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ZNS SSDs Just Got Real – Ultrastar® DC ZN540 Now Sampling

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

Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6

Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6

A monumental milestone, because landing a new file system in the kernel is one of the hardest things to do in Linux and it opens up a whole new world for developers who want to take advantage of zoned devices.

February 24, 2020 • 6 min read Data