Samsung has announced the PM9A3 SSD at the OCP Virtual Summit keynote, which features an SNIA-based E1.S form factor model and full PCIe Gen 4 support. This allows it to leverage the production efficiencies of the company’s sixth-generation (1xx-layer), three-bit V-NAND. In addition, Samsung has also introduced a comprehensive reference design for its E1.S-based storage

Today, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd (YMTC) announced the YMTC 128-Layer QLC 3D NAND, in the form of the 1.33Tb NAND memory chip, X2-6070. YMTC states that the new NAND has passed verification with several controller partners, but didn’t name them. The company goes on to claim that this new QLC NAND highest bit density,

This week Micron announced new capacities and use cases for its QLC-based SSD, the Micron 5210 ION enterprise SATA SSD. This drive is predominantly aimed at replacing HDDs in the data center. These QLC drives will bring better performance and lower power usage without breaking the bank.

We’ve seen numerous enterprise SSDs from Memblaze over the years, they’re often on the leading edge when it comes to both technology and performance. Recently they’ve launched a new set of SSDs in the Memblaze PBlaze5 family, the Memblaze PBlaze5 920 Series. The the 916 Series before it, the PBlaze5 920 Series comes in U.2

NVMe flash storage has taken the industry by storm, establishing itself as the defacto standard when high-performance, low-latency storage is the requirement. There are times however when NVMe may be overkill, or cases where a hybrid flash approach makes more sense. Many server-based software defined solutions that take advantage of flash can do so in

Announced recently, the Seagate IronWolf 510 SSD is an M.2 PCIe NVMe drive designed specifically for NAS devices. More specifically, the IronWolf 510 will be leveraged for SSD caching in NAS devices, improving overall performance. The new SSD is designed for NAS use the same way the Seagate IronWolf 110 is, more endurance and the

Memblaze has announced the PBlaze5 920 Series enterprise-class NVMe SSD, which consists of four different SKU groups: PBlaze5 D920, PBlaze5 C920, PBlaze5 D926 and PBlaze5 C926.  The new PBlaze5 NVMe SSD leverages 96-layer 3D eTLC NAND, features capacities of up to 7.68TB, and comes in form factors of 2.5-inch U.2 and HHHL add-in card. The

IT departments are challenged with having to choose and configure data storage to meet present-day and future data center, system and end-user requirements for their organizations. They have to predict application use, workload sizes, performance needs and capacity expectations for years to come. Determining these requirements, and then implementing a storage strategy that meets these

Today Western Digital announced new NVMe SSDs in their WD Gold family. The new SSDs are aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them transition to NVMe storage and all the benefits that come with it such as much higher performance and ultra-low latency. This marks the first NVMe product in the WD