SNIA Experts on Data
Next-Gen SSD Performance: The Power of Flexible Data Placement
This episode of the SNIA Experts on Data podcast features Bill Martin who discusses flexible data placement in the context of storage devices. Bill highlights the importance of efficiently placing data to minimize write amplification factor, which can improve the lifetime and performance of SSDs. The discussion delves into the origins of flexible data placement, its benefits in reducing garbage collection, and the significance of industry standardization through SNIA to drive adoption and innovation in data storage technologies.
Bill emphasizes the role of flexible data placement in optimizing performance across diverse workloads by associating data with specific reclaim units, thereby enhancing endurance and reducing write amplification. The conversation underscores the value of standardization in facilitating broader adoption of flexible data placement, enabling consumers to benefit from improved performance and efficiency in managing data. Bill also mentions ongoing efforts within SNIA to explore computational storage, CXL adoption, and data management strategies to meet the evolving needs of modern application architectures and workloads.
SNIA is an industry organization that develops global standards and delivers vendor-neutral education on technologies related to data. In these interviews, SNIA experts on data cover a wide range of topics on both established and emerging technologies.
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This episode of the SNIA Experts on Data podcast features Bill Martin who discusses flexible data placement in the context of storage devices. Bill highlights the importance of efficiently placing data to minimize write amplification factor, which can improve the lifetime and performance of SSDs. The discussion delves into the origins of flexible data placement, its benefits in reducing garbage collection, and the significance of industry standardization through SNIA to drive adoption and innovation in data storage technologies.
Bill emphasizes the role of flexible data placement in optimizing performance across diverse workloads by associating data with specific reclaim units, thereby enhancing endurance and reducing write amplification. The conversation underscores the value of standardization in facilitating broader adoption of flexible data placement, enabling consumers to benefit from improved performance and efficiency in managing data. Bill also mentions ongoing efforts within SNIA to explore computational storage, CXL adoption, and data management strategies to meet the evolving needs of modern application architectures and workloads.
SNIA is an industry organization that develops global standards and delivers vendor-neutral education on technologies related to data. In these interviews, SNIA experts on data cover a wide range of topics on both established and emerging technologies.
About SNIA: