Seagate Shows NVMe Prototype SSD at 64TB with 13GB/s Reads

Yeah, if think about that topic headline for a second, the unit will already have written multiple GBs my man. The storage unit is based on eight M2 SSDs, which then get a RAID configuration on one PCIe card.

The basics behind the technology are resembling the KingSpec P2U38-2T - 2TB PCIe SSD that we reviewed back in 2015. According to Seagate the first customers will be able to purchase the product in early 2018. The 13GB sec by the way is the read performance.

Seagate’s technology demonstration takes advantage of the industry standard M.2 form factor to combine eight SSD controllers into a single PCIe NVMe add-in card. As a result, servers benefit from multiple high-performance controllers managing the SSD’s flash capacity through the one PCIe socket.

“We see this as an ideal technology for hyperscalers, HPC and big data analytics,” Smith says. “Applications where you have to offload tons of data off the DRAM into storage that’s fast and super-high capacity. Weather forecasting is one example, where you have a lot of data and variables to crunch. With speeds of 13GB/second and a record 64TB, this is an incredibly fast SSD with loads of capacity.”

Seagate also released the Nytro 3000 and 5000

The new Nytro 5000 NVMe SSD is a cost-effective, lower-power technology with 2TB of industry-leading capacity. With performance levels as high as 67,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) per watt, it doubles the performance of the previous-generation product, the Nytro XM1440 M.2 NVMe SSD.

The Nytro 5000 is targeted at direct-attached storage, acting as a cache for HDDs, and helping to separate “hot” data from “cold” data. The Nytro 5000 also is available in Seagate Secure™ SED (self-encrypting drive) models with the TCG (Trusted Computing Group) protocol.

The SSD’s new features match the growing needs of demanding enterprise applications like data mining and online transaction processing, where fast data access and processing power are key. It has five times the sequential read and twice the random read performance of SATA SSDs.

The new Nytro 3000 SAS SSD offers enhanced capacity—up to 15TB, or more than four times the capacity of the previous version, the Seagate 1200.2 SAS SSD—and  performance features, and a dual-port SAS interface to maintain data integrity. It also offers more than 2,200 megabytes per second (MB/s) in sequential read performance through a 12 gigabits per second (Gb/s) SAS dual-port interface. All of which means less storage bottlenecks and higher data reliability, availability and scalability.

“This is an ideal solution for organizations that are already using SAS as their storage infrastructure,” Smith explains. “IT and data center managers don’t have to throw out everything and start from scratch.”

The Nytro 3000 is aimed at data center environments where data availability and capacity are critical, such as content streaming services and software-defined storage (SDS) configurations.

The Nytro 5000 NVMe M.2 SSD and Nytro 3000 SAS SSD will be available later this year using 3D NAND flash technology. The new SSDs also reflect a simplified branding, with the “Nytro” name now encompassing Seagate’s enterprise-class NVMe and SAS SSD lines.

“We already had a broad array of flash products,” Smith says. “These new solutions expand our portfolio and show the significant IP that we’ve developed for this segment, and they reflect how Seagate continues pushing the industry forward.”