Patent ID: 9069594
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a burst buffer appliance adapted for coupling between a computer system and a file system; the burst buffer appliance comprising a high-speed memory having a substantially lower access time than the file system; the burst buffer appliance being configured to include a plurality of virtual machines for processing respective different types of input-output operations that involve utilization of the high-speed memory; wherein each of the virtual machines provides a different performance level for its associated type of input-output operations; wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises: wherein the first type of input-output operations is associated with a first priority and the second type of input-output operations is associated with a second priority lower than the first priority; wherein the first type of input-output operations comprises operations involving writing checkpoints from the computer system to the high-speed memory; and wherein the second type of input-output operations comprises operations involving at least one of: writing sensor data from a sensor network to the high-speed memory; writing or reading analytic engine data to or from the high-speed memory; and writing from the high-speed memory to the file system.