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 [...]
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 [...]
By Lee Prewitt, Microsoft Microsoft manages its data centers using Azure, our cloud computing solutions for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services. For nearly a decade, this open, flexible, enterprise-grade technology (now available in over 54 regions around the world) has operated as Microsoft’s answer to the incredibly expanding storage [...]
