Engram's random reads strain SSDs, engineers debate in-memory solutions

Engineers analyze Engram's sparse memory architecture, warning its highly random reads overwhelm SSDs in server deployments. Alternatives like NVLink plus Redis leveraging low-latency shared CPU memory are being discussed.

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