Nvidia is adding storage controller functions to its BlueField-2 SmartNIC card and is gunning for business from big external storage array vendors such as Dell, Pure and VAST Data. Update: Fungible comment added; 3 December 2020. Kevin Deierling, Nvidia SVP marketing for networking, outlined in a phone interview yesterday a scheme whereby external storage array […]| Blocks and Files
NVIDIA, Dell and VMware have started a Project Monterey Early Access Program so customers can explore whether servers offloaded with NVIDIA’s BlueField-2 SmartNIC can run applications faster. If this goes well, other hypervisor and server suppliers will look to start Monterey-me-too programs. The EAP is based on Dell R750 PowerEdge servers fitted with BlueField-2 SmartNICs […]| Blocks and Files