Sometimes the Best Storage is No Storage
An episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast podcast, hosted by Tech Field Day, titled "Sometimes the Best Storage is No Storage" was published on June 7, 2022 and runs 32 minutes.
June 7, 2022 ·32m · Tech Field Day Podcast
Summary
The line between storage and memory is blurring thanks to Intel Optane technology, and systems equipped with this might not need storage at all. Join Dr. Jawad Khan of Intel as he discusses a real-world system that was able to outperform a high-end solution at a tenth the cost thanks to Intel Optane technology. Justin Warren and Frederic Van Haren join Stephen Foskett to discuss the implications of a system that can keep an entire big data graph in persistent memory and thus does not need as much memory or high-performance storage. Dr. Khan uses Intel’s winning entry at the recent NeurIPS Conference Big ANN Challenge competition as an example, in which the Intel offering returned 4x better CAPEX and OPEX than alternatives. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Justin Warren Frederic Van Haren Twitter @JPWarren @FredericVHaren Intel Optane Panelist Jawad Khan, Principal Engineer at Intel. Connect with Jawad on LinkedIn or on Twitter. Moderator Stephen Foskett Twitter @SFoskett Relevant Links for Intel Optane: * Winning the NeurIPS BillionScale Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Challenge Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox.
Episode Description
The line between storage and memory is blurring thanks to Intel Optane technology, and systems equipped with this might not need storage at all. Join Dr. Jawad Khan of Intel as he discusses a real-world system that was able to outperform a high-end solution at a tenth the cost thanks to Intel Optane technology. Justin Warren and Frederic Van Haren join Stephen Foskett to discuss the implications of a system that can keep an entire big data graph in persistent memory and thus does not need as much memory or high-performance storage. Dr. Khan uses Intel’s winning entry at the recent NeurIPS Conference Big ANN Challenge competition as an example, in which the Intel offering returned 4x better CAPEX and OPEX than alternatives.
On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable:
Panelists
Justin Warren
Frederic Van Haren
@JPWarren
@FredericVHaren
Intel Optane Panelist
Jawad Khan, Principal Engineer at Intel. Connect with Jawad on LinkedIn or on Twitter.
Moderator
Stephen Foskett
@SFoskett
Relevant Links for Intel Optane:
* Winning the NeurIPS BillionScale Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Challenge
Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox.
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