Pratap Subrahmanyam (VMware) Programming Persistent Memory in a Virtualized Environment using Golang Writing crash consistent applications that use the byte addressable load/store mode of persistent memory, is difficult and error-prone. To make this mode accessible to normal developers we (1) enhanced Golang, and (2) virtualized persistent memory. To put these two improvements to test, we…
Zuoyu Tao (Oracle) Exadata with Persistent Memory – An Epic Journey This presentation will introduce background information on Oracle Exadata, a database machine. I will cover how persistent memory is used in Exadata to speed up database IOs. I will describe various technical challenges and common pitfalls encountered, as well as measures in place to…
Dan Williams (Intel Corporation) The 3rd Rail of Linux Filesystems: A Survival Story It has been long established fact that Linux filesystems reserve the right to discard any and all file/directory updates prior to the last fsync(). However, with PMEM, where persisting data can be achieved with a handful of instructions, a system call, that…
Stephen Bates (Eideticom) Successfully Deploying Persistent Memory and Acceleration via Compute Express Link Compute Express Link (CXL) is an open standard for coherently attaching devices to Central Processing Units (CPUs). In this talk, we will discuss how CXL will be an innovation driver for the deployment of Persistent Memory and how CXL compares with other…
Scott Miller (DreamWorks Animation) Persistent Memory in Feature Animation Production Feature Animated films require hundreds of artists, thousands of assets, millions of files and 150 Million CPU hours. How might Persistent Memory alter the way these films are created? This talk will describe the production process and the resources required to create a feature film,…