TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates generally to systems and methods for providing lower-power, scalable nodes in a datacenter or compute systems.

BACKGROUND

Traditionally, a large-scale datacenter or compute system includes compute nodes, storage nodes, compute-and-storage nodes, and network infrastructure connecting the nodes and other components of the datacenter or compute system. Storage node store data. Compute nodes retrieve the data stored by the storage nodes and process the data, returning processed data to the storage nodes. A compute-and-storage node has both storage and computing capabilities. A network is implemented to transfer data from the storage nodes to the compute nodes, vice versa.

Traditionally, compute nodes, storage nodes, and compute-and-storage nodes are housed in large enclosures (e.g., racks). The enclosures are usually populated with large drives that provide storage capabilities for the storage nodes or multiple cores that provide computing capabilities for the compute nodes. The network infrastructure includes physical cables that connect the nodes via switches (e.g., a top-of-rack (TOR) switch of a rack). Such enclosures have high power consumption and occupy large space. Additional power is consumed for cooling the large space occupied by the enclosures. For example, racks containing several computing and storage nodes typically occupy in the order of a square meter per rack and will have a typical rack power density reaching 7-10 kW per rack. Hence, a traditional datacenter with 10s of thousands of nodes in thousands of racks consumes several MW of power and occupies thousands of square meters.

SUMMARY

In certain aspects, the present implementations of datacenters or compute systems are directed to providing lower-power, scalable nodes connected by a Bluetooth® mesh network.

