Optane in the membrane: How Intel's memory-storage technology
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Analysis Like the Roman god Janus, Intel’s Optane technology faces two ways, to memory and to storage, and that has made adoption harder, because it is neither memory fish nor storage fowl, but both. Why should this matter? There is a memory/storage hierarchy forming a kind of continuum from high-capacity/slow access/low-cost tape at the bottom […]
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Understanding Intel® Optane™ Memory
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ESG validates WekaIO's file system with benchmark trio: NetApp and Intel have individual wins – Blocks and Files
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Intel® Optane™ Technology for Data Centers
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What is Intel Optane and how can it be used?
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Data Center Storage with Intel® Optane™ Technologies
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Intel Optane Finally On DIMMS
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Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory
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What is Intel Optane and how can it be used?
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What is Optane Memory?