[san-tech][03206] Fusion-io: Bioinformatics研究に貢献 (Protein Data Bank, UCSD & SDSC)

Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:51:33 +0900
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Fusion-ioのプレスリリースです：

"Fusion-io Technology Advances Bioinformatics Research at San Diego
 Supercomputer Center"
 June 22, 2011
  http://www.fusionio.com/press-releases/fusion-io-technology-advances-bioinformatics-research-at-san-diego-supercomputer-cente/

  "Fusion-io, provider of a next-generation shared data decentralization
   platform, today announced that its technology has been utilized to
   realize significant performance improvements in MySQL database queries
   for bioinformatics research. The Protein Data Bank (PDB) research is
   being conducted at the University of California, San Diego, in
   collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).
   Researchers at SDSC noted that replacing hard drive disks (HDDs) with
   Fusion-io technology in their database infrastructure reduced query
   times from 30 minutes to three minutes."

.....
  "Using Fusion's server-deployed technologies, researchers were able to
   reduce the time required to conduct complex MySQL database queries that
   determine relationships between proteins and the effects proteins can
   have on each other. Using traditional hard drive disks, a query
   analyzing more than 200 million protein structures took 30 minutes."

使用したマシンの構成：
  Two Quad-core Intel Xeon E5530 2.40 GHz
  48 GB of DDR3-1066 memory
  Four 320 GB ioDrives
  => a single 1.2 TB RAID 0 device running an XFS file system

PDB (Protein Data Bank)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Data_Bank
RCSB (Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics) PDB
  http://www.pdb.org/
  http://pdb201.sdsc.edu/pdb/home/home.do
 

少し関連するDellの Technical White Paper
"Dell White Paper Tests Impact of ioMemory on SQL Server"
 Posted: 05/18/2011
  http://www.fusionio.com/blog/dell-white-paper-tests-impact-of-iomemory-on-sql-server/

"Accelerating Dell SQL Server 2008 R2 Database Solutions Using PCIe
 Solid State Storage", A Dell Technical White Paper
 Dell | Database Solutions Engineering, Jisha J, Fusion-io
 May 2011
  http://i.dell.com/sites/content/business/solutions/whitepapers/en/Documents/sql-server-dell-sql-2008-r2-fusion-io.pdf


※文面上は細かいことですが、冒頭のプレスリリースでは
"Fusion-io, provider of a next-generation shared data decentralization
 platform"

ですが、

"Fusion-io and Supermicro Break the Million IOPS Barrier"
 March 1, 2011
  http://www.fusionio.com/press/-Fusion-io-and-Supermicro-Break-the-Million-IOPS-Barrier/

"Fusion-io, pioneer of high-performance solutions for next generation
 data centers,"

です。2011年 3月 31日の以下のプレスリリース以降は
(この間、プレスリリースはありません)
"Cloudmark Recognized for Fusion Powered Innovation in Computerworld's
 SNW Spring 2011 Best Practices Awards Program"
 March 31, 2011
  http://www.fusionio.com/news/press-releases/cloudmark-recognized-for-fusion-powered-innovation-in-computerworlds-snw-spring-2011-best-practices-awards-program/

"Fusion-io, provider of a next-generation shared data decentralization
 platform"

ですね。

ちょっとこれが気になったので：
[san-tech][03181] NetApp Mercury: host-side flash caching for the datacenterへのコメント, The Register, 2011/06/17
※この記事では、Fusion-ioについて言及していません。