moving parts, providing benefits like higher reliability, lower power consumption, and silent operation. An SSD contains a controller, flash memory, and an interface to connect to a computer or device. The controller manages the flash memory by mapping data to pages and blocks. SSDs are being used increasingly in devices like laptops, servers, and cameras due to their faster speeds and reliability compared to HDDs.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) enable dramatically higher throughput and lower response times, providing the
potential to significantly lower operational costs in the data center. IBM recently announced the IBM
System Storage DS8000 Turbo series with Solid State Drives (SSDs).
This paper will discuss the advantages of SSD, highlight SSD best practices, provide an assessment of
performance using DS8000s with SSD, and demonstrate energy, cooling, and space savings with SSD.
The document discusses how solid state disks (SSDs) can improve performance in Oracle databases compared to traditional magnetic disks, describing Oracle's database flash cache architecture and how SSDs are used in Exadata systems. It provides details on SSD technologies, benchmarks showing SSD performance improvements for sorting, redo logging and other workloads, and recommendations for configuring and using SSDs in Oracle databases and Exadata systems.
This document compares the specifications and performance of various hard drives and solid state drives. It finds that while SSDs provide much faster seek times, higher RPMs, and greater IOPS than HDDs, they also have higher prices per gigabyte and more complex memory management due to the limitations of flash memory. The optimal SSD performance depends most on the controller technology used rather than the flash memory itself.
All Flash is not Equal: Tony Pearson contrasts IBM FlashSystem with Solid-Sta...Tony Pearson
This document provides a comparison of IBM FlashSystem technology versus solid state drive (SSD) technology. It discusses how IBM FlashSystem uses advanced flash management techniques like heat segregation, health binning, data scrubbing, and dynamic read voltage shifting to improve endurance and reliability compared to SSDs. It also describes IBM's variable striped RAID and 2-dimensional RAID architectures that enhance data protection over SSD solutions.
SSD uses NAND flash memory instead of spinning disks, providing much faster read and write speeds. SLC NAND flash is commonly used in enterprise environments due to its excellent performance and endurance. However, SSDs have higher costs and more limited endurance than HDDs. Emerging technologies like MLC flash, new controller designs, and tiered storage systems aim to improve SSD performance, capacity, endurance and lower costs to make SSDs more viable for enterprise storage.
Ceph Day Shanghai - SSD/NVM Technology Boosting Ceph Performance Ceph Community
This document discusses using SSDs and emerging non-volatile memory technologies like 3D XPoint to boost performance of Ceph storage clusters. It outlines how SSDs can be used as journals and caches to significantly increase throughput and reduce latency compared to HDD-only clusters. A case study from Yahoo showed that using Intel NVMe SSDs with caching software delivered over 2x throughput and half the latency with only 5% of data cached. Future technologies like 3D NAND and 3D XPoint will allow building higher performance, higher capacity SSDs that could extend the use of Ceph.
SSD - Solid State Drive PPT by Atishay JainAtishay Jain
This document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) as an alternative to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). It provides details on SSD architecture including memory (NAND flash or DRAM), controller, and host interfaces. SSDs offer advantages over HDDs like faster access times, lower power consumption, lighter weight, and lack of moving parts. However, SSDs currently have less storage capacity and higher costs than HDDs. The document explores applications of SSDs in servers, desktops, laptops, cameras, TVs, and gaming consoles.
Solid State Drives (Third Generation) 2013Hemanth HR
The document discusses the history and development of solid state drives (SSDs). It describes how SSDs were introduced in 1976 as an alternative to hard disk drives (HDDs) and have evolved significantly since then in terms of storage capacity, speed and cost. The document outlines the key components of an SSD including memory, controller and host interface. It provides a comparison of SSDs and HDDs, highlighting advantages like faster speeds and lower power consumption of SSDs. Finally, applications of SSDs in devices like laptops, servers and cameras are mentioned.
Solid state drives use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks. They have faster access times than hard disk drives. An SSD contains a controller, flash memory, and an interface. The controller manages read and write operations to the flash which is organized into pages and blocks. SSDs are found in devices like thumb drives, memory cards, and embedded systems. They provide benefits like faster startup, access, and application loading compared to HDDs. SSDs are used where fast storage access is important, like financial trading systems.
This document summarizes optimizations for MySQL performance on Linux hardware. It covers SSD and memory performance impacts, file I/O, networking, and useful tools. The history of MySQL performance improvements is discussed from hardware upgrades like SSDs and more CPU cores to software optimizations like improved algorithms and concurrency. Optimizing per-server performance to reduce total servers needed is emphasized.
2018 Infortrend All Flash Arrays Introduction (GS3025A)infortrendgroup
Infortrend All Flash Array Storages deliver lightning speed performance and enable users to optimize SSDs and energy efficiency. It also provides all the benefits of SAN, NAS and Cloud Gateway storage together in one single system, making it the ideal choice for enterprise applications (such as database, virtualization, video editing, file sharing, backup, and cloud data integration). For hardware, all flash array storage features a 2U-25bay form factor, flexible host boards to choose from, and stable, reliable modular design with high expandability; as for software, it comes with complete data services and simple, intuitive management interfaces.
