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November 24, 2012
Where to go in New Orleans for New Year's?
My brother in law and his lovely wife are going to be in New Orleans for New Year's this year. What are some fun New Year's things they may want to check out (something authentic with good food and music is what they're hoping for, preferably something local)? Are there things they could/should buy tickets for now? And where is a good place to stay (bed and breakfast type preferably)?
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The French Quarter in general is great on New Year's Eve. To an extent fancier places will do a pre-fixe dinner or ticketed event or the like, but all in all the bars will be open and locals will be out on the streets partying.
In my experience most of the interesting bars don't require tickets, but to be honest it's been a long time since I've done NYE in the Quarter and I was rather drunk even then. I know I was really surprised when I moved to New York from New Orleans and discovered that one had to make NYE plans weeks in advance in order to buy tickets and all that noise, because growing up in New Orleans we just... went out and had fun in the Quarter.
I don't have specific ideas for where to stay, but they should try to stay in the French Quarter due to the ease of getting back after a late night (whether they opt for some kind of ticketed event or just wandering and drinking and snacking and watching the fireworks on the river). If even just to avoid drunk drivers, mad rush on cabs, etc.
posted by
Sara C.
on November 24, 2012
I could recommend doing a drinking tour of New Orleans, which centers around the French Quarter. There will indeed be events going on all night, and, unless the Quarter has changed a lot, you should be able to get into most bars without a reservation. It may be a bit crowded, but, unlike Mardi Gras, when it is chaos, crowds are generally pretty well behaved on New Years.
Here are the drinks I recommend at the places I recommend them. I'm not organizing this by a map, so, if you choose to do this, you may want to plot it out.
The sazerac:
New Orleans claims this is the first cocktail. There's not a lot of evidence to back that up, but so what. It's a great cocktail. I've had it especially well made at the Alpine, but word is that closed. Arnaud's 75 Bar has a great reputation for the drink, but I haven't had it there.
The Ramos Gin Fizz:
This is not a drink that was invented in New Orleans, but was a favorite of Huey Long, who used to bring a bartender along with him on business trips. The best I have had is at the Sazerac Bar in the Roosevelt Hotel. Oddly, I have never had a sazerac there.
It's become rather a cliche, but it's still fun. I don't know if the absinthe house on Bourbon serves absinthe now that it's come legal, but you should have their absinthe frappe, which was invented in New Orleans, sparked a national trend, was a favorite of Aleister Crowley , and is delicious. They used to make it with Herbsaint. If they don't serve it with absinthe, that will do just fine. The Pirate's Alley bar probably has absinthe. The bartenders used to dress like pirates. They may still.
The Vieux Carre:
This cocktail shares its name with the French Quarter -- if you want to sound suitably local, call the neighborhood the Vieux Carre. Its served at the wonderful Carousel Lounge in the Hotel Monteleon, which makes slow perambulations around the bar, so that if you sit still, you spin, which you may actually not need mechanical assistance to experience. The Vieux Carre is a lovely drink -- I wish it would find an audience outside New Orleans.
The Hurricane:
There's no way to do New Orleans and not do Pat O's on Bourbon. Fortunately, it's actually a pretty fun bar, and much weirder than any tourist trap has any right to be. Definitely get a hurricane -- it's a passable tropical cocktail. They make a pretty good zombie as well.
Irish Coffee:
It's not New Orleanean, per say, but you're going to need it, and there are two great Irish pubs in the Quarter -- Erin Rose, where you can also get Jameson Grilled Cheese, and Molly's on Tolouse. It's also worth a tip of the hat to New Orleans' huge Irish-American population -- one of my favorite St. Paddy's Days was in the Quarter, where there's a small but festive walking parade. Ignatius J. Reilly was Irish-American, and almost his whole story takes place in and around the Quarter (and at his mother's house, in what was called The Irish Channel upriver of the Quarter.)
The Jungle Juice:
It's a sort of terrible frozen slurry of purple liquid and rums, but they serve it at Lafitte's, which is one of the only actual French buildings int he Quarter (the whole place has burned down a few times, and was rebuilt by the Spanish) and is said to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest, continuously running bars in America. It's also said to have been owned by the pirate Jean LaFitte. Almost certainly not true.
Abita Beer:
It's a popular local beer, and I think Dixie, which was the cheap stuff, is out of business. You can get Abita at Fritzel's, which is a terrific jazz club on Bourbon just down the street from LaFitte's, and there's no charge but for buying some beer. I once took a photo of Laurence Fishburne here, which he did not seem to appreciate.
the Pimm's Cup
, a traditional English drink that you get at the Napoleon House, which is a pretty glorious old building with a good menu. (Supposedly the house was intended for Napoleon when he was in exile.) Pimm's is a flavored gin mixed with ginger ale and fruits, and it really delicious.
I will warn you, this is both the greatest tour somebody can take of the Quarter and also almost certain to ruin the next day. It's worth it, and it will be a New Year's to remember.
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if you want to sound suitably local, call the neighborhood the Vieux Carre.
Haha please don't do that. Nobody local calls it that.
The Quarter will do nicely.
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on November 24, 2012
Haha please don't do that. Nobody local calls it that.
It's a bit of a derail, but unless things have changed since I lived in the Quarter, six years ago, I heard it called Viuex Carre all the time by people who lived in the Quarter (it's no accident that the Mardi Gras Krewe in the Quarter is the Krewe du Viuex). People in Metarie and Kenner didn't call it that, but many of them were also convinced it was a crime-ridden cesspool that nobody should ever go to, so their opinions were of limited value.
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on November 24, 2012
I've stayed at the
Maison Dupuy
which is right on the edge of the Quarter. It's really nice, though the restaurant is crap. There's an Irish pub called Fahey's right across the street owned by an awesome gal whose name I've quite forgotten because she kept making me knock back Mind Erasers.
