Computing in Space: Pushing Boundaries with Off-the-Shelf Tech
Can commercial off-the-shelf technology survive in space? This question is at the heart of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Spaceborne Computer-2 Project. Dr. Mark Fernandez (Principal Investigator for Spaceborne Computer Project, Hewlett Packard Enterprise) and Cameron T. Brett (Chair, SNIA STA Forum) discuss this project with SNIA host Eric Wright, and you can watch that full video here, listen to the podcast, or you can read on to learn more. By utilizing enterprise SAS and NVMe SSDs, they are revolutionizing edge computing in space on the International Space Station (ISS). This breakthrough is accelerating experiment processing, like DNA analysis, from months to minutes, and significantly improving astronaut health monitoring and safety protocols.
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Unveiling the Power of 24G SAS: Enabling Storage Scalability in OCP Platforms
By Cameron T. Brett & Pankaj Kalra
In the fast-paced world of data centers, innovation is key to staying ahead of the curve. The Open Compute Project (OCP) has been at the forefront of driving innovation in data center hardware, and its latest embrace of 24G SAS technology is a testament to this commitment. Join us as we delve into the exciting world of 24G SAS and its transformative impact on OCP data centers.
OCP’s Embrace of 24G SAS
The OCP datacenter SAS-SATA device specification, a collaborative effort involving industry giants like Meta, HPE, and Microsoft, was first published in 2023. This specification laid the groundwork for the integration of 24G SAS technology into OCP data centers, marking a significant milestone in storage innovation.
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The Evolution of Congestion Management in Fibre Channel
Three Truths About Hard Drives and SSDs
An examination of the claim that flash will replace hard drives in the data center
“Hard drives will soon be a thing of the past.”
“The data center of the future is all-flash.”
Such predictions foretelling hard drives’ demise, perennially uttered by a few vocal proponents of flash-only technology, have not aged well.
Without question, flash storage is well-suited to support applications that require high-performance and speed. And flash revenue is growing, as is all-flash-array (AFA) revenue. But not at the expense of hard drives.
We are living in an era where the ubiquity of the cloud and the emergence of AI use cases have driven up the value of massive data sets. Hard drives, which today store by far the majority of the world’s exabytes (EB), are more indispensable to data center operators than ever. Industry analysts expect hard drives to be the primary beneficiary of continued EB growth, especially in enterprise and large cloud data centers—where the vast majority of the world’s data sets reside. Read More
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Storage Trends: Your Questions Answered
At our recent SNIA SCSI Trade Association Forum webinar, “Storage Trends 2024” our industry experts discussed new storage trends developing in the coming year, the applications and other factors driving these trends, and shared market data that illustrated the assertions. If you missed the live event, you can watch it on-demand in the SNIA Educational Library. Questions from the audience ranged from projections about the split between on-prem vs public cloud to queries about different technologies and terms such as NVMe, LTO tape, EDSFF and Cyber Storage. Here are answers to the audience’s questions.