Computational storage

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Workstations are possible. Computational storage drives are industry standard form factors (U.2 today, others coming). If the workstation can provide ample airflow for an enterprise… Read More »Is computational storage strictly for datacenter servers or can they also be used in workstations?

Cloud storage is an architectural choice typically requiring you to migrate your data to a 3rd party’s infrastructure. Computational Storage Drives can be used by… Read More »Is there a difference between cloud storage and computational storage, or can they be utilized in tandem without any loss in the potential gained efficiency from using computational storage?

We are seeing many companies repatriate workloads from the cloud to on-prem! Not every workload is well suited to cloud – or is economical to… Read More »In a world where we are pushed to cloud (almost violently) why would I want to adopt new on-premises technologies?

I have seen instances in which users try to use client-grade drives for server applications, setting themselves up for disappointing failure rates. Using server management… Read More »Can you share some metrics on the adoption of computational vs. traditional storage?

I have seen instances in which users try to use client-grade drives for server applications, setting themselves up for disappointing failure rates. Using server management… Read More »Why are commodity SSD’s falling short for workloads deployed by small and mid-size organizations?

That’s a big question! We’re just at the early stage of deploying CS. As an industry, we are still working through all the standards to… Read More »As data centers are responsible for the storage/processing of ever-exploding amounts of data how computational storage drives can best serve the needs of data centers?

SSDs from ScaleFlux are natively NVMe, using the standard NVMe drivers available with any OS. There is no host-awareness requirement. All the benefits are transparent,… Read More »While there are clear benefits from computational storage, i.e., reduction in network traffic, power usage, and lower latency how does Scaleflux deal with the potential disadvantages such as increased architecture complexity and special APIs for host awareness, and potential additional CPU cost?

ScaleFlux has been the first to bring drive-based compression to market in a NVMe SSD. Enabling the full benefit of compression to expose extra capacity… Read More »Do other data storage providers utilize computational technology as well?

Computational storage refers to offloading storage-centric computing tasks from the CPU to a device that’s closer to the storage media. In the case of ScaleFlux,… Read More »What is computational storage?