For out-of-the-way local food, try
in the Bywater. You'll need a cab to get there, but the rabbit tenderloin is so worth it. Delicious, funky, fair prices, good service. Love the place.
Many of the cocktails Bunny Ultramod mentions above and more are available at
Bar Tonique
, a tiny little bar on North Rampart that makes all their own syrups and extracts. A Dark & Stormy with their homemade orange ginger orgeat was the boozy highlight of my last visit.
Oh, and fried chicken at
. It's a pretty standard French Quarter tourist bar on Decatur Street near Jackson Square, but their fried chicken is freakin' fantastic, and I wasn't even drunk when I ate it.
Dang. Now I'm ready to go back. I love that town.
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on November 24, 2012
Go for brunch at Elizabeth's too.
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on November 24, 2012
Continuing the derail: if I heard someone say, "I live in the Vieux Carre" I would assume that science had perfected some new form of special high-class snob. In all the years I've lived here I've never heard anyone call it that. I'm not saying that Vieux Carre is not technically one of the old names for the Quarter - it totally is - but that it does not come up in casual conversation other than to say, "Vieux Carre is one of the old names for the Quarter."
Back on target: I live in New Orleans and I rarely if ever go to the French Quarter unless invited by one of my friends to a special event. That is not to say that there's anything wrong with the Quarter - there is not. The main reasons to go there are to drink and eat and I have dozens if not hundreds of other options in the city, most of which have better parking and many of which are closer to my house.
There are two times of year that I feel not only interest but almost a kind of self-induced pressure to go to the Quarter and those are Mardi Gras morning and New Years Eve. NYE in the Quarter is a great thing. You don't need events, or tickets. You certainly don't need Bourbon Street. Just go down there with whatever drinks you want (and make sure they're in plastic - you can drink on the streets as long as it's not out of a glass container) and watch the evening unfold. The party will find you if you're receptive to it. Just walking around the Quarter on that night is an adventure, and standing on the steps of the cathedral at Jackson Square as the countdown happens is something everyone should experience once. It is borderline magical.
I could recommend a dozen bars and restaurants for the duration of their stay, if you're interested, but for your main question my answer is: get your body inside the borders of the French Quarter. Wander with drink in hand. That's all you'll need.
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Try using a sledgehammer to pack 15 pounds of potatoes into a bag with a 5-pound capacity, and what do you end up with? Too much messy and disgusting material crammed into a vessel too small for the job and a lot of sloppy overspill.
Unless you have the right sledgehammer. What does this have to do with computer storage? Plenty. And it all starts with a new data-reshaping capability of LSI® DuraWrite™ technology. Keep the numbers in mind: 15 pounds of data in a 5-pound bag. Or three units of data in a space designed for one. It's key. More on that later.
What does DuraWrite technology do again?
My blog Write Amplification (Part 2) talks about how DuraWrite data reduction technology can make more space for over provisioning. That translates into faster data transfers, longer flash memory endurance and lower power draw. What it has NOT done is increase the space available for data storage.
Until now.
DuraWrite Virtual Capacity is like the Dr. Who TARDIS
Excuse my Dr. Who phone booth reference, but for those who know the TARDIS, it provides a great analogy. For those unfamiliar with the TARDIS, it is a fictional time machine that looks like a British police call box. It is very small by external appearances, but inside it is vast in its carrying capacity, taking occupants on an odyssey through time.
DuraWrite Virtual Capacity (DVC) is a new feature of our SandForce® SSD controllers, and it's a bit like the TARDIS. While there is no time travel involved, it does provide a lot more than can be seen. DVC takes advantage of data entropy (randomness) as data is written to the SSD. Some people like to think of it as data compression. Whatever you call it, the end result is the same—less data is written to the flash than what is written from the host. DuraWrite technology alone will increase the over provisioning of an SSD, but DVC increases the user data storage available in an SSD (not the over provisioning).
How much more space can it add?
The efficiency of DVC is inversely related to the entropy. High entropy data like JPEG, encrypted and similar compressed files do little to increase data capacity. In contrast, files like Microsoft OfficeOutlook® PST, Oracle® databases, EXE, and DLL (operating system) files have much lower entropy and can increase usable storage space on the order of two to three times for the same physical flash memory. Yes, I said two to three times. Better still, that translates into a two to three times reduction in the net cost of the flash storage. Again, no typo: two to three times more affordable. Since most enterprise deployments of flash memory are limited by the cost per GB of the flash, this kind of advance has the potential to further accelerate flash memory deployments in the enterprise.
Why hasn't this been done in the past?
Think TARDIS again. Step into the booth, and take a joy ride through space and time. It happens on-the-fly. Simple … but, only in a fictional world. With on-the-fly data reduction and compression, the process is filled with complexities. The biggest problem is most operating systems don't understand that the maximum capacity of a primary storage device (hard disk or solid state drive) can increase or decrease over time. However, open source operating systems can address the issue with customized drivers.
The other problem is any storage device that includes data reduction or compression must use a variable mapping table to track the location of the data on the device once data is reduced. Hard disk drives (HDDs) do not require any kind of mapping table because the operating system can write new data over old data. However, the lack of a mapping table prevents HDDs from supporting an on-the-fly data reduction and compression system.
All solid state drives (SSDs) using NAND flash feature a basic mapping table, typically called the flash translation layer (FTL). This mapping table is required because NAND flash memory pages cannot be rewritten directly, but must first be erased in larger blocks. The SSD controller needs to relocate valid data while the old data gets erased. This process, called garbage collection, uses the mapping table. However, the data reduction and compression system requires a mapping table that is variable in size. Most SSDs lack that capability, but not those using a SandForce controller, making SSDs with SandForce controllers perfectly suited to the job.
What use cases can be applied to DVC?
DVC can be used to increase usable data storage space or provide more cache capacity flexibility by two to three times. To create more usable data storage space, the operating system must be altered with new primary storage device drivers for it to understand the drive's maximum capacity, which can fluctuate over time based on how much the data is reduced or compressed.
