The Case for RAMC loud.

The article discusses RAMCloud, a high-performance storage system that stores information in the main memories of hundreds of thousands of servers. RAMCloud presents a solution to the problem of advancements in disk performance failing to keep pace with developments in disk capacity. By storing onli...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 54; no. 7; pp. 121 - 131
Autores principales:	OUSTERHOUT, JOHN, AGRAWAL, PARAG, ERICKSON, DAVID, KOZYRAKIS, CHRISTOS, LEVERICH, JACOB, MAZIÈRES, DAVID, MITRA, SUBHASISH, NARAYANAN, ARAVIND, ONGARO, DIEGO, GURU6PARULKAR, ROSENBLUM, MENDEL, RUMBLE, STEPHEN M., STRATMANN, ERIC, STUTSMAN, RYAN
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Jul2011
Materias:	Random access memory Computer storage devices Data disk drives Disk access (Computer science) Hard disks Client/server computing
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Sumario:	The article discusses RAMCloud, a high-performance storage system that stores information in the main memories of hundreds of thousands of servers. RAMCloud presents a solution to the problem of advancements in disk performance failing to keep pace with developments in disk capacity. By storing online data in memory and demoting hard-drive storage to backup or archival duties, RAMCloud offers an alternative to disk-based storage. Benefits of RAMCloud include much higher throughput and much lower storage.