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Being able to do without expensive and cumbersome external storage arrays can only benefit your organization. With Dell PCIe Express Flash SSDs, you can get powerful virtualized database performance for all your production databases from within your server.
In our tests, the Dell PowerEdge R720 with Dell PCIe Express Flash SSDs was able to support up to 328,774 orders per minute. Comparing these results to previously published test results for a differently configured R720 server shows that the PowerEdge R720 with Dell PCIe Express Flash SSDs delivered exceptional virtualized database performance.
When we ran a separate test routing the reads and writes to disk by using significantly less RAM, the PowerEdgeR720 with PCIe Express Flash SSDs delivered similar high performance levels. Testing with these reduced amounts of memory demonstrated the ability of Dell PCIe Express Flash SSDs to successfully drive database performance without relying solely on memory for performance.
For database applications in a virtualized infrastructure, the Dell PowerEdge R720 with Dell PCIe Express Flash SSDs can provide you the performance you need without the costs and hassles of external storage with a large number of disks.
The document summarizes the features and benefits of MemoRight SSD storage solutions for enterprise applications. MemoRight SSDs offer high performance with over 10,000 random read IOPS and balanced read/write speeds of 120/120MB/s. They provide 100% data integrity through an in-drive UPS design and long lifecycles through wear-leveling algorithms. Compared to other SSD brands, MemoRight SSDs deliver significantly higher IOPS for lower cost per IOPS, improving server performance and reducing hardware costs for enterprises. The document concludes that MemoRight SSD is well-suited for transaction-intensive applications like online trading that require high IOPS.
IBM FlashSystem is IBM's portfolio of all-flash storage arrays that provide ultra-low latency, high performance storage for transactional databases, virtualization, and other I/O intensive workloads. The arrays use custom FPGA technology and a layered data protection approach including chip-level ECC, variable stripe RAID, and 2D flash RAID to optimize performance while maintaining reliability. Models are available with SLC or eMLC flash and range in capacity from 1TB to over 1PB within a single rack. IBM FlashSystem can accelerate performance of Oracle, SAP, virtual servers and other applications by up to 12x over conventional storage.
Practical experiences and best practices for SSD and IBM iCOMMON Europe
This document discusses using solid state drives (SSDs) to optimize performance on IBM Power Systems. It provides examples showing that SSDs can significantly reduce batch window times, lower response times for transactions, and accelerate analytics. SSDs offer much faster read/write speeds than hard disk drives (HDDs) and can cut batch windows by 40-50%. For queries on data warehouses, SSDs deliver reductions of 60-87% in processing time. SSDs also allow for 85% faster data building and compression for deep analytics. Mixed SSD/HDD configurations with SSDs holding hot data can deliver the best price/performance.
One of the most important things you can do to improve the performance of your flash/SSDs with Aerospike is to properly prepare them. This Presentation goes through how to select, test, and prepare the drives so that you will get the best performance and lifetime out of them.
SSD - Solid State Drive PPT by Shyam jos Shyam Jos
Solid State Drive (SSD)
In 1995, M-Systems introduced the first flash-based solid-state drives. SSDs use non-volatile solid state memory like NAND flash or DRAM to store data without moving parts, distinguishing them from traditional hard disk drives. SSDs have significant performance advantages over HDDs with faster access times and read/write speeds, higher reliability since there are no moving parts, lower power consumption, and silent operation. However, SSDs currently have higher costs and offer less storage capacity than HDDs.
Using Windows Storage Spaces and iSCSI on Amazon EBSLaroy Shtotland
Using Windows Storage Spaces and iSCSI on Amazon EBS
This presentation discusses using Windows Storage Spaces to pool multiple Amazon EBS volumes into large virtual drives. It describes potential use cases like backing up files to Storage Spaces volumes in AWS. However, Storage Spaces pools lack high availability since each EBS volume can only attach to one server. The presentation also covers security and performance considerations for using Storage Spaces with EBS.
In-Memory Computing uses distributed memory systems to process and analyze large datasets in real-time, which is orders of magnitude faster than disk-based systems. It has become practical due to declining memory prices and increasing data sizes. While some myths exist that it is too expensive, not durable, or only for databases, in reality in-memory computing is applied across different workloads and provides benefits like real-time analytics, logistics, and monitoring.
The IBM STG Co-Marketing program provides eligible business partners with fully-funded marketing budgets and resources to execute demand generation activities. The program offers ready-made marketing campaigns, customizable digital assets, and support from IBM and approved agencies. In 2013, over $1.3 billion in validated pipeline was generated through 4,100 approved marketing plans from almost 2,000 partners leveraging the STG Co-Marketing program globally.