To support greater cache capacity flexibility, a host controller would manage the flash memory directly as a cache. The controller would isolate the flash memory capacity from the host so the operating system does not even see it. The dynamic cache capacity would increase cache performance at a lower price per GB depending upon the entropy of the data. The LSI Nytro product line and some SandForce Driven® program SSDs already support both of these use cases.
When will this appear in my personal computer?
While DVC is already being deployed and evaluated in enterprise datacenters around the world, the use in personal computers will take a bit longer due to the need to have the operating system changed with new storage device drivers that understand the fluctuating maximum capacity.
When these operating system changes come together, you will not need that sledgehammer to pack more data into your TARDIS (SSD). Now that's a space odyssey to write home about.
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Each new generation of NAND flash memory reduces the fabrication geometry – the dimension of the smallest part of an integrated circuit used to build up the components inside the chip. That means there are fewer electrons storing the data, leading to increased errors and a shorter life for the flash memory. No need to worry. Today's flash memory depends upon the intelligence and capabilities of the solid state drive (SSD) controller to help keep errors in check and get the longest life possible from flash memory, making it usable in compute environments like laptop computers and enterprise datacenters.
Today's volume NAND flash memory uses a 20nm and 19nm manufacturing process, but the next generation will be in the 16nm range. Some experts speculate that today's controllers will struggle to work with this next generation of flash memory to support the high number of write cycles required in datacenters. Also, the current multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory is transitioning to triple-level cell (TLC), which has an even shorter life expectancy and higher error rates.
Can sub-20nm flash survive in the datacenter?
Yes, but it will take a flash memory controller with smarts the industry has never seen before. How intelligent? Sub-20nm flash will need to stretch the life of the flash memory beyond the flash manufacturer's specifications and correct far more errors than ever before, while still maintaining high throughput and very low latency. And to protect against periodic error correction algorithm failures, the flash will need some kind of redundancy (backup) of the data inside the SSD itself.
When will such a controller materialize?
LSI this week introduced the third generation of its flagship SSD and flash memory controller, called the SandForce SF3700. The controller is newly engineered and architected to solve the lifespan, performance, and reliability challenges of deploying sub-20nm flash memory in today's performance-hungry enterprise datacenters. The SandForce SF3700 also enables longer periods between battery recharges for power-sipping client laptop and ultrabook systems. It all happens in a single ASIC package. The SandForce SF3700 is the first SSD controller to include both PCIe and SATA host interfaces natively in one chip to give customers of SSD manufacturers an easy migration path as more of them move to the faster PCIe host interface.
How does the SandForce SF3700 controller make sub-20nm flash excel in the datacenter?
Our new controller builds on the award-winning capabilities of the current SandForce SSD and flash controllers. We've refined our DuraWrite™ data reduction technology to streamline the way it picks blocks, collects garbage and reduces the write count. You'll like the result: longer flash endurance and higher read and write speeds.
The SandForce SF3700 includes SHIELD™ error correction, which applies LDPC and DSP technology in unique ways to correct the higher error rates from the new generations of flash memory. SHIELD technology uses a multi-level error correction schema to optimize the time to get the correct data. Also, with its exclusive Adaptive Code Rate feature, SHIELD leverages DuraWrite technology's ability to span internal NAND flash boundaries between the user data space and the flash manufacturer's dedicated ECC field. Other controllers only use one size of ECC code rate for flash memory – the one largest size designed to support the end of the flash's life. Early in the flash life, a much smaller size ECC is required, and SHIELD technology scales down the ECC accordingly, diverting the remaining free space as additional over provisioning. SHIELD partially increases the ECC size over time as the flash ages to correct the increasing failures, but does not use the largest ECC size until the flash is nearly at the end of its life.
Why is this good? Greater over provisioning over the life of the SSD improves performance and increases the endurance. SHIELD also allows the ECC field to grow even larger after it reaches its specified end of life. The big takeaway: All of these SHIELD capabilities increase flash write endurance many times beyond the manufacturer's specification. In fact at the 2013 Flash Memory Summit exposition in Santa Clara, CA, SHIELD was shown to extend the endurance of a particular Micron NAND flash by nearly six times.
That's not all. The SandForce SF3700 controller's RAISE™ data reliability feature now offers stronger protection, including full die failure and more options for protecting data on SSDs with low (e.g., 32GB & 64GB) and binary (256GB vs. 240GB) capacities.
So what about end user systems?
The beauty of all SandForce flash and SSD controllers is its onboard firmware, which takes the one common hardware component – the ASIC – and adapts it to the user's storage environment. For example, in client applications the firmware helps the controller preserve SSD power to enable users of laptop and ultrabook systems to remain unplugged longer between battery recharges. In contrast, enterprise environments require the highest possible performance and lowest latency. This higher performance draws more power, a tradeoff the enterprise is willing to make for the fastest time-to-data. The firmware makes other similar tradeoffs based on which storage environment it is serving.
Although most people consider the enterprise and client storage needs are very diverse, we think the new SandForce SF3700 Flash and SSD controller showcases the perfect balance of power and performance that any user hanging ten can appreciate.
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All NAND flash-based SSDs use a process called garbage collection (GC) so the flash memory can be rewritten with fresh data, enabling the SSD to function like any other rewritable storage device. The number of rewrites (program/erase cycles) possible with NAND flash memory is finite. That's why it's essential to ensure that each P/E cycle really counts – that is, each is performed with top efficiency – to help preserve optimum SSD performance.
