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500k sustained random IOPS from a single device is remarkable. To put that in perspective, 500k PIOPS in AWS would cost you $32,500/month (https://aws.amazon.co

500k sustained random IOPS from a single device is remarkable. To put that in perspective, 500k PIOPS in AWS would cost you $32,500/month (https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/). This drive looks like it would be amazing for database workloads, for example.

yayana 9y ago
I like to use my AWS ops to send SMS messages so I can really get the most out of my service providers.
topspin 9y ago
I remember when the rule of thumb for big storage arrays was "100 IOPS per disk." It's still only that with common desktop disks and only 200-ish for enterprise SAS disks. This device provides the equivalent of 2500-5000 disks of IOPS. Latency, particularly write latency, should be better than flash as well. The price isn't too bad really; a Samsung 960 PRO M.2 1TB is $600 for a little more than twice the storage. It's still early days for 3d xpoint; Intel and Micron will build on this. Exciting stuff.
phonon 9y ago
An EC2 I3 has up to 3.3 million IOPS. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/now-available-amazon-ec2-i3-instances-next-generation-storage-optimized-high-i-o-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/now-avail...
- bkeroack 9y ago
  "Up to". Also we don't know how many underlying SSD devices there are, which is my point. This is a single drive that supports radically more sustained random IOPS than we've ever seen, at a very low price point compared to comparable solutions.
  - phonon 9y ago
    That's with eight 1.9 TB devices. You can scale it down, of course. Anyway, the point is you do not need to spend anywhere near $32,500/m to get that kind of performance from AWS. (As long as you don't mind using non-EBS storage.) In this case, an i3.16xlarge is $27,856 per YEAR (if paid upfront).

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500k sustained random IOPS from a single device is remarkable. To put that in perspective, 500k PIOPS in AWS would cost you $32,500/month (https://aws.amazon.co

by bkeroack 9y ago

yayana 9y ago
I like to use my AWS ops to send SMS messages so I can really get the most out of my service providers.
topspin 9y ago
I remember when the rule of thumb for big storage arrays was "100 IOPS per disk." It's still only that with common desktop disks and only 200-ish for enterprise SAS disks. This device provides the equivalent of 2500-5000 disks of IOPS. Latency, particularly write latency, should be better than flash as well. The price isn't too bad really; a Samsung 960 PRO M.2 1TB is $600 for a little more than twice the storage. It's still early days for 3d xpoint; Intel and Micron will build on this. Exciting stuff.
phonon 9y ago
An EC2 I3 has up to 3.3 million IOPS. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/now-available-amazon-ec2-i3-instances-next-generation-storage-optimized-high-i-o-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/now-avail...
- bkeroack 9y ago
  "Up to". Also we don't know how many underlying SSD devices there are, which is my point. This is a single drive that supports radically more sustained random IOPS than we've ever seen, at a very low price point compared to comparable solutions.
  - phonon 9y ago
    That's with eight 1.9 TB devices. You can scale it down, of course. Anyway, the point is you do not need to spend anywhere near $32,500/m to get that kind of performance from AWS. (As long as you don't mind using non-EBS storage.) In this case, an i3.16xlarge is $27,856 per YEAR (if paid upfront).