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Achieving 11M IOPS and 66 GB/S IO on a Single ThreadRipper Workstation
TL;DR Modern disks are so fast that system performance bottleneck shifts to RAM access and CPU. With up to 64 cores, PCIe 4.0 and 8 memory channels, even a single-socket AMD ThreadRipper Pro workstation makes a hell of a powerful machine - if you do it right! Update 1: Since 2021, networks have gotten faster and now…
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Systems & PerformanceHardware & Electronics2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2021 | Achieving 11M IOPS and 66 GB/S IO on a Single ThreadRipper Workstation by tanelpoder | 497 | 207 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 5 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from May 2021 to Jul 2026.
Most recent:
- ciupicri · Jul 10, 2026
- tanelpoder · May 28, 2025
- tanelpoder · Sep 7, 2022
- WestCoastJustin · Mar 30, 2022
- ClumsyPilot · May 7, 2021
