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FLOPS
Floating Point Operations Per Second — the standard measure of computing performance for scientific and HPC workloads, from GFLOPS to EFLOPS.
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Snapshot
A space-efficient, point-in-time copy of data using copy-on-write techniques, enabling rapid backup and recovery with minimal storage overhead.
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iSCSI
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface — a protocol enabling block-level SAN storage access over standard TCP/IP Ethernet networks.
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Write Amplification
A flash storage phenomenon where physical writes exceed logical writes due to block-level erase requirements, affecting SSD endurance and performance.
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NAND Flash
The non-volatile memory technology in SSDs, storing data in cells organized into pages and blocks with 3D stacking for increased density.
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Ansible
An open-source IT automation tool for configuration management and orchestration, widely used for HPC cluster and data center provisioning.