Mythology & Potential of the ARM Server
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The document discusses the potential of ARM servers and challenges prevailing myths about IT infrastructure requirements, such as the necessity for 64-bit Xeon E7 processors. It highlights significant changes in technology since 2004, including the rise of Linux, cloud computing, and high-performance ARM SoCs. The presentation argues for a dramatic reinvention of server design focused on cost-efficiency and scalability, emphasizing open-source solutions and a departure from traditional x86 constraints.
Mythology & Potential of the ARM Server
- 1. Mythology & Potential of the ARM Server Christian “kiko” Reis [email protected] Linaro Connect USA 2014 2014-09-17 Burlingame, CA
- 2. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: This presentation contains mildly creative thinking, some degree of speculation and carbon monoxide.
- 4. Myth Standards drive innovation No 3G No GPS No MMS No Flash No BT file transfer No copy & paste No 3rd party apps No video recording
- 5. Myth The IT buyer Is a Rocket Scientist
- 7. Myth Workloads require 64-bit Xeon E7
- 8. Myth Workloads require 64-bit Xeon E7 Over 50% 2-core 7.5 GB RAM or smaller
- 9. Myth Workloads require 64-bit Xeon E7 ~30% 32bit-only until March 2012
- 12. Myth “Enterprise” Matters EITHER BEING REARCHITECTED OR IRRELEVANT
- 13. A brief history of disruption
- 15. 1981
- 17. 1988
- 19. 1989
- 21. 1994
- 23. 1995
- 25. 2001
- 27. 2004
- 31. What changed since 2004? For x86, not that much
- 32. What changed since 2004? Elsewhere, almost everything
- 33. What changed since 2004? 1. Linux 2. Cloud Computing 3. Mobile userbase explosion 4. High-performance mobile ARM SoCs 5. Software transition to scale-out 6. Software transition to open source 7. ODM direct and bare-bones server design
- 34. How you win with ARM Server
- 36. Dramatic So much better that the IT buyer can't ignore us
- 37. Dramatically CHEAP? So much cheaper that the IT buyer can't ignore us
- 38. Linux Only Because ARM Servers will only ever run a free Linux
- 39. Open Source Scale Out Only horizontal-scaling open source applications matter
- 41. Less Baggage Drop everything a Linux server does not absolutely require
- 42. (Hint: stop worrying so much about firmware)
- 43. Think System, not CPU Don't play on terms dictated by the x86 ecosystem
- 44. <3 SCALE OUT Enterprise who?