Can you find any NVMe anywhere?
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Prentice Bisbal <[email protected] > wrote: > On 05/01/2014 07:31 AM, John Hearns wrote: > >> I'm my eternal quest for more RAM , has anyone used zram with HPC >> applications? >> I suppose any gains would depend on how sparse /compressible the data you >> are holding in RAM is. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram >> >> >> > If you're on an eternal quest for more RAM, have you looked at using an > NVMe SSD device, or an UltraDIMM? They may not perform as fast as RAM, but > you can get a lot more space for less money, so the capacity may make up > for the shortfall in performance. > > Obligatory links: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVMe > > https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/it-management/intel-it-best- > practices/advantages-of-solid-state-drives-for-design-computing-brief.html > > http://www.extremetech.com/computing/175283-sandisk- > announces-ulltra-dimms-terabytes-of-low-latency- > flash-storage-directly-off-the-ram-channel > > -- > Prentice > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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