Introducing Bryce Canyon: Our next-generation storage platform
Mar 8, 2017Jason Adrian
Summary
This post introduces Bryce Canyon, Meta's next-generation storage platform, designed for high-density storage of photos and videos. It builds upon previous OCP contributions like Open Vault and Honey Badger, offering 20% higher HDD density, improved thermal and power efficiency, and flexible configurations (single/dual server, JBOD). Bryce Canyon supports powerful processors and more memory, leverages Mono Lake CPU modules for efficiency, and utilizes OCP mezzanine NICs. Its modular design allows for future upgrades, and it emphasizes toolless servicing for simplified data center operations.
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