Collecting the garbage takes time
In my 2011 Flash Memory Summit presentation , I went into great detail about how GC – the automatic memory management process of clearing invalid data from memory to give new data a clean slate – works in an SSD. Here's a recap: flash memory is organized in groups of pages where data can be written. Once a page is written, it cannot be rewritten until it is erased. Simple enough. But a page can only be erased within a group of typically 128 pages called a block. But wait. The complexity of writing data really starts to escalate in the case of random writes replacing previously written data. Random writes put the new data in previously erased pages elsewhere, peppering a block of valid data with "patches of invalid data." In order to write new data to these patches, the whole block – all 128 pages – must be erased. But first all surrounding pages with valid data must be read and then rewritten to blank pages. The newly erased block of blank pages is then ready to save new data.
So why's this a problem? This rewriting process shares the same path to the flash memory as new data arriving from the host system. You see the issue – a bottleneck. What you may not know is that this traffic jam can severely degrade overall write performance, sometimes as much as 90%.
Why not collect the garbage when the SSD is idle?
To improve write performance, many SSDs perform idle-time GC or background GC. When the SSD is idle – not performing reads or writes from the host system – the data paths to the flash memory are open. In a perfect world, the SSD controller would move all valid data into a contiguous group of new blocks so that all the free space would be consolidated into a few very large areas. Then, when new data arrived, the controller would send it directly to the fresh blocks and be spared from having to move data around just to free up space on pages of invalid data. But the world is far from perfect.
No free lunch, even from the garbage can
As might be expected, background or idle-time GC has drawbacks. The two main downsides are:
1. For users of Ultrabooks and other mobile systems, battery power is precious. The longer users can work unplugged between battery charges, the better. To make the most of a single charge, these systems use features like DevSleep to drastically reduce power to internal components not in use. At times when no data is being stored to or retrieved from the SSD, the host system gears down the SSD into a low power state (like DevSleep) to reduce power draw. In this state, an SSD with background or idle-time GC has no power to perform GC.
The upshot is that the SSD will be very slow when the system turns it back on and starts sending new data that must be saved in the spaces not yet cleared out by garbage-collected while the SSD was asleep. Alternately, the SSD may temporarily override the low power command from the host in order to perform the background GC, pulling more power from the battery and shortening the time remaining before it needs to be recharged.
2. When the SSD is performing GC, invalid data is ignored and only valid data is moved before the block is erased. Now imagine a large 2GB file on the SSD that the user plans to delete tomorrow. The SSD has no clue this will happen, so it automatically performs background GC around the 2GB file – and all other data – today, consuming one more of the very limited, precious program/erase cycles for all the flash holding that data. Ideally, the SSD would have waited one more day to garbage collect, the user would have already deleted the file, and the SSD wouldn't have had to move all that data to new locations. No unnecessary data movement. No unnecessary use of a precious program/erase cycle.
Many people don't realize that the number of background reads and writes initiated by the operating system, virus checkers, browsers, etc., far outstrip the number initiated by the computer user. Some users rarely delete files, believing they'll extend the life of their SSD. The truth is, user file deletions are a drop in the bucket. It's not their use of the computer storage that causes the most wear and tear. Background action from applications and the operating system is the real culprit.
Is there a better option?
What's an SSD user to do? A super-fast foreground GC engine is the best solution. The key is special hardware and firmware integrated into the flash controller that streamlines garbage collection so it can run in the foreground with incoming data. The engine also enables high-speed writes to the flash memory. By maintaining high write speeds for GC operations, the SSD can afford to leave all valid data mixed with invalid data. That way the blocks are not recycled until absolutely necessary, dramatically reducing wear. Plus, the longer the SSD waits to GC pages, the higher the likelihood other pages of data will have already been made invalid by the operating system or user. The result is lower write amplification, longer flash endurance, and even higher performance.
All LSI® SandForce® Flash Controllers employ foreground GC to provide these invaluable benefits to the user.
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Part two of this Write Amplification (WA) series covered how WA works in solid-state drives (SSDs) that use data reduction technology. I mentioned that, with one of these SSDs, the WA can be less than one, which can greatly improve flash memory performance and endurance.
Why is it important to know your SSD write amplification?
Well, it's not really necessary to know the write amplification of your SSD at any particular point in time, but you do want an SSD with the lowest WA available. The reason is that the limited number of program/erase cycles that NAND flash can support keeps dropping with each generation of flash developed. A low WA will ensure the flash memory lasts longer than flash on an SSD with a higher WA.
A direct benefit of a WA below one is that the amount of dynamic over provisioning is higher, which generally provides higher performance. In the case of over provisioning, more is better, since a key attribute of SSD is performance. Keep in mind that, beyond selecting the best controller, you cannot control the WA of an SSD.
Just how smart are the SSD SMART attributes?
The monitoring system SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) tracks various indicators of hard disk solid state drive reliability – including the number of errors corrected, bytes written, and power-on hours – to help anticipate failures, enabling users to replace storage before a failure causes data loss or system outages.
Some of these indicators, or attributes, point to the status of the drive health and others provide statistical information. While all manufacturers use many of these attributes in the same or a similar way, there is no standard definition for each attribute, so the meaning of any attribute can vary from one manufacturer to another. What's more, there's no requirement for drive manufacturers to list their SMART attributes.
How to measure missing attributes by extrapolation
Most SSDs provide some list of SMART attributes, but WA typically is excluded. However, with the right tests, you can sometimes extrapolate, with some accuracy, the WA value. We know that under normal conditions, an SSD will have a WA very close to 1:1 when writing data sequentially.
For an SSD with data reduction technology, you must write data with 100% entropy to ensure you identify the correct attributes, then rerun the tests with an entropy that matches your typical data workload to get a true WA calculation. SSDs without data reduction technology do not benefit from entropy, so the level of entropy used on them does not matter.
To measure missing attributes by extrapolation, start by performing a secure erase of the SSD, and then use a program to read all the current SMART attribute values. Some programs do not accurately display the true meaning of an attribute simply because the attribute itself contains no description. For you to know what each attribute represents, the program reading the attribute has to be pre-programmed by the manufacturer. The problem is that some programs mislabel some attributes. Therefore, you need to perform tests to confirm the attributes' true meaning.
