Intelligent disks can store massive amounts of data
Massive amounts of data can be stored in databases by using intelligent discs that contain processors to store and manage large volumes of data, while flash servers will be used to quickly serve data to large numbers of users, says Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei chief technology officer Leung Wing Kin.
Latency to access stored data is the largest constraint on effective data management, owing to central processing unit (CPU) speeds having increased while there have been marginal to no significant improvements in database access speeds.
“The slow access to database data is affect-ing the use of new processors and devices. Despite solid-state flash servers still being more expensive, Huawei foresees a shift in the industry to flash devices in the next two to three years to support critical applications for customer businesses. The solution, initially, will be to migrate critical applications to flash servers and use intelligent discs for longer-term storage,” explains Leung.
Database performance, massive storage and database acceleration will be necessary to manage the large volumes of data that is being consumed and which will grow by between 70% to 90% a year as more devices are connected to the Internet and networks, and more data is sent by device.
Intelligent controllers to manage the disc access system provided by onboard computing can lower the capital expenditure and oper-ational expenditure of data centres by allowing data centres to use traditional disk servers, while providing significantly faster access to data and increasing the use of each disk.
New technologies can help developing coun-tries improve their networks and the countries can also develop different networks from those that emerged in developed countries. For example, networks can be developed, with an emphasis on cloud services, enabling the centralisation of infrastructure.
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