Buyer’s Guide to Computational Storage and Persistent Memory

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A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to computational storage and persistent memory

Computational storage suppliers

• Pliops markets its storage processor as a hardware accelerator for databases and other data-intensive workloads. It is focused on Postgres and MySQL. The supplier offers compute and storage node acceleration, using NVMe-based technology.
• Samsung’s Smart SSD uses a Xilinx FPGA chip. The technology is available via Samsung or Xilinx. Samsung is currently positioning the technology for BI, financial portfolio intelligence and aviation.
• NGD is currently the only supplier to use SoC that can run an OS to power its computational storage. It says its system is NAND flash agnostic and runs 64-bit Linux.
• Eideticom offers its NoLoad computational storage processor. It is claimed to be the first NVMe CSP, and is targeted at datacentre infrastructure acceleration and scientific research, as well as general cost reduction.
• Scaleflux offers AIC and U.2 drives. Its CSD 2000 Series supports up to 8TB of 3D NAND flash memory, with data path compression and decompression.