Start writing sequential data to the SSD, noting how much data is being written. Some programs will indicate exactly how much data the SSD has written, while others will reveal only the average data per second over a given period. Either way, the number of bytes written to the SSD will be clear. You want to write about 10 or more times the physical capacity of the SSD. This step is often completed with IOMeter, VDbench, or other programs that can send large measurable quantities of data.
At the end of the test period, print out the SMART attributes again and look for all attributes that have a different value than at the start of the test. Record the attribute number and the difference between the two test runs. You are trying to find one that represents a change of about 10, or the number of times you wrote to the entire capacity of the SSD. The attribute you are trying to find may represent the number of complete program/erase cycles, which would match your count almost exactly. You might also find an attribute that is counting the number of gigabytes (GBs) of data written from the host. To match that attribute, take the number of times you wrote to the entire SSD and multiply by the physical capacity of the flash. Technically, you already know how much you wrote from the host, but it is good to have the drive confirm that value.
Doing the math
When you find candidates that might be a match (you might have multiple attributes), secure erase the drive again, this time writing randomly with 4K transfers. Again, write about 10 times the physical capacity of the drive, then record the SMART attributes and calculate the difference from the last recording of the same attributes that changed between the first two recordings. This time, the change you see in the data written from the host should be nearly the same as with the sequential run. However, the attribute that represents the program/erase cycles (if present) will be many times higher than during the sequential run.
To calculate write amplification, use this equation:
( Number of erase cycles x Physical capacity in GB ) / Amount of data written from the host in GB
With sequential transfers, this number should be very close to 1. With random transfers, the number will be much higher depending on the SSD controller. Different SSDs will have different random WA values.
If you have an SSD with the type of data reduction technology used in the LSI® SandForce® controller, you will see lower and lower write amplification as you approach your lowest data entropy when you test with any entropy lower than 100%. With this method, you should be able to measure the write amplification of any SSD as long as it has erase cycles and host data-written attributes or something that closely represents them.
Protect your SSD against degraded performance
The key point to remember is that write amplification is the enemy of flash memory performance and endurance, and therefore the users of SSDs. This three-part series examined all the elements that affect WA, including the implications and advantages of a data reduction technology like the LSI SandForce DuraWrite™ technology. Once you understand how WA works and how to measure it, you will be better armed to defend yourself against this beastly cause of degraded SSD performance.
This three-part series examines some of the details behind write amplification, a key property of all NAND flash-based SSDs that is often misunderstood in the industry.
Part 1: Why SSDs hate amplification
Part 2: When does an amplifier make things smaller?
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In part one of this Write Amplification (WA) series, I examined how WA works in basic solid-state drives (SSDs). Part two now takes a deeper look at how SSDs that use some form of data reduction technology can see a very big and positive impact on WA.
Data reduction technology can master data entropy
The performance of all SSDs is influenced by the same factors – such as the amount of over provisioning and levels of random vs. sequential writing – with one major exception: entropy. Only SSDs with data reduction technology can take advantage of entropy – the degree of randomness of data – to provide significant performance, endurance and power-reduction advantages.
Data reduction technology parlays data entropy (not to be confused with how data is written to the storage device – sequential vs. random) into higher performance. How? When data reduction technology sends data to the flash memory, it uses some form of data de-duplication, compression, or data differencing to rearrange the information and use fewer bytes overall. After the data is read from flash memory, data reduction technology, by design, restores 100% of the original content to the host computer This is known as "loss-less" data reduction and can be contrasted with "lossy" techniques like MPEG, MP3, JPEG, and other common formats used for video, audio, and visual data files. These formats lose information that cannot be restored, though the resolution remains adequate for entertainment purposes.
The multi-faceted power of data reduction technology
My previous blog on data reduction discusses how data reduction technology relates to the SATA TRIM command and increases free space on the SSD, which in turn reduces WA and improves subsequent write performance. With a data-reduction SSD, the lower the entropy of the data coming from the host computer, the less the SSD has to write to the flash memory, leaving more space for over provisioning. This additional space enables write operations to complete faster, which translates not only into a higher write speed at the host computer but also into lower power use because flash memory draws power only while reading or writing. Higher write speeds also mean lower power draw for the flash memory.
Because data reduction technology can send less data to the flash than the host originally sent to the SSD, the typical write amplification factor falls below 1.0. It is not uncommon to see a WA of 0.5 on an SSD with this technology. Writing less data to the flash leads directly to:
Each of these in turn produces other benefits, some of which circle back upon themselves in a recursive manner. This logic diagram highlights those benefits.
So this is a rare instance when an amplifier – namely, Write Amplification – makes something smaller. At LSI, this unique amplifier comes in the form of the LSI® DuraWrite™ data reduction technology in all SandForce® Driven™ SSDs.
This three-part series examines some of the details behind write amplification, a key property of all NAND flash-based SSDs that is often misunderstood in the industry.
Part 1: Why SSDs hate amplification
Part 3: How to measure what can't be seen
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In today's solid state drives (SSDs), the NAND flash memory must be erased before it can store new data. In other words, data cannot be overwritten directly as it is in a hard disk drive (HDD). Instead, SSDs use a process called garbage collection (GC) to reclaim the space taken by previously stored data. This means that write demands are heavier on SSDs than HDDs when storing the same information.
This is bad because the flash memory in the SSD supports only a limited number of writes before it can no longer be read. We call this undesirable effect write amplification (WA). In my blog, Gassing up your SSD, I describe why WA exists in a little more detail, but here I will explain what controls it.
It's all about the free space
I often tell people that SSDs work better with more free space, so anything that increases free space will keep WA lower. The two key ways to expand free space (thereby decreasing WA) are to 1) increase over provisioning and 2) keep more storage space free (if you have TRIM support).
