Performance characterization and empirical study of Intel's Optane persistent memory. This repo contains the data and source code for our USENIX FAST paper.
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| data/ | Raw data (in csv format) of the sweep test |
| graphs/ | Data (in csv format) used in the paper graphs |
| src/ | Source code of lattester tool |
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| CPUs | 2 |
| CPU | Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 ES (Cascade Lake SP) |
| CPUFreq. | 24 Cores at 2.2 Ghz base clock |
| CPU L1 | 32 KB i-Cache, 32 KB d-cache |
| CPU L2 | 1 MB |
| CPU L3 | 33 MB (shared) |
| DRAM | 2x6x32 GB Micron DDR4 2666 MHz (36ASF4G72PZ) |
| PM | 2x6x256 GB Intel Optane DC 2666 MHz QS (NMA1XXD256GQS) |
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| GNU/Linux Distro | Fedora 27 |
| Linux Kernel | 4.13.0 |
| CPU Governor | Performance |
| HyperThreading (SMP) | Disabled |
| NVDIMM Firmware | 01.01.00.5253 |
| KASLR | Disabled |
| CPU mitigations | Off |
@inproceedings {OptaneStudy,
author = {Jian Yang and Juno Kim and Morteza Hoseinzadeh and Joseph Izraelevitz and Steve Swanson},
title = {An Empirical Guide to the Behavior and Use of Scalable Persistent Memory},
booktitle = {18th {USENIX} Conference on File and Storage Technologies ({FAST} 20)},
year = {2020},
isbn = {978-1-939133-12-0},
address = {Santa Clara, CA},
pages = {169--182},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast20/presentation/yang},
publisher = {{USENIX} Association},
month = feb,
}
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