Paper Title: How Persistent Memory Speeds Up Data Analysis

Paper Abstract: Enterprises worldwide are collecting more data than ever before. Shaving time off data analysis—or analyzing more data at once—can increase businesses’ agility by enabling them to make important decisions sooner. One way to improve analysis speed may be to utilize persistent memory, a new technology that offers performance between memory and traditional storage. Results from a recent hands-on test showed that adding persistent memory enabled a standard server to process 50% more query streams 3.2% faster and cut single-stream processing time by 26%. By equipping servers with persistent memory, enterprises may be able to more quickly turn analytics results into action that furthers their business initiatives.

Paper Author: Dennis Martin, Sr Analyst, Principled Technologies

Author Bio: Dennis Martin is a Senior Analyst at Principled Technologies, where he focuses on validation and performance testing of data center products. He was previously the founder and President of the analyst firm Demartek (acquired by Principled Technologies). Dennis’ commentary “NVMe over Fabrics Rules of Thumb” is a must-read for those designing storage systems that will take advantage of NVMe devices with multiple network adapters for network fabrics. Dennis is frequently quoted in the press (in such outlets as TechTarget, Market Watch, and Street Insider) on such topics as best practices for deploying SSD technologies and analyzing performance claims for all-flash arrays. A 39-year veteran of the technology industry, Dennis was previously a Senior Analyst with Evaluator Group and a marketing and engineering executive with StorageTek.