A survey of software techniques for using non-volatile memories for storage and main memory systems
Non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, such as Flash, phase change RAM, spin transfer
torque RAM, and resistive RAM, offer several advantages and challenges when compared …
torque RAM, and resistive RAM, offer several advantages and challenges when compared …
Skylight—a window on shingled disk operation
We introduce Skylight, a novel methodology that combines software and hardware
techniques to reverse engineer key properties of drive-managed Shingled Magnetic …
techniques to reverse engineer key properties of drive-managed Shingled Magnetic …
{RIPQ}: Advanced photo caching on flash for facebook
Facebook uses flash devices extensively in its photo caching stack. The key design
challenge for an efficient photo cache on flash at Facebook is its workload: many small …
challenge for an efficient photo cache on flash at Facebook is its workload: many small …
{NVMKV}: A Scalable, Lightweight,{FTL-aware}{Key-Value} Store
L Marmol, S Sundararaman, N Talagala… - 2015 USENIX Annual …, 2015 - usenix.org
Key-value stores are ubiquitous in high performance data-intensive, scale out, and NoSQL
environments. Many KV stores use flash devices for meeting their performance needs …
environments. Many KV stores use flash devices for meeting their performance needs …
Indexing architecture for deduplicated cache system of a storage system
PN Shilane, H Shim, S Smaldone, G Wallace… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A computer-implemented method for indexing content stored in a cache
memory device is disclosed. The method starts with in response to receiving a first request …
memory device is disclosed. The method starts with in response to receiving a first request …
File indexing using an exclusion list of a deduplicated cache system of a storage system
H Shim, S Smaldone, GR Wallace, F Douglis… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A computer-implemented method for indexing content stored in a cache
memory device is disclosed. The method starts with maintaining a file index having a …
memory device is disclosed. The method starts with maintaining a file index having a …
{ANViL}: Advanced Virtualization for Modern {Non-Volatile} Memory Devices
Z Weiss, S Subramanian, S Sundararaman… - … USENIX Conference on …, 2015 - usenix.org
We present a new form of storage virtualization based on block-level address remapping. By
allowing the host system to manipulate this address map with a set of three simple …
allowing the host system to manipulate this address map with a set of three simple …
Method for packing and storing cached data in deduplicated cache system of a storage system
S Smaldone, GR Wallace, F Douglis… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Traditional storage architecture separates primary storage from protection
storage. Storage administrators have struggled with the complexity, cost, and overhead …
storage. Storage administrators have struggled with the complexity, cost, and overhead …
WEC: Improving durability of SSD cache drives by caching write-efficient data
Serving as cache disks, flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) can significantly boost the
performance of read-intensive applications. However, frequent data updating, the necessary …
performance of read-intensive applications. However, frequent data updating, the necessary …
Enabling cost-effective flash based caching with an array of commodity ssds
SSD based cache solutions are being widely utilized to improve performance in network
storage systems. With a goal of providing a cost-effective, high performing SSD cache …
storage systems. With a goal of providing a cost-effective, high performing SSD cache …