https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/08/supermicros_1_pb_slimster/:
Supermicro has crammed 1PB of Intel flash rulers into the slimmest possible 1U rack storage server.
The two-socket server can hold up to 32 Intel EDSFF, NVMe-connected flash drives – giving a rack density of 1PB/U, the highest we have ever come across.
EDSFF stands for Chipzilla's Enterprise and Datacenter Storage Form Factor, which measures 325.35mm long, 9.5mm wide and 38.6mm high.
These front-mounted SSD DC P4500 Series drives are hot-swappable and each has a 32TB capacity, using 64-layer TLC (3bits/cell) 3D NAND. An Intel tech brief (PDF) provides the details.
We're told the drives are thermally optimised to require less airflow than a 2.5-inch U.2 SSD.
The performance numbers are heroic. Supermicro president and CEO Charles Liang said the product provides "13 million IOPS and 52GB/sec throughput in 1U" and claimed it outperforms any previous system available.
[...] Supermicro announced a 288TB 1U storage server in January using 8TB Samsung ruler SSDs. A 256TB version using previous 8TB Intel ruler SSDs was introduced in May. That has been well and truly exceeded with these 32TB drives.
Looking at this Samsung and Intel ruler data suggested to us a 64-layer Samsung flash ruler could exceed 32TB in capacity. And, we hasten to add, 96-layer flash is being developed, along with 4bits/cell QLC technology. That means we can realistically have an expectation of 64TB EDSFF drives in the 2019/2020 timeframe, meaning a 2PB/1U Supermicro product could emerge.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 09 2018, @12:36AM (1 child)
Not quite a typo: the title says "Single Rack". The content says per Rack Unit. Huge difference in density.
Now, how many years at max bandwidth, complete with data overage charges, would it take to find and download 1PB of porn ?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday August 09 2018, @01:13AM
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=26740&page=1&cid=711214#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
Some dude managed to siphon 1.8 petabytes of webcam footage into an AWS "unlimited" account. He made his scripts available and others took up the cause:
But if you just want to plug in numbers, you can. A continuous 100 Mbps connection could download 1 petabyte in about 2 years and 28 weeks. At 1 Gbps, it would only take a little over 13 weeks, 1 day, and 14 hours.
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