As I said earlier, there is no WA before GC is active. However, this pristine pre-GC condition has a tiny life span – just one full-capacity write cycle during a "fresh-out-of-box" (FOB) state, which accounts for less than 0.04% of the SSD's life. Although you can manually recreate this condition with a secure erase, the cost is an additional write cycle, which defeats the purpose. Also keep in mind that the GC efficiency and associated wear leveling algorithms can affect WA (more efficient = lower WA).
The other major contributor to WA is the organization of the free space (how data is written to the flash). When data is written randomly, the eventual replacement data will also likely come in randomly, so some pages of a block will be replaced (made invalid) and others will still be good (valid). During GC, valid data in blocks like this needs to be rewritten to new blocks. This produces another write to the flash for each valid page, causing write amplification.
With sequential writes, generally all the data in the pages of the block becomes invalid at the same time. As a result, no data needs relocating during GC since there is no valid data remaining in the block before it is erased. In this case, there is no amplification, but other things like wear leveling on blocks that don't change will still eventually produce some write amplification no matter how data is written.
Calculating write amplification
Write Amplification is fundamentally the result of data written to the flash memory divided by data written by the host. In 2008, both Intel and SiliconSystems (acquired by Western Digital) were the first to start talking publically about WA. At that time, the WA of all SSDs was something greater than 1.0. It was not until SandForce introduced the first SSD controller with DuraWrite™ technology in 2009 that WA could fall below 1.0. DuraWrite technology increases the free space mentioned above, but in a way that is unique from other SSD controllers. In part two of my write amplification series, I will explain how DuraWrite technology works.
This three-part series examines some of the details behind write amplification, a key property of all NAND flash-based SSDs that is often misunderstood in the industry.
Part 2: When does an amplifier make things smaller?
Part 3: Hot to measure what can't be seen
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It is always good to hear the opinions of your customers and end users, and in that respect June was a banner month for LSI® SandForce® flash controllers.
In a survey soliciting responses from more than 1 million members of on-line groups and other sources by IT Brand Pulse, an independent product testing and validation lab, LSI SandForce controllers ranked at the top of all six SSD controller chip sub-categories: market, price, performance, reliability, service and support, and innovation. Last August, the LSI SandForce controllers won in three of the six sub-categories, so we're thrilled to see momentum building.
Winning all six awards is no easy task. Some of the sub-categories could be considered mutually exclusive, requiring customers to make trade-offs among product attributes. For example, often a product with the best price is considered to have skimped on quality compared to pricier solutions. A product with screaming performance, ironically, is seen as something of a market laggard because it usually does not carry the best price. So it is exciting to strike the right balance among all six measures and sweep the product category. You can find more details on the awards here: http://itbrandpulse.com/research/brand-leader-program/225-ssd-controller-chips-2013
For those of us in product marketing, winning product awards voted on by your peers can bring on a feeling similar to that warm afterglow parents bask in when they hear their child has made the honor roll or was named the valedictorian for his or her graduating class.
So please pardon us, for a moment, as we beam with pride.
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It seems like our smartphones are getting bigger and bigger with each generation. Sometimes I see people holding what appears to be a tablet computer up next to their head. I doubt they know how ridiculous they look to the rest of us, and I wonder what pants today have pockets that big.
I certainly do like the convenience of the instant-on capabilities my smart phone gives me, but I still need my portable computer with its big screen and keyboard separate from my phone.
A few years ago, SATA-IO, the standards body, added a new feature to the Serial ATA (SATA) specification designed to further reduce battery consumption in portable computer products. This new feature, DevSleep, enables solid state drives (SSDs) to act more like smartphones, allowing you to go days without plugging in to recharge and then instantly turn them on and see all the latest email, social media updates, news and events.
Why not just switch the system off?
When most PC users think about switching off their system, they dread waiting for the operating system to boot back up. That is one of the key advantages of replacing the hard disk drive (HDD) in the system with a faster SSD. However, in our instant gratification society, we hate to wait even seconds for web pages to come up, so waiting minutes for your PC to turn on and boot up can feel like an eternity. Therefore, many people choose to leave the system on to save those precious moments… but at the expense of battery life.
Can I get this today?
To further extend battery life, the new DevSleep feature requires a signal change on the SATA connector. This change is currently supported only in new Intel® Haswell chipset-based platforms announced this June. What's more, the SSD in these systems must support the DevSleep feature and monitor the signal on the SATA connector. Most systems that support DevSleep will likely be very low-power notebook systems and will likely already ship with an SSD installed using a small mSATA, M.2, or similar edge connector. Therefore, the signal change on the SATA interface will not immediately affect the rest of the SSDs designed for desktop systems shipping through retail and online sources. Note that not all SSDs are created equal and, while many claim support for DevSleep, be sure to look at the fine print to compare the actual power draw when in DevSleep.
At Computex last month, LSI announced support for the DevSleep feature and staged demonstrations showing a 400x reduction in idle power. It should be noted that a 400x reduction in power does not directly translate to a 400x increase in battery life, but any reduction in power will give you more time on the battery, and that will certainly benefit any user who often works without a power cord.
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Not likely. But you might think that solving your computer data security problems is very well possible when someone tells you that TCG Opal is the key. According to its website, "The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is a not-for-profit organization formed to develop, define and promote open, vendor-neutral, global industry standards, supportive of a hardware-based root of trust, for interoperable trusted computing platforms."
That might take a bit to digest, but think about TCG as a group of companies creating standards to simplify deployment and increase adoption of data security. The consortium has two better known specifications called TCG Enterprise and TCG Opal.
Sorting through the alphabet soup of data security
"Our SED with TCG Opal provides FDE." While this might look like a spoonful of alphabet soup, it is music to the ears of a corporate IT manager. Let me break it down for those who just hear fingernails on the chalkboard. A self-encrypting drive (SED) is one that embeds a hardware-based encryption engine in the storage device. One chief benefit is that the hardware engine performs the encryption, preserving full performance of the host CPU. An SED can be a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD). True, traditional software encryption can secure data going to the storage device, but it consumes precious host CPU bandwidth. The related term, full drive encryption (FDE), is used to describe any drive (HDD or SSD) that stores data in an encrypted form. This can be through either software-based (host CPU) or hardware-based (an SED) encryption.
