Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at an acceleration platform manager (APM) from an application service manager (ASM), application function processing information; allocating, by the APM, a first storage processing accelerator (SPA) from a plurality of SPAs, wherein at least one SPA of the plurality of SPAs comprises a plurality of programmable processors or storage processing engines (SPEs), the plurality of SPEs comprising n SPEs, enabling the plurality of SPEs in the first SPA, wherein once enabled, the at least one SPE of the plurality of SPEs in the first SPA is configured to process data based on the application function processing information; determining, by the APM, if data processing is completed by the at least one SPE of the plurality of SPEs in the first SPA; and sending, by the APM, a result of the data processing by the SPEs of the first SPA, to the ASM.

Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a memory, an erasure-based, non-volatile memory, and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a mapping table, wherein the mapping table indicates a rewriteable state of a plurality of memory addresses. The erasure-based, non-volatile memory may be configured to store information, at respective memory addresses, in an encoded format. The encoded format may include more bits than the unencoded version of the information and the encoded format may allow the information be over-written, at least once, without an intervening erase operation. The processor may be configured to perform garbage collection based, at least in part upon, the rewriteable state associated with the respective memory addresses.

Abstract: A Solid State Drive (SSD) is disclosed. The SSD may include flash memory to store data and may support a plurality of device streams. A SSD controller may manage reading and writing data to the flash memory, and may store a submission queue and a chunk-to-stream mapper. A flash translation layer may include a receiver to receive a write command, an LBA mapper to map an LBA to a chunk identifier (ID), stream selection logic to select a stream ID based on the chunk ID, a stream ID adder to add the stream ID to the write command, a queuer to place the chunk ID in the submission queue, and background logic to update the chunk-to-stream mapper after the chunk ID is removed from the submission queue.

Abstract: A method for refining multithread software executed on a processor chip of a computer system. The envisaged processor chip has at least one processor core and a memory cache coupled to the processor core and configured to cache at least some data read from memory. The method includes, in logic distinct from the processor core and coupled to the memory cache, observing a sequence of operations of the memory cache and encoding a sequenced data stream that traces the sequence of operations observed.

Abstract: A method for allocating workloads based on a total cost of ownership (TCO) model includes receiving a workload; estimating a cost for allocating the workload to each disk of disks in a disk pool based on a TCO model; determining a disk among the disks in the disk pool that minimizes a TCO; and allocating the workload to the disk. The TCO model incorporates a plurality of cost factors for estimating costs for each disk in the disk pool for allocating the workload.

Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a storage memory to store a plurality of key-value pairs. The apparatus may include at least one snapshot counter configured to store an operation number associated with a respective snapshot of the plurality of key-value pairs. The apparatus may include a snapshot data structure configured to identify, for at least one key-value pair, which, if any, snapshot(s) the respective key-value pair is associated with.

Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a host interface, a memory, a processor, and an erasure-based, non-volatile memory. The host interface may receive a write command, wherein the write command includes unencoded data. The memory may store a mapping table, wherein the mapping table indicates a rewriteable state of a plurality of memory addresses. The processor may select a memory address to store information included by the unencoded data based, at least in part, upon the rewriteable state of the memory address. The erasure-based, non-volatile memory may store, at the memory address, the unencoded data's information as encoded data, wherein the encoded data includes more bits than the unencoded data and wherein the encoded data can be over-written with a second unencoded data without an intervening erase operation.

Abstract: A programmable data storage device includes: a non-volatile memory; a storage controller configured to control the non-volatile memory; a network interface; and a field programmable gate array configured to: implement a blockchain algorithm; and store at least one block of a blockchain corresponding to the blockchain algorithm in the non-volatile memory via the storage controller; and a processor having memory coupled thereto, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: send and receive one or more blocks of the blockchain via the network interface; and control the field programmable gate array to execute the blockchain algorithm on the one or more blocks of the blockchain.

Abstract: A method of selecting among a plurality of I/O streams through which data is to be written to a multi-streaming flash storage device is presented. According to an example embodiment, the method comprises: assigning write sequences of similar length to the same I/O streams; receiving instructions for a write operation, the instructions including a starting logical block address (LBA) and a number of blocks of data to be written; determining whether the write operation is part of an existing write sequence; identifying an I/O stream associated with an existing write sequence; and providing a stream ID of the identified I/O stream to the multi-streaming flash storage device.

