Exploring the future of out-of-core computing with compute-local non-volatile memory

Myoungsoo Jung, Ellis H. Wilson, Wonil Choi, John Shalf, Hasan Metin Aktulga, Chao Yang, Erik Saule, Umit V. Catalyurek, Mahmut Kandemir

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Abstract

Drawing parallels to the rise of general purpose graphical processing units (GPGPUs) as accelerators for specific high performance computing (HPC) workloads, there is a rise in the use of non-volatile memory (NVM) as accelerators for I/O-intensive scientific applications. However, existing works have explored use of NVM within dedicated I/O nodes, which are distant from the compute nodes that actually need such acceleration. As NVM bandwidth begins to out-pace point-to-point network capacity, we argue for the need to break from the archetype of completely separated storage. Therefore, in this work we investigate co-location of NVM and compute by varying I/O interfaces, file systems, types of NVM, and both current and future SSD architectures, uncovering numerous bottlenecks implicit in these various levels in the I/O stack. We present novel hardware and software solutions, including the new Unified File System (UFS), to enable fuller utilization of the new compute-local NVM storage. Our experimental evaluation, which employs a real-world Out-of-Core (OoC) HPC application, demonstrates throughput increases in excess of an order of magnitude over current approaches.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SC 2013
Subtitle of host publicationThe International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781450323789
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC 2013 - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: Nov 17 2013Nov 22 2013

Publication series

NameInternational Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC
ISSN (Print)2167-4329
ISSN (Electronic)2167-4337

Other

Other2013 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period11/17/1311/22/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software

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