Most people would assume that if their work laptop were lost or stolen, they would suffer only some lost productivity for a short time and about $1,500 in hardware costs. However, a study by Intel and the Ponemon Institute found that the cost of a lost laptop totaled nearly $50,000 when you account for lost IP, legal costs, customer notifications, lost business, harm to reputation, and damages associated with compromising confidential customer information. When the data stored on the laptop is encrypted, this cost is reduced by nearly $20,000. This difference certainly supports the need for better security for these mobile platforms.
When considering a security solution for this valuable data, you have to decide between a hardware-based SED and a host-based software solution. The primary problem with software solutions is they require the host CPU to do all of the encryption. This detracts from the CPU's core computing work, leaving users with a slower computer or forcing them to pay for greater CPU performance. Another drawback of many software encryption solutions is that they can be turned off by the computer user, leaving data in the clear and vulnerable. Since hardware-based encryption is native to the HDD or SSD, it cannot be disabled by the end user.
In April 2013, LSI and a few other storage companies worked with the Ponemon Institute to better understand the value of hardware-based encryption. You can read about the details in the study here, but the quick summary is that hardware-based encryption solutions can offer a 75% total cost savings over software-based solutions, on average.
When is this available?
At the Computex Taipei 2013 show earlier this month, LSI announced availability of a firmware update for SandForce® controllers that adds support for TCG Opal. The LSI suite at the show featured TCG Opal demonstrations using self-encrypting SSDs provided by SandForce Driven™ member companies, including Kingston, A-DATA, Avant and Edge. (Contact SSD manufacturers directly for product availability.)
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Imagine a bathtub full of water and asking someone to empty the tub while you turn your back for a moment. When you look again and see the water is gone, do you just assume someone pulled the drain plug?
I think most people would, but what about the other methods of removing the water like with a siphon, or using buckets to bail out the water? In a typical bathroom you are not likely to see these other methods used, but that does not mean they do not exist. The point is that just because you see a certain result does not necessarily mean the obvious solution was used.
I see a lot of confusion in forum posts from SandForce Driven™ SSD users and reviewers over how the LSI® DuraWrite™ data reduction and advanced garbage collection technology relates to the SATA TRIM command. In my earlier blog on TRIM I covered this topic in great detail, but in simple terms the operating system uses the TRIM command to inform an SSD what information is outdated and invalid. Without the TRIM command the SSD assumes all of the user capacity is valid data. I explained in my blog Gassing up your SSD that creating more free space through over provisioning or using less of the total capacity enables the SSD to operate more efficiently by reducing the write amplification, which leads to increased performance and flash memory endurance. So without TRIM the SSD operates at its lowest level of efficiency for a particular level of over provisioning.
Will you drown in invalid data without TRIM?
TRIM is a way to increase the free space on an SSD – what we call "dynamic over provisioning" – and DuraWrite technology is another method to increase the free space. Since DuraWrite technology is dependent upon the entropy (randomness) of the data, some users will get more free space than others depending on what data they store. Since the technology works on the basis of the aggregate of all data stored, boot SSDs with operating systems can still achieve some level of dynamic over provisioning even when all other files are at the highest entropy, e.g., encrypted or compressed files.
With an older operating system or in an environment that does not support TRIM (most RAID configurations), DuraWrite technology can provide enough free space to offer the same benefits as having TRIM fully operational. In cases where both TRIM and DuraWrite technology are operating, the combined result may not be as noticeable as when they're working independently since there are diminishing returns when the free space grows to greater than half of the SSD storage capacity.
So the next time you fill your bathtub, think about all the ways you can get the water out of the tub without using the drain. That will help you remember that both TRIM and DuraWrite technology can improve SSD performance using different approaches to the same problem. If that analogy does not work for you, consider the different ways to produce a furless feline, and think about what opening graphic image I might have used for a more jolting effect. Although in that case you might not have seen this blog since that image would likely have gotten us banned from Google® "safe for work" searches.
I presented on this topic in detail at the Flash Memory Summit in 2011. You can read it in full here: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Flash%20Storage%20Processors/LSI_PRS_FMS2011_T1A_Smith.pdf
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Joel Vandiver // Cornelia, Georgia
'08/'09 Dodge Challenger
Cobbled together on a shoestring budget from a rolled SRT8 Challenger, a police Charger, and a factory-reject Challenger body, the former 6.1L/auto car now runs a 426 and a six-speed. The odd color is self-etching primer with clearcoat.
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'68 Ford Mustang
The R&D car for Gateway Performance Suspension uses Gateway's three-link, coilovers, and Watt's link in the rear with its strut suspension in the front. It's got a 560hp Roush 368ci Windsor, a Keisler five-speed, and Baer brakes
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'67 Chevy Camaro
Brad has owned this car since 1978. Originally an automatic, he swapped in a four-speed soon after he bought it, and now it has a Tremec six-speed, Boze wheels, Chris Alston's chassis goodies, and an LS3 with a Magnuson 122 supercharger.
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'12 Ford Mustang Boss 302
Eddie's a police detective in Gordon County, Georgia. His Boss 302 is showroom stock except for brake fluid and pads, which are Hawk HP Plus. It's only got 3,000 miles on the odometer because it's mainly a track car. Factoid: the 903 on the door is Eddie's badge number.
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Brian has two Camaros in the Redneck stable, both LS powered and both with a nearly perfect front/rear weight distribution. The '71 was yellow with a black hood when it was featured in HOT ROD. Now it's silver. It's got Detroit Speed suspension and is just a bit faster than the '69 thanks to the second-gen's lower stance.
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Focus on procurement and cyber coordinator biggest differences as compared to Bush administration's CNCI. Pres. Obama to begin with 24 actions to improve IT security.
