Hardware has set the pace for latency, time for software to catch up

Jon Klaus thinks software needs to catch up to SSDs for reducing application latency. Initially, SSDs were limited by storage processors and buses build with spinning disks in mind. This has largely been remedied, so where’s the next big performance bottleneck? Latency.

Jon looks at how Intel’s Storage Performance Development Kit, presented at Storage Field Day in October, effects latency by replacing the traditional Linux kernel in storage controllers.

Disaggregated Physical Storage Architectures and Hyperconvergence

Disaggregated Physical Storage Architectures and Hyperconvergence

Bimodal IT needs bimodal infrastructures

Bimodal IT needs bimodal infrastructures

Coho Data: storage transformation without disruption

Coho Data: storage transformation without disruption

Coho Data – It’s numerology, but not as we know it

Coho Data – It’s numerology, but not as we know it

We are entering the Data-aware infrastructure era

We are entering the Data-aware infrastructure era

Coho Data, the packet processing squeeze and working set exploits

Coho Data, the packet processing squeeze and working set exploits

IT as a Change Agent: It’s Time to Look Inward, Starting with Storage

IT as a Change Agent: It’s Time to Look Inward, Starting with Storage

Storage software can change enterprise workflow

Storage software can change enterprise workflow

Thinking different about storage

Thinking different about storage

Six Features You Absolutely Need on Your Storage in 2015, Part 2

Six Features You Absolutely Need on Your Storage in 2015, Part 2

2015 Predictions & Thoughts

2015 Predictions & Thoughts

Hyper-convergence, divergence and micro-convergence

Hyper-convergence, divergence and micro-convergence

Coho Data: SDS and SDN working as one

Coho Data: SDS and SDN working as one

Coho Data, hyperloglog and the quest for IO performance

Coho Data, hyperloglog and the quest for IO performance

Will All New Storage Arrays be Hybrid?

Will All New Storage Arrays be Hybrid?

Storage Field Day 6 Day 2 – Coho, Nexenta and Pure Storage

Storage Field Day 6 Day 2 – Coho, Nexenta and Pure Storage

Day 2 at Storage Field Day 6: Coho Data

Day 2 at Storage Field Day 6: Coho Data

Storage Field Day 6 – Day 2 – Coho Data

Storage Field Day 6 – Day 2 – Coho Data

Coho Data, one year later

Coho Data, one year later