By James Guilmart, Intel As storage medias, protocols, architectures and form factors have evolved over the past several decades, one component has remained consistent: the RAID HBA. Whether using HDDs or SSDs, SATA or SAS, M.2 or U.2, the RAID HBA has cemented itself as the preferred RAID implementation... until now. A fundamental shift in [...]
Although 2020 brought challenges beyond our imagination, the NVM Express community stayed hard at work to make flash storage faster and more scalable. We have also seen how NVM Express® (NVMe®) and NVMe® over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) technology have emerged in various market segments like gaming, medical research, edge computing, artificial intelligence and more. This broad [...]
Despite the revolutionary impact of NVM Express® (NVMe®) SSDs in the PC gaming market, the industry still faces some limitations. As outlined in a recent AnandTech article, the first issue is that almost all games and game engines are still designed to be playable off hard drives because previous console generations and many low-end PCs [...]
Jean-François Marie, Chief Solution Architect, Kalray Today, use cases and workloads in modern data centers are increasing, driving the need for storage and compute disaggregation and a move to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). This HCI approach often leads to the siloing of storage, creating a capacity waste and scalability issue. Recently, I had the pleasure of [...]
By Mike Scriber, Sr. Director, Server Solution Management, SuperMicro With data center operators' requirements for faster access to massive amounts of data than ever before, the choice of storage technologies and associated infrastructure has become a critical consideration when IT departments design and implement their next-generation data centers. As storage technologies continue to increase in [...]
By Stephen Bates, Kim Malone and Bill Martin, NVMe Computational Storage Task Group Co-Chairs Introduction NVM Express has been incredibly successful at bringing a vendor-neutral, open standard to the storage market that provides an efficient interface for host software. According to ReportLinker, the NVM Express® (NVMe®) technology market is now growing at 29.7% CAGR and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
