Memcached/redis sounds like something ARM CPUs might be good at.
Maybe execution performance predictability and better isolation of running a single instance on bare metal ARMv8 vs. a hypervisor running 50 instances on x86? In my experience, performance varies wildly on virtualized systems. Maybe x86 VM worst case can be worse than running on bare metal on ARM?
Anything where you need only a few instances and have relatively low performance requirements, like SOHO servers? I'd love to have something generic that consumes just a few watts but could do diverse tasks from routing, VPN, file serving, etc. at 500+ Mbps.
I guess it remains to be seen what kind of niche ARM servers will carve. I'm excited to try them out, to see how far they can be pushed.
Maybe execution performance predictability and better isolation of running a single instance on bare metal ARMv8 vs. a hypervisor running 50 instances on x86? In my experience, performance varies wildly on virtualized systems. Maybe x86 VM worst case can be worse than running on bare metal on ARM?
Anything where you need only a few instances and have relatively low performance requirements, like SOHO servers? I'd love to have something generic that consumes just a few watts but could do diverse tasks from routing, VPN, file serving, etc. at 500+ Mbps.
I guess it remains to be seen what kind of niche ARM servers will carve. I'm excited to try them out, to see how far they can be pushed.