StorageReview Achieves New World Record in Pi Calculation
Engineers at StorageReview have achieved a groundbreaking feat by calculating the value of pi to an incredible 202 trillion digits. This achievement shatters their previous world record of 105 trillion digits, which was set just earlier this year for World Pi Day.
The team used a sophisticated setup featuring dual Intel Xeon 8592+ CPUs and 28 Solidigm P5336 61.44TB NVMe SSDs, all housed within a Dell PowerEdge R760 server. This setup allowed for efficient and simultaneous communication among the NVMe drives, avoiding the need for additional hardware or RAID devices.
Unlike their previous attempt, which faced several challenges such as bugs and performance issues, this attempt ran much smoother and was nearly hands-off. The calculation ran continuously for 85 days and utilized almost 1.5PB of the available 1.720PB of data storage.
“This new Pi world record is an exciting accomplishment because this computational workload is as intense as many of the AI workloads we are seeing today,” said Greg Matson, VP of Solidigm's Data Center Storage Group. With the success of this attempt, it is clear that StorageReview is not done with their record-breaking endeavors.
The achievement not only showcases the incredible capabilities of modern technology but also pushes the boundaries of computational mathematics even further. With this record, StorageReview has cemented its place as a leader in the industry and has opened up new possibilities for future computational challenges.
