A system for providing physically separate compute and I / O resources in the data center to enable space and performance savings

摘要

One embodiment of a system and a method separates I / O resources from computing resources of a server, such as, for. B. CPU and memory, by moving the server's local I / O devices to a remote location away from the server's computing resources. One embodiment uses optics to achieve the fast communication speeds required between the computing resources and the remote I / O resources. More specifically, one embodiment uses fiber optic cables and electrical-to-optical conversion to enable communication between the computing resources and the I / O resources. The computing resources and the remote I / O resources may be designed differently to allow conductive liquid cooling for the computing resources and air cooling for the I / O resources.