Linux Storage, Filesystem, and Memory-Management Summit : Loads of really good talk , here is a selection :
- VM as containers : Current effort focus on solving 2 main problems : 1. total VM memory consumption is superior to what application that runs in. 2. Storage access : a lot of the storage aspect focus on moving the storage stack back to the host ( providing DAX or Fuse). However all these aspects require carefull design in order to avoid compromising security and isolation features of virtual machines.
- Bulk memory-allocation APIs : What do we want ? we want loads of memory fast - when do we want it ? -N...O...W.. :) [slides]
- Persistent memory as remote storage : a look into leveraging RDMA for remote persistent storage access. A really good discussion around the possibility to move from PULL to PUSH mode for remote access . However this would require a lot of change and addition to work with the RDMA stack. Probably too much for it to be a viable option in the short term. Another aspect of the discussion was related to the durability guarantee of remote storage protocol. It is interesting to see that their is a consensus regarding the need for an API to hide the different durability behavior variation of the fabric / protocol / HW. This is sorely missing and why storage solution often trap you down a certain path and cannot evolve to adopt new tech, fabric, and hardware.
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