[Beowulf] SSD caching for parallel filesystems

[Greg Lindahl]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 07:19:44PM +0000, Andrew Holway wrote:
> >> Find me an application that needs big bandwidth and doesn't need massive
> >> storage.
> 
> Databases. Lots of databases.

blekko's search engine. We own 1/2 petabyte of 160 gig Intel X-25Ms,
are bandwidth-limited, and we wouldn't get much benefit from having
bought bigger ones.

-- greg