Evaluation of a Rack-Scale Disaggregated Memory Prototype for Cloud Data Centers
Josue V. Quiroga, Mart́ı Torrents, Nehir Sönmez, Dimitris Theodoropoulos, Ferad Zyulkyarov, Mario Nemirovsky · 2019
Disaggregated data centers propose a modular architecture where memory and compute resources are utilized in a finer granularity, aiming for a better optimized capacity and power consumption. In contrast to a classic compute node in a data center, memory is not required to be co-located with the processor, disaggregation can enhance hardware elasticity, improve virtual machine (VM) migration, and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO), when compared to current data center solutions.