If I recall PostgreSQL had GPU accelerators many years back.
Personally, the risk associated with GPU failure rates is important, and I have witnessed NVIDIA cards take out entire hosts power-systems by failing closed.
i.e. no back-plane diagnostics as the power supplies are in "safe" off condition.
I am sure the use-cases for SQL + GPU exist, but for database reliability no GPU should be allowed in those racks. =3
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If I recall PostgreSQL had GPU accelerators many years back.
Personally, the risk associated with GPU failure rates is important, and I have witnessed NVIDIA cards take out entire hosts power-systems by failing closed. i.e. no back-plane diagnostics as the power supplies are in "safe" off condition.
I am sure the use-cases for SQL + GPU exist, but for database reliability no GPU should be allowed in those racks. =3