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NVMe-oF Full Speed Ahead
As users expect fast response times from increasingly massive amounts of data, data center architects at cloud service providers and OEMs are furthering their investment in NVMe™ and NVMe-oF™ into their IT infrastructures. Western Digital launched its next step in NVMe and NVMe-oF with enhanced versions of its OpenFlex™ Data24 NVMe-oF storage platform, next-generation RapidFlex […]
August 8, 2023 • 6 min read Products
Data Storage in Space: a Cosmic Challenge
This is part one of a three-part series about data storage in the new space age. Design by Aisha Alkinaey. Space is austere. It’s an airless vacuum. Temperatures can swing from hundreds of degrees near the sun to so cold that atomic motion slows to a crawl. For engineers and scientists designing satellites and other spacecraft, […]
October 4, 2021 • 6 min read Technology
ZNS SSDs Just Got Real – Ultrastar® DC ZN540 Now Sampling
Western Digital, today, announced it is sampling a new generation of SSDs to select customers – Zoned Namespaces (ZNS) SSDs, specifically the Ultrastar DC ZN540 ZNS NVMe™ SSD. Here’s why ZNS SSDs are pivotal in the evolution of data-centric architectures as we enter the zettabyte era, and some real-world application testing results. The advent of the cloud, […]
November 9, 2020 • 5 min read Data
Flash Forward: Why Industrial-Grade Storage Matters
Industrial applications, whether in the factory, up in the air, or on the roadways, must be equipped to handle five essential demands.
November 9, 2020 • 6 min read Technology
NVMe-oF™: Will Fabrics Change SSDs?
As NVMe-oF matures, we may need to rethink how we architect the integration of fabrics and SSDs.
August 19, 2020 • 5 min read Data
Does Your NVMe™ Drive Support SGL or Metadata Features?
A step-by-step guide to checking if your NVMe drives support Scatter Gather List (SGL) mechanism and metadata features.
July 28, 2020 • 7 min read Data
5 Reasons it’s Time to Consider NVMe-oF™ Today
End-to-end NVMe is likely in your future, but when and how do you take the next step? Here are five reasons to start the transition now.
June 24, 2020 • 5 min read Data
NVMe™ Spec Ratification and New ZNS Milestones
ZNS SSDs and Zoned Storage have just achieved several significant milestones, including NVMe spec ratification. Here's a summary for data center architects and developers
June 17, 2020 • 5 min read Data
What is NVMe™ and why is it important? A Technical Guide
What is NVMe? In this blog we take a deep dive into the new protocol for accessing high-speed storage media and what you need to know for your business.
June 9, 2020 • 8 min read Data
Formatting 4Kn NVMe™ Drives for VMware vSphere®
4Kn NVMe drives are not compatible with VMware vSphere ESXi environments. In this blog, I’ll walk you through two ways to address this.
May 6, 2020 • 6 min read Data