Using NVMe Gen3 PCIe SSD Cards in High-density Servers for High-performance Big Data Transfer Over Multiple Network Channels

Technical Report · Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1171472· OSTI ID:1171472

Fang, Chin ^[1]

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1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

This Technical Note describes how the Zettar team came up with a data transfer cluster design that convincingly proved the feasibility of using high-density servers for high-performance Big Data transfers. It then outlines the tests, operations, and observations that address a potential over-heating concern regarding the use of Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification (NVMHCI aka NVM Express or NVMe) Gen 3 PCIe SSD cards in high-density servers. Finally, it points out the possibility of developing a new generation of high-performance Science DMZ data transfer system for the data-intensive research community and commercial enterprises.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Contributing Organization: Citrix Systems, Inc.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 1171472
• Report Number(s): SLAC-TN-15-001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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