In light of ongoing COVID-19 implications, this year’s Flash Memory Summit event has moved to a virtual format. Although we won’t be attending in sunny Santa Clara this year, FMS 2020 will feature the same highly anticipated keynotes and latest technology updates, forecasts and roadmaps—all from the comfort of your home. As an FMS industry [...]
By Damien Le Moal and Javier González This June, NVM Express™ ratified the NVMe Zoned Namespace (ZNS) Command Set, which divides the NVMe namespace into independent zones that support specific data or workload types. NVMe ZNS is a breakthrough in the Zoned Storage ecosystem and will provide several performance benefits for SSDs, including reduced write [...]
By John Geldman, Kioxia and Jim Hatfield, Seagate The Sanitize operation is a very useful tool for SSDs as it is used to eliminate information on a device that may contain personal data or confidential information. Elimination of personal information is important when returning or re-purposing an SSD. NVM Express® (NVMe®) Sanitize commands were initially [...]
Details Presented During SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2020 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. and BEAVERTON, Ore. and PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 21, 2020 - The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), NVM Express and DMTF announced today the newly released SNIA Swordfish™ storage management specification version 1.2.1 and the 2020.3 release of DMTF Redfish® provide functionality to ensure NVM Express™ (NVMe™) and NVMe™ over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) technology environments can be managed entirely by Redfish and Swordfish. SNIA Swordfish and [...]
By John Kim, Director, Storage Marketing, NVIDIA Networking Business Unit It’s no surprise that the Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing explosive growth. Consumers own smarter phones, plus tablets and TVs with built-in video streaming. Smart appliances, smart thermostats, home security systems and digital assistants like Alexa or Google Home are generating data and accessing [...]
By Amber Huffman, NVM Express President The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated unfortunate cancellations of many of our industry’s top 2020 events. While we look towards a recovery cycle in the business community and find connectivity options, we need to maintain safety and follow the protocols of this recent era. Given [...]
By NVM Express Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Q1 2020 webcast “NVMe-oF™ 1.1 Specification: Key Features and Use Cases Audiences.” During the webcast, we discussed how the latest NVMe-oF 1.1 specification is creating “data center storage disruption,” the latest features and provided a couple of key [...]
By Cameron Brett, NVM Express MWG Co-Chair, Kioxia Digital transformation in data centers is taking a huge leap forward in 2020, thanks to NVMe™ technology. From cloud and enterprise applications to gaming to 360-degree immersive video projects for sporting events and much more, it’s no wonder so many industry experts are [...]
By Jonmichael Hands, NVMe MWG Co-Chair, Sr. Strategic Planner / Product Manager, Intel NVM Express™ (NVMe™) technology has enabled a robust set of industry-standard software, drivers, and management tools that have been developed for storage. The tool to manage NVMe SSDs in Linux is called NVMe Command Line Interface (NVMe-CLI). Data [...]
By Jonmichael Hands, NVMe MWG Co-Chair, Intel NVMe™ technology was built from the ground up for SSDs, and the original NVMe specification included a standard SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) log that monitored errors, device health, and endurance. At the time, SAS/SATA drives had SMART capability, but it was [...]
