Hpe will use optane storage on unix servers

A couple of months ago Intel introduced the new Intel Optane memory. Many media have considered them a kind of revolution in the market, and a step to what storage will be like in the future. HP is also aware of the enormous potential they have and already plans with them.

We have told you about the Intel Itanium 9700, and it is one of the systems that can be configured with Optane.. Although it is a very recent technology still, and there are many users who do not have all of them and do not know if they are going to use it or not. HP knows this too, although it seeks to provide reasons for its use. So they plan to use it with Unix servers.

The benefits of Intel Optane

From HP they are aware of the reluctance that some users may have to use Intel Optane. But they seek to be able to convince them by presenting all the advantages that they can obtain if they make use of it. They claim that databases and other applications will be able to work faster. Also, users are going to need fewer cores to be able to process the data. All this can result in lower license costs.

Despite these advantages, many users are still quite skeptical. It is to be understood in something as recent as Optane. You want to see that it really works correctly. Optane has been tested frequently with Linux for the past two years.

The main question is the costs of the software and the license, a detail that has not yet been clarified. Nothing has been mentioned about how it works in general either. Therefore, many questions remain in the air.