Does anyone have an opinion of these for CFD workloads:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/23/pure_storage_fa_300/ the interesting thing is they claim is is cheaper than disk - but that's a hard claim to assess in an HPC context as it SEEMS to be only when their inbuild deduplication is taken into account. I'm not sure how much dedupe buys you with typical HPC data - ie large files rather than lots of nearly-identical emails or visrtual disk images. John Hearns | CFD Hardware Specialist | McLaren Racing Limited McLaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4YH, UK T: +44 (0) 1483 261000 D: +44 (0) 1483 262352 F: +44 (0) 1483 261010 E: [email protected] W: www.mclaren.com The contents of this email are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this email in error you should not copy it, retransmit it, use it or disclose its contents but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
