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Computational Storage [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

Architectures that provide Computational Storage Functions (CSF) coupled to storage, offloading host processing or reducing data movement.

These architectures enable improvements in application performance and/or infrastructure efficiency through the integration of compute resources (outside of the traditional compute & memory architecture) either directly with storage or between the host and the storage.  The goal of these architectures is to enable parallel computation and/or to alleviate constraints on existing compute, memory, storage, and I/O.

Computational Storage Array (CSA) [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

A collection of Computational Storage Devices, control software, and optional storage devices.

Computational Storage Device (CSx) [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

A Computational Storage Drive, Computational Storage Processor, or Computational Storage Array.

Computational Storage Drive (CSD) [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

A storage element that contains one or more Computational Storage Engines (CSE) and persistent data storage.

Computational Storage Engine CSE [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

A Component that is able to execute one or more Computational Storage Functions (CSF)

Computational Storage Function CSF [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

Specific operations that may be configured and executed by a Computational Storage Engine (CSE)

Computational Storage Processor (CSP) [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

A component that contains one or more Computational Storage Engines (CSE) for an associated storage system without providing persistent data storage.

Computational Storage Resource CSR [Permalink]

[Computer System] 

Resource available for a host to provision a Computational Storage Device (CSx) that enables that CSx to be programmed to perform a Computational Storage Function (CSF)