System and method for flexible storage and networking provisioning in large scalable processor installations
View Patent ↗A system and method for provisioning within a system design to allow the storage and IO resources to scale with compute resources are provided.
1. A system comprising:
a chassis having a predetermined physical form factor, wherein the chassis has a plurality of slots into which modules are placed;
compute modules, storage modules, and input/output (I/O) modules, all of which are housed within the plurality of slots; and
a processor configured to identify one or more of the compute modules, one or more of the storage modules, and one or more of the I/O modules to form a scalable system based on a desired computing power, a desired storage power, and a desired input/output power for the scalable system, wherein a quantity of the one or more I/O modules is determined based, at least in part, on a bandwidth requirement for data traversing from and to the scalable system.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more support devices within the chassis that support the one or more compute modules, the one or more storage modules, and the one or more I/O modules housed within the chassis.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more support devices comprise a fan or a power supply.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of slots each comprise a set of physical connectors and a volume of space.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the set of physical connectors comprises one or more peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) connectors.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein each I/O module comprises a set of connectors and a translation circuit that translates between I/O protocols.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising hybrid modules configured to be housed within the plurality of slots, wherein each hybrid module includes compute, storage, and I/O functions therein.
8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more system boards within the chassis.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more system boards are interconnected by board-to-board connectors.
10. A server comprising:
a chassis with a plurality of slots into which modules are placed;
compute modules, storage modules, and input/output (I/O) modules, all of which are housed within the plurality of slots; and
a processor configured to identify one or more of the compute modules, one or more of the storage modules, and one or more of the I/O modules to form a scalable system based on a desired computing power, a desired storage power, and a desired input/output power for the scalable system.
11. The server of claim 10 , wherein a quantity of the one or more I/O modules is determined based, at least in part, on a bandwidth requirement for data traversing from and to the scalable system.
12. The server of claim 10 , further comprising hybrid modules configured to be housed within the plurality of slots, wherein each hybrid module includes compute, storage, and I/O functions therein.
13. A system comprising:
a chassis having slots into which modules are placed; and
a processor configured to identify modules to form a scalable system based on a desired computing power, a desired storage power, and a desired input/output power for the scalable system, wherein a quantity of the modules is determined based, at least in part, on a bandwidth requirement for data traversing from and to the scalable system.
14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising support devices within the chassis that support the modules housed within the chassis.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the support devices comprise a fan or a power supply.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the slots comprise a set of physical connectors and a volume of space.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the set of physical connectors comprises peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) connectors.
18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the modules comprise connectors and a translation circuit that translates between I/O protocols.
19. The system of claim 13 , further comprising hybrid modules that include compute, storage, and I/O functions therein.
20. The system of claim 13 , further comprising system boards within the chassis.