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The Obama White House is trying to put its own stamp on how it wants to protect the federal government's cybersecurity infrastructure. That's the message in the Office of Management and Budget's "Fiscal Year 2009 Report to Congress on FISMA, the Federal Information Security Management Act."
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It doesn't make a lot of sense to me for any of these guys to switch it up. I don't see and advantage to having Biffle vs. Bowyer vs. Edwards unless one can be had for cheaper than the others. If for some reason Vickers health is not ok, then perhaps Red Bull throws huge money to lure one of these guys away from their current ride, then all bets are off. Otherwise I see the status quo remaining with perhaps Martin heading to Petty. With that being said, if Biffle or Edwards are up for leaving RFR, RCR may choose one of them to upgrade Burton's ride, but he'll want to get Bowyer signed, sealed and delivered before opening up that can of worms.
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Martin, Edwards and Bowyer among potential free agents at end of 2011
By admin | February 2, 2011
By Richard Allen
Have you ever noticed how often baseball and football players who have contracts about to expire suddenly have 'career years' as they renegotiate their new deals? Perhaps it will be seen this year whether or not that same maxim is true in NASCAR racing.
Every year there are bound to be drivers who have contracts to expire. In 2011, there is a bumper crop looking to either re-sign with their current teams or move elsewhere. Mark Martin, Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer are joined by Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, David Ragan and Brian Vickers as potential free agents seeking long-term security for the future.
In all likelihood, most of these drivers will wind up staying with their current teams. However, there is at least the possibility any or all could move until new contracts are signed.
One of these drivers in particular, Clint Bowyer, has already had mention made of him by another team. During the recent Sprint Media Tour, Andrew Murstein, the financier who invested in Richard Petty Motorsports, noted that the current Richard Childress Racing pilot was on his list of potential drivers for his team.
It would seem unlikely that Bowyer would consider leaving one of NASCAR's top teams to join an organization that under its current ownership has yet to prove itself as a solid contender on a weekly or yearly basis. However, large amounts of money can speak loudly so never completely discount the possibility until the contracts are signed. And more, Bowyer's flirtation with one team could serve as an indication to others that he is at least willing to listen to offers.
Along with Bowyer, RCR driver Jeff Burton is also without a deal beyond the 2011 season. At age 43, Burton remains highly competitive but it has to be considered that not many victories have been amassed by drivers over the age of forty throughout NASCAR history.
While Burton may well continue to drive for RCR beyond this season, it probably would not be with the length of contract that will be offered to the younger Bowyer. One thing to consider is that RCR has added a fourth team with driver Paul Menard which could factor into future driver signings.
Edwards joins fellow Roush Fenway Racing drivers Ragan and Biffle in the ranks of drivers without a long-term deal beyond this season. During the Sprint Media Tour Edwards declared that, "I'd like to be able to get it(contract) done so that we can just keep focused on winning, and that's the most important thing.â€
It would be difficult to imagine RFR allowing either Edwards or Biffle to get away. During his turn at the microphone in front of the media team owner Jack Roush said he expects all three drivers in question to return to his organization but quickly pointed out that he was not involved in the day to day negotiations.
In the case of Ragan there is the complicating matter that he has had little success in RFR's #6 car and his sponsor, UPS, will have its contract run out this year. It would seem as though Ragan might be on less steady ground than his teammates who have proven the ability to win races.
Vickers situation is somewhat clouded in two ways. Last year, he had to take a leave of absence from his team due to health concerns. Although he has been given a clean bill of health as far as racing is concerned, any car owner looking to sign him may wish to wait and see for sure that his medical situation has cleared up. And more, his current organization, Team Red Bull, has been inconsistent which may cause him to want to wait and see what other offers may be forthcoming as well.
Perhaps the most intriguing of all the potential free agents is Martin. It is known that he will definitely be replaced at the end of the year by Kasey Kahne in the Hendrick Motorsports #5 car. Although he recently turned 52 years old, he has proven himself to still be very competitive and there is no question he wishes to return in 2012.
"I'm absolutely, without a doubt, going to be driving race cars next year, just not going to be in any hurry to worry about that,†he recently declared. "I'm focused on 2011 and really enjoying being a part of Hendrick Motorsports.â€
We know Martin will be somewhere else next year. We can be reasonably sure that Edwards and Biffle will remain in place for the foreseeable future. We can guess that it is most likely Bowyer and Burton will stay with RCR. Vickers' health and the strength of his team could play a role in where he ends up while Ragan most likely has to perform better.
Because these things may only be guessed as of now, there are not definite answers until the contracts are signed.
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7 Responses to "Martin, Edwards and Bowyer among potential free agents at end of 2011"
Kevin Says:
February 2nd, 2011 at 11:34 am
Kevin Says:
February 2nd, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Just read that Ragan's contract with Roush is through 2014, it is only UPS that is up at the end of the year.
The same article said that Montoya & Newman's contracts are up at the end of 2011 as well, though Montoya is close to resigning with EGR. However, if Newman doesn't look like he may make the chase, will Stewart look at upgrading that team with a driver who can?
Richard Allen Says:
February 2nd, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Roush said during the Media Tour that Ragan's contract ended in 2011, unless it has been renewed in the last few days or Roush was mistaken.
Kevin Says:
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Editors note @ the bottom of the article
Jay Says:
February 3rd, 2011 at 2:42 pm
I don't think Newman has anything to worry about. He and Tony are close friends and Newman is competitive. He has a win, and made the Chase in 09, so he's doing pretty good for the team.
sylvia richardson Says:
February 3rd, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Mr. Tony Geinzer Says:
February 3rd, 2011 at 8:05 pm
Bowyer I think is still soured by his lost ring and I feel Cousin Carl could be going St. Elsewhere like Kenseth and Jeff Burton, but Kenseth and Burton will go back to Nationwide.