Abstract: A Solid State Drive (SSD) is disclosed. The SSD may include flash memory to store data and may support a plurality of device streams. A SSD controller may manage reading and writing data to the flash memory, and may store a submission queue and a chunk-to-stream mapper. A flash translation layer may include a receiver to receive a write command, an LBA mapper to map an LBA to a chunk identifier (ID), stream selection logic to select a stream ID based on the chunk ID, a stream ID adder to add the stream ID to the write command, a queuer to place the chunk ID in the submission queue, and background logic to update the chunk-to-stream mapper after the chunk ID is removed from the submission queue.

Abstract: A method of selecting among a plurality of I/O streams through which data is to be written to a multi-streaming flash storage device is presented. According to an example embodiment, the method comprises: assigning write sequences of similar length to the same I/O streams; receiving instructions for a write operation, the instructions including a starting logical block address (LBA) and a number of blocks of data to be written; determining whether the write operation is part of an existing write sequence; identifying an I/O stream associated with an existing write sequence; and providing a stream ID of the identified I/O stream to the multi-streaming flash storage device.

Abstract: A method for providing a Bloom filter for a multi-stream enabled solid-state drive (SSD) is disclosed. The Bloom filter includes two Bloom filter arrays, a counter corresponding to the two Bloom filter arrays, and a masking logic. The method includes: inserting an element in one or more of the two Bloom filter arrays using a plurality of hash functions; and updating the counter based on the insertion of the element. The method further includes: updating the Bloom filter by inserting one or more additional elements in one or more of the two Bloom filter arrays and updating the counter; and masking a data stored in the Bloom filter with the one or more additional elements to pseudo delete the data using the masking logic and reduce a false positive rate of the Bloom filter.

Abstract: A method for migrating disks includes: dividing a disk pool including a plurality of disks into a random zone and a sequential zone based on sequentiality and randomness of workloads running on the plurality of disks; monitoring a status of each disk in the disk pool based on a total cost of ownership (TCO); migrating one or more workloads of an overheated disk to an idle disk based on the status of each disk. The overheated disk has a first TCO higher than a migration threshold, and the idle disk has a second TCO lower than an idling threshold.

Abstract: A system and method of generating representative I/O. The system is configured to utilize representative I/O patterns stored in a pattern database. A user may select one or more patterns to perform I/O using. The patterns are modified according to user supplied parameters and multiple parameters are integrated into a single workload. I/O is then generated according to the workload and system performance may be measured.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of storage drives configured to store data associated with at least one of homogeneous and heterogeneous applications running in containers; and a controller configured to balance workloads of the containers by grouping the containers based on characteristics of the workloads of the containers.

Abstract: A system for scheduling the execution of container workloads from a series of applications and a series of containers of each application. The system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to calculate a conflict penalty matrix including a conflict penalty for each potential combination of container workloads of the plurality of containers, and calculate a minimum total conflict penalty of the container workloads and a number of workload batches for executing the container workloads. The number of workload batches is associated with the minimum total conflict penalty. The instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to assign the container workloads to the workload batches based on the minimum total conflict penalty and the number of the workload batches.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of storage drives configured to store data associated with at least one of homogeneous and heterogeneous applications running in containers; and a controller configured to balance workloads of the containers by grouping the containers based on characteristics of the workloads of the containers.

Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a memory, an erasure-based, non-volatile memory, and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a mapping table, wherein the mapping table indicates a rewriteable state of a plurality of memory addresses. The erasure-based, non-volatile memory may be configured to store information, at respective memory addresses, in an encoded format. The encoded format may include more bits than the unencoded version of the information and the encoded format may allow the information be over-written, at least once, without an intervening erase operation. The processor may be configured to perform garbage collection based, at least in part upon, the rewriteable state associated with the respective memory addresses.

Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a host interface, a memory, a processor, and an erasure-based, non-volatile memory. The host interface may receive a write command, wherein the write command includes unencoded data. The memory may store a mapping table, wherein the mapping table indicates a rewriteable state of a plurality of memory addresses. The processor may select a memory address to store information included by the unencoded data based, at least in part, upon the rewriteable state of the memory address. The erasure-based, non-volatile memory may store, at the memory address, the unencoded data's information as encoded data, wherein the encoded data includes more bits than the unencoded data and wherein the encoded data can be over-written with a second unencoded data without an intervening erase operation.

Abstract: A method of selecting among a plurality of I/O streams through which data is to be written to a multi-streaming flash storage device is presented. According to an example embodiment, the method comprises: assigning write sequences of similar length to the same I/O streams; receiving instructions for a write operation, the instructions including a starting logical block address (LBA) and a number of blocks of data to be written; determining whether the write operation is part of an existing write sequence; identifying an I/O stream associated with an existing write sequence; and providing a stream ID of the identified I/O stream to the multi-streaming flash storage device.