Modern storage devices, such as Optane NVMe SSDs, offer ultra-low latency of a few microseconds and high bandwidth of multiple gigabytes per second. At these speeds, the kernel software I/O stack is a substantial source of overhead. Userspace approaches avoid kernel software overheads but face challenges in supporting shared storage without major changes to file systems, the OS or the hardware.
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