1. An HPC system having a plurality of computing blades that each have at least one computing processor, wherein a plurality of the computing processors in the HPC system are configured to cooperate to perform a computation, and wherein at least one given computing blade comprises: a housing having a first region and a second region, the first region having a first computing processor that is used in performing the computation, the second region having a) a non-volatile memory containing data for use in performing the computation, b) a first data connector that is coupled to a data network external to the given computing blade, and c) a second computing processor, coupled to the first data connector and to the non-volatile memory; and a second data connector that conveys the data for use in performing the computation between the first region and the second region; wherein the second computing processor is configured to convey data, using the first data connector, between the data network and the non-volatile memory, without interrupting the performing of the computation by the first computing processor in the first region.