Intel Petabyte SSD for server racks

[SaltanSupreme]

http://engt.co/2uBw54H

 

Intel has announced a new form factor SSD with a petabyte capacity that they're calling the "ruler." It fits in a server rack, and is said to be coming with both Optane and 3D NAND options "in the near future."

 

That's freaking nuts! It makes me want to get a server rack at home to make a multi-petabyte storage server just for fun lol. I'd imagine they aren't cheap though.

[Lurick]

So much room for activities  

[VagabondWraith]

I want one for my desktop. I'll never have to worry about space again.  

[potoooooooo]

Gonna show this to people who still think HDDs have a place in the future

[SKYflash]

Seems like engadget didn't read carefully enought since the original article just says "Intel plans for these new ruler SSDs to make their way into super high-density storage racks, with up to 1PB (one Petabyte) in a 1U server " https://techgage.com/news/intel-teases-new-ruler-ssd-form-factor-dual-port-enterprise-ssds/  but it is  still quite impressive

[OriAr]

@LinusTech

[Fetzie]

I need this in my life. Why? Because reasons

[NinJake]

Ditching the "legacy" form factor of 2.5" and 3.5" SSDs, Intel has announced the "Ruler" form factor. Optimized for maximum storage capacity and cooling for the right environments (enterprise storage), this tech will have the option of using Intel's Optane tech or traditional 3D NAND.

 

What I find the most interesting from this article is that it will feature dual sockets... so that the SSD can be connected to 2 systems at once. There's many possibilities of what businesses can do or even enthusiast home users can do with a shared SSD. These also come with up to 7.68TB of storage on each drive!

 

Sauce: https://hothardware.com/news/intel-launches-new-ruler-ssd-form-factor-to-push-1tb-enterprise-storage

[MrMcMuffinJr]

How long is that thing. will it have inch markings on it, or even centimeters, OR BOTH!!!

[AGrider]

Thats seem like a lot of marketing speak about what this form factor might allow, but nothing about the hows and whys of the interface itself. 

[NinJake]

Well they didn't call it a yardstick or meter form factor so I think it's much more probable to have inches and centimeters!

[You_are_a_cunt]

*checks date*

They're either late for April Fools 2017 or too early for April Fools 2018

[paddy-stone]

The fact that they've called it ruler, to me implies that it could be 6 or 12"

[WkdPaul]

13 minutes ago, NinJake said:

*snip*

 

As this was posted already, I merged your thread with the other one

[NinJake]

Just now, wkdpaul said:

 

As this was posted already, I merged your thread with the other one

I see that! Thanks!

 

I do wonder... because of the dual SATA ports, what if you install an OS on it and use it as a boot drive for 2 separate computers? The possibilities!

[BachChain]

 

39 minutes ago, NinJake said:

it will feature dual sockets... so that the SSD can be connected to 2 systems at once.

This seems like a terrible idea.

[NinJake]

Just now, BachChain said:

 

This seems like a terrible idea.

I think it sounds amazing, yet I have no idea how it works exactly. Of course in certain use cases there are plenty of other alternatives that have been used for many years just fine... but if I have my old PC next to my current one and can simply have a shared drive for media... I'll do that.

 

Why do you think it's a terrible idea?

[BachChain]

1 minute ago, NinJake said:

I think it sounds amazing, yet I have no idea how it works exactly. Of course in certain use cases there are plenty of other alternatives that have been used for many years just fine... but if I have my old PC next to my current one and can simply have a shared drive for media... I'll do that.

 

Why do you think it's a terrible idea?

What happens when both systems try to write to the same sector at the same time? what happens when one system tries to read from a sector that the other is currently trying to write to? what happens when one system tries to read a file that the other has either moved or deleted? there are so many ways for data to be corrupted or lost

[LAwLz]

5 minutes ago, BachChain said:

What happens when both systems try to write to the same sector at the same time? what happens when one system tries to read from a sector that the other is currently trying to write to? what happens when one system tries to read a file that the other has either moved or deleted? there are so many ways for data to be corrupted or lost

Pretty sure Intel has thought of that already.

[79wjd]

34 minutes ago, BachChain said:

What happens when both systems try to write to the same sector at the same time? what happens when one system tries to read from a sector that the other is currently trying to write to? what happens when one system tries to read a file that the other has either moved or deleted? there are so many ways for data to be corrupted or lost

Mutex-esque lock. 

 

I feel like it was just a few years ago when Apple got a 12pb server for iTunes content. 

[AnonymousGuy]

There's a good chace this thing is goingn to be the most expensive thing Intel sells.  The current record holder is a $250k-ish network switch fabric thingamajig.

[Jito463]

2 hours ago, BachChain said:

What happens when both systems try to write to the same sector at the same time? what happens when one system tries to read from a sector that the other is currently trying to write to? what happens when one system tries to read a file that the other has either moved or deleted? there are so many ways for data to be corrupted or lost

It would be no different than two people accessing a NAS drive at the same time.  I seriously doubt you'll have issues with people writing to the same sectors simultaneously.  There will no doubt be a controller chip onboard that processes incoming write requests, which are then mapped to available sectors.

[Nicnac]

56 minutes ago, Jito463 said:

It would be no different than two people accessing a NAS drive at the same time.  I seriously doubt you'll have issues with people writing to the same sectors simultaneously.  There will no doubt be a controller chip onboard that processes incoming write requests, which are then mapped to available sectors.

However it definitely rules out the possibility to use it as a boot drive for two systems

[Jito463]

30 minutes ago, Nicnac said:

However it definitely rules out the possibility to use it as a boot drive for two systems

Well, yeah, I never even considered that it would be a possibility.  These are server level drives, not for general usage.  They're not going to be direct booting multiple servers off one of these drives.  If multiple servers are run off them, it would be done using virtual servers and HyperV (my knowledge in this area is not vast, so if I'm mixing up my terminology, someone feel free to correct me).

[Nicnac]

16 minutes ago, Jito463 said:

Well, yeah, I never even considered that it would be a possibility.  These are server level drives, not for general usage.  They're not going to be direct booting multiple servers off one of these drives.  If multiple servers are run off them, it would be done using virtual servers and HyperV (my knowledge in this area is not vast, so if I'm mixing up my terminology, someone feel free to correct me).

Right, should have been in response to @NinJake ?