SSDs are often used to either minimize a server’s DRAM requirements or to reduce the number of servers required in a data center, a fact that The SSD Guy likes to bring up whenever he can. These attributes were the main reason that SSDs gained such rapid acceptance in hyperscale datacenters about 20 years ago, when the world’s largest datacenters began to radically change the structure of their systems and embrace the widespread use of SSDs.
With this in mind, it’s unsurprising that Continue reading “Using SSDs to Reduce AI Training Costs”