IBM ayuda a construir un mundo más inteligente colaborando con industrias para integrar la inteligencia en sistemas y procesos. Miles de millones de dispositivos conectados producen datos que IBM convierte en conocimiento para mejorar la eficiencia. IBM ha colaborado con más de 600 organizaciones en todo el mundo en industrias como transporte, salud y entretenimiento para detectar problemas, mejorar servicios y aumentar la productividad.
IBM is inviting developers, partners and clients to an online event called "Open for Business" on June 30th to discuss IBM's newest Power systems and their role in hybrid cloud environments. Attendees will learn about the latest Power10 systems and IBM's hybrid cloud offerings. They will also be able to ask questions during live Q&A sessions with IBM executives.
IBM Power Systems have seen the largest shift in customer spending share in UNIX history, with IBM gaining market share over HP and Sun. New technologies like POWER5 Micro-Partitioning, POWER6 Live Partition Mobility, and POWER4 Dynamic LPARs have allowed customers to move to higher value workloads on Power Systems. Based on data from IDC, IBM has increased its UNIX server revenue share over the past decade while HP and Sun have lost share.
Discover the features and benefits of IBM i 6.1 to help cost-justify your upgrade to the latest release and learn about the outstanding ISV support that accompanies this new release.
Topics include:
Support for virtual IBM i partitions
Expanded support for IBM Storage Solutions
Significant performance enhancements for Java and WebSphere applications
New web based management with Systems Director
Enable consolidation of i and x86 servers with an IBM BladeCenter solution
Support for disk clustering with PowerHA
Encryption of data at rest and backups
And much more….
Is your company ready to meet today’s challenges?Lidia Gasparotto
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Is your company ready to meet today’s challenges?
Ask yourself the following questions:
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Is your supply chain optimized to track inventory, handle complaints and •
recalls and manage assets?
Can you comply efficiently with divergent security and privacy regula- •
tions?
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competitors?
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alliances with insurance companies, HMOs, hospital buying groups and
supply chain logistics companies?
Can you reduce your tax liabilities through the use of commissionaires?
IBM has developed and refined the tools you need.
12 Simple Ideas To Make Your Supply Chain Greener ExecLidia Gasparotto
The document outlines 12 steps that electronics companies can take to reduce the carbon footprint and create a more sustainable supply chain. The steps include redesigning products, shifting to green suppliers, shortening transportation distances, consolidating shipments, and taking a lifecycle view of carbon emissions from production to disposal. Implementing these steps can help companies lower costs and environmental impact while gaining a competitive advantage through green credentials that customers are demanding. The document advocates viewing carbon reduction as a decision variable and identifying sources of carbon emissions at each stage of the multi-tiered supply chain in order to reduce overall industry impact.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Skybuffer AI: Advanced Conversational and Generative AI Solution on SAP Busin...Tatiana Kojar
Skybuffer AI, built on the robust SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), is the latest and most advanced version of our AI development, reaffirming our commitment to delivering top-tier AI solutions. Skybuffer AI harnesses all the innovative capabilities of the SAP BTP in the AI domain, from Conversational AI to cutting-edge Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It also helps SAP customers safeguard their investments into SAP Conversational AI and ensure a seamless, one-click transition to SAP Business AI.
With Skybuffer AI, various AI models can be integrated into a single communication channel such as Microsoft Teams. This integration empowers business users with insights drawn from SAP backend systems, enterprise documents, and the expansive knowledge of Generative AI. And the best part of it is that it is all managed through our intuitive no-code Action Server interface, requiring no extensive coding knowledge and making the advanced AI accessible to more users.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
This presentation provides valuable insights into effective cost-saving techniques on AWS. Learn how to optimize your AWS resources by rightsizing, increasing elasticity, picking the right storage class, and choosing the best pricing model. Additionally, discover essential governance mechanisms to ensure continuous cost efficiency. Whether you are new to AWS or an experienced user, this presentation provides clear and practical tips to help you reduce your cloud costs and get the most out of your budget.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Letter and Document Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Sol...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on automated letter generation for Bonterra Impact Management using Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
Interested in deploying letter generation automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
In 2024, we are witnessing an explosion of new DeFi projects and protocols, each pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in finance.
In summary, DeFi in 2024 is not just a trend; it’s a revolution that democratizes finance, enhances security and transparency, and fosters continuous innovation. As we proceed through this presentation, we'll explore the various components and services of DeFi in detail, shedding light on how they are transforming the financial landscape.
At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
Ready to take your DeFi project to the next level? Partner with Intelisync for expert DeFi development services today!
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Ocean lotus Threat actors project by John Sitima 2024 (1).pptxSitimaJohn
Ocean Lotus cyber threat actors represent a sophisticated, persistent, and politically motivated group that poses a significant risk to organizations and individuals in the Southeast Asian region. Their continuous evolution and adaptability underscore the need for robust cybersecurity measures and international cooperation to identify and mitigate the threats posed by such advanced persistent threat groups.