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Mar 14, 2017 · Fundamentals
Understanding Burst Buffer Technology and Its Role in HPC at NERSC
The article explains what Burst Buffer technology is, how NERSC integrates Cray DataWarp‑based flash/SSD buffers into its Cori supercomputer to boost I/O bandwidth and IOPS for scientific workloads, and describes the architecture, software stack, performance benefits, roadmap, and competing solutions from other vendors.
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