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I think Netezza did some variant of this. It's worth noting that storage controllers don't really have any spare cycles now and they're already power-limited so

by wmf 3y ago

I think Netezza did some variant of this. It's worth noting that storage controllers don't really have any spare cycles now and they're already power-limited so adding features will likely reduce performance not increase it. You may also be underestimating the software complexity of such a layering violation.

_8j50 3y ago
> You may also be underestimating the software complexity of such a layering violation. For userspace apps, I see no reason why libraries can't develop drop-in replacement interfaces that offload work to the storage controller. And I'd imagine, much like GPUs, storage controllers would "beef up" and get more complex, power hungry and expensive, but the question is how much does this actually solve the storage bottleneck problem.