HARDCORE FANS ONLY — SC09 Session: Flash Technology in HPC: Let the Revolution Begin

Recorded 11/20/09 at SC09, this Panel discussion entitled “Flash Technology in HPC: Let the Revolution Begin” was moderated by Bob Murphy, Sun Microsystems. Download for iPod

Abstract: With an exponential growth spurt of peak GFLOPs available to HPC system designers and users imminent, the CPU performance I/O gap will reach increasingly gaping proportions. To bridge this gap, Flash is suddenly being deployed in HPC as a revolutionary technology that delivers faster time to solution for HPC applications at significantly lower costs and lower power consumption than traditional disk based approaches. This panel, consisting of experts representing all points of the Flash technology spectrum, will examine how Flash can be deployed and the effect it will have on HPC workloads.

* Bob Murpy slides: “Flash Technology in HPC: Let the Revolution Begin”

* Paresh Pattani slides: “Intel SSD Performance on HPC Applications”

* David Flynn slides: “Fusion-io Solid State in HPC”

* Larry Mcintosh and Dale Layfield slides: “Sun’s Flash Solutions for
optimizing MSC.Software’s Simulation Products”
For more information, check out this Sun Blueprint: Sun Business Ready HPC for MD Nastran.

* Jan Silverman slides: “Spansion EcoRAM NAM Network Attached Memory“

Gartner 28th Annual Data Center Conference: SSD TRACK

Here are the two most important sessions for you to learn more about SSD in the data center at the upcoming Gartner Conference:

1) Fusion-io: Fusion-io Helps MySpace Slash Server Footprint by 60%, Saving Space, Power, and Maintenance

Speaker is David Flynn, Co-Founder, President, and CTO of Fusion-io. Topics inlcude increased performance, server footprint, and rackspace/power reductions. nb: I’ve seen David speak numerous times — he is compelling so try not to miss this session.

2)  SSD – Super Strategies for Deployment

General Session with Stanley Zaffos.  Zaffos is a vice president and research director in Gartner Research. His major areas of responsibility include storage and storage management software.  A flurry of SSD-related product announcements coupled with rapid SSD price declines and a limited understanding of the operational issues surrounding the use of SSDs in complex server environments has created uncertainty about how best to deploy storage systems that incorporate SSDs in user environments. Understanding the following key issues will increase the probability of their effective use in your environment.  Topics include:

How will SSD technology continue to evolve?

How will storage system architectures evolve to make efficient use of SSD technologies?

What impact will SSD technology have on future storage costs and support requirements?

Fusion-io Update: CTO Slides from SC09

David Flynn, Fusion-io CTO, was featured on a panel at the recently concluded SC09 — you can read about the subject matter and participants here:  SC09 Flash Technology Panel

In addition, David presented some updated slides about Fusion-io, ioMemory, and the new ioDrive Octal.  He also detailed the mySpace use case.  Here are the slides:  DAVID FLYNN SC09 SLIDES