For a definite 'whaaat ?' moment check this out. Over at CES OCZ has put some cool stuff on display, though Enterprise datacenter oriented this little 3000 MB/sec performing puppy caught our attention.
NVMe News
OCZ Storage Solutions Z-Drive 6000 NVMe SSD on display at CES 2015
January 9, 2015
CES 2015 -OCZ Storage Solutions displayed the Z-Drive 6000 NVMe SSD in their suite at CES 2015. The Z-Drive 6000 sports speeds of 3,000 MB/s for sequential read and 2,000 MB/s for sequential write workloads. Random reads weigh in at an outstanding 700,000 IOPS, and random writes are equally impressive at 175,000 IOPS. The Z-Drive 6000 will provide 1-3 DWPD, which is becoming the standard for most datacenter SSDs, largely due to increased density. The Z-Drive 6000 utilizes the...
OCZ Storage Solutions Z-Drive 6000 SSD earns NVMe 1.1b certification
December 16, 2014
The world of NVMe is expanding at a rapid clip. More devices are becoming certified every week that support the optimized register interface, which radically boosts performance with non-volatile memory devices of all flavors. As outlined in our Defining NVMe Article, NVMe delivers on its promises and has the potential to revolutionize how we address flash storage.
Emerging NVM Express Spec Has Busy Year
December 15, 2014
TORONTO – NVM Express Inc. has been busy since its incorporation in March 2014.
Established as a working group under the guidance of Intel, it released the first NVM Express specification in March 2011. It outlines a standardized register interface, command, and feature set for PCIe-based storage technologies such as SSDs, designed specifically for nonvolatile memory. It is optimized for high performance and low latency, scaling from client to enterprise segments.
CloudWave Licenses Mobiveil's Universal NVM Express Controller (UNEX™) IP to Accelerate Design for Database Management System Acceleration
December 10, 2014
MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwired - December 09, 2014) - Mobiveil, Inc. a fast growing supplier of silicon intellectual property (SIP), platforms and IP-enabled design services, today announced that CloudWave has licensed Mobiveil's Universal NVM Express Controller (UNEX™) IP to build a hardware solution that will accelerate database management system accesses. By licensing a UNH certified high quality NVMe IP solution that can drop into a design, CloudWave can develop its unique implementation to accelerate DBMS access using solid state storage to get...
Next-Generation Z-Drive 6000 PCIe SSD Series from OCZ Storage Solutions Earns NVMe 1.1b Certification
December 10, 2014
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - December 09, 2014) - OCZ Storage Solutions -- a Toshiba Group Company and leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced that its next-generation Z-Drive 6000 PCIe SSD Series has successfully passed NVMe compliance testing and are now certified as NVMe-compliant devices by the NVMe Consortium. This includes all Z-Drive 6000 models ranging in usable storage capacities from 800GB up through 6.4TB. Compliance to the NVMe 1.1b standard provides OEMs...
Interview: The future for NVMe technology, and how UNH-IOL advances its progress
November 19, 2014
Recent product announcements prove the NVMe (NVM Express) revolution is underway and is expected to continue with a wave of new products hitting the market in the coming months. Through its NVMe Testing Consortium, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) gives subsystem vendors, silicon vendors, IP companies and enterprise storage companies an early, competitive advantage to test and prepare their NVMe products for market prior to the widespread introduction of NVMe SSDs.
The future for NVMe technology, and how UNH-IOL advances its progress
November 13, 2014
Recent product announcements prove the NVMe (NVM Express) revolution is underway and is expected to continue with a wave of new products hitting the market in the coming months. Through its NVMe Testing Consortium, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) gives subsystem vendors, silicon vendors, IP companies and enterprise storage companies an early, competitive advantage to test and prepare their NVMe products for market prior to the widespread introduction of NVMe SSDs.
SerialTek Adds NVMe Support for BusXpert Analyzers
November 12, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SerialTek, a leader in storage protocol analysis, improves upon the capabilities of its analysis solutions for PCI Express (PCIe) technology today with the announced availability of Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) support. Unlike the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (ATA) storage specifications designed for spinning drives, NVMe is a high performance protocol architected specifically for devices and systems that utilize flash and other solid-state memory storage.
Boot Testing for Flash Usability
November 4, 2014
Non-volatile flash memory (NVMe) has been used to increase the performance of high-end servers for years, notably pioneered by Fusion IO. Today, NVMe is becoming the preferred technology for flash storage and the all-flash datacenter. As NVMe adoption increases, other elements of usability will allow this technology to increase its reach beyond the datacenter, including its use as a boot device.