Storage Sled for Data Center
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSTEVEN C. MILLER, MICHAEL CROCKER, AARON GORIUS, PAUL DORMITZER
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Abstract
Examples may include a sled for a rack of a data center including physical storage resources. The sled comprises an array of storage devices and an array of memory. The storage devices and memory are directly coupled to storage resource processing circuits which are themselves, directly coupled to dual-mode optical network interface circuitry. The dual-mode optical network interface circuitry can have a bandwidth equal to or greater than the storage devices.
Claims25
An apparatus for a sled of a data center, comprising:
- a frame to couple to a rack of a data center, the frame arranged to receive a plurality of storage devices;
- a group of memory sockets to receive a plurality of memory modules comprising a combination of three-dimensional (3D) cross-point memory and another type of computer-readable memory, different than the 3D cross-point memory;
- at least one storage resource processing circuit to couple to the plurality of storage devices and the plurality of memory modules;
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- a dual-mode optical network interface operably coupled to the at least one storage resource processing circuit to couple the plurality of storage devices to a network fabric.
A system for a rack of a data center, comprising:
- a rack comprising a plurality of sled spaces each arranged to accept a sled;
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- at least one sled, comprising:
- a frame to couple to a rack of a data center, the frame arranged to receive a plurality of storage devices;
- a group of memory sockets to receive a plurality of memory modules comprising a combination of three-dimensional (3D) cross-point memory and another type of computer-readable memory, different than the 3D cross-point memory;
- at least one storage resource processing circuit to couple to the plurality of storage devices and the plurality of memory modules;
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- a dual-mode optical network interface operably coupled to the at least one storage resource processing circuit to couple the plurality of storage devices to a network fabric.
An apparatus for a sled of a data center, comprising:
- a frame to couple to a rack of a data center, the frame arranged to receive a plurality of storage devices;
- a group of memory sockets to receive a plurality of memory modules of a first type of memory;
- at least one storage resource processing circuit to couple to the plurality of storage devices and the plurality of memory modules, the at least one storage resource processing circuit comprising a memory array of a second type of memory, different than the first type of memory;
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- a dual-mode optical network interface operably coupled to the at least one storage resource processing circuit to couple the plurality of storage devices to a network fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.