ZFS without a Server!?! It is DPU time!

We take a look at running ZFS and iSCSI on a NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU. We show how there is a separate Arm Cortex-A72 complex along with the Mellanox / NVIDIA ConnectX-6 100GbE NIC onboard. By carefully crafting a demo, we show how one can run ZFS without using a traditional server.

This is a pre-cursor video to our next NVMeoF and SNAP video where we wanted to lay the framework and fundamentals for the audience.

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
01:41 What is a DPU and the NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU
07:08 Setting up a DPU without a Server and the AIC JBOX
11:30 Basic NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU Setup
08:30 Connecting to a Single NVMeoF SSD
15:00 The Prestige Adding iSCSI
19:42 Funny Performance That Makes Sense
20:49 Warning on the Setup
21:17 Wrap-up

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