Optane Persistent Memory: Breakthrough or Broken Promise?

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Optane persistent memory: Breakthrough or broken promise?
• Massive enterprises such as Baidu are starting to use (or are at least experimenting with) Optane DC persistent memory modules (PMMs), which are slot-compatible with conventional DDR4 DRAM modules.
• PMMs may be a good fit for in-memory database applications, which deliver ultra-fast performance by keeping workloads near the CPU rather than far across the storage bus.
• Today’s PMMs require 2nd gen Xeon Scalable chips.
• Using PMMs promises to lower the user’s TCO … somehow