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Linux kernel patch from Google speeds up server shutdowns

bldrco

Heh, I remember solving this 8 years ago... https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/8/512

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Intel hands first Optane DIMM to Google, where it'll collect dust until a supporting CPU arrives

bldrco

The CPUs surely exist...

General availability just means when you can get them. Obviously Intel makes parts available to strategic partners ahead of that.

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Wikibon drops bomb, says Intel's Optane could be a flop...tane

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Re: We are still waiting for the 'real' product

I think the P4800X is the 3DXP Intel currently has available for servers: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/data-center-ssds/optane-dc-p4800x-series.html?wapkw=p4800x

The DIMM version doesn't appear to be available, though.

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Re: Wrong comparison

Regarding "instant on", imagine the power savings for a smart phone if it had such a feature. I suspect we're a ways out from seeing this trickle into such client devices, though.

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bldrco

Wrong comparison

While 3DXP is more expensive than 3D NAND, it's an order of magnitude cheaper than the DRAM that it's actually aimed at replacing.

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Intel launches 64-layer 3D flash client SSD

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Re: Who cares?

Same performance, lower price/GB. Lots of people with a clue will care

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Hey blockheads, is an NVMe over fabrics array a SAN?

bldrco

Read the spec...

Sounds like this company didn't read, particularly the sections on subsystems, shared namespaces and reservations.

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XPoint: Leaked Intel specs reveal 'launch-ready' SSD – report

bldrco

apples and oranges

Obviously the Samsung PM1725a and Intel P3608 are using PCIe x8 lanes. The P4800X is surely PCIe x4, and it practically saturates the bus capabilities at queue depths that NAND barely starts to ramp.

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Regular or premium? Intel pumps out Optane memory at CES

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Re: I must be missing something

Perhaps it's a cache for NAND SSD's?

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Veritas lays off a third of its sales staff – merry Christmas, everyone!

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Re: Pink slips

Veritas was spun off from the part of Symantec that doesn't make antivirus.

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Trumped? Nope. Ireland to retain corporate tax advantage over the US

bldrco

Mandate from the voters? The majority voters cast their ballot for someone else.

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bldrco

Mandate from the voters?

The majority voted for someone else.

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Linux command line mistake 'nukes web boss'S biz'

bldrco

does this really happen?

Testing on an older machine:

# rm -rf /

rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on `/'

rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe

#

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Why NetApp shouldn’t buy Solidfire

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Boulder

I've lots of storage industry experience and came to the opposite conclusion. A company that doesn't have a strong presence in or around Boulder Colorado is more limited than ones that do.

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