Samsung's new SSD will kill need for server CPUs - Report

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Samsung's new SSD will kill need for server CPUs - Report

Samsung is working on a new type of solid-state drive (SSD) that could boost data centre performance and save costs on server configurations, according to a report from TechRadar.

The report detailed the projected performance of Samsung's E-SSD drive, which eliminates certain hardware bottlenecks in data centres.

As it stands, most data centres in the world use a JBOF (just a bunch of flash) setup, which consists of NWMe SSD storage connected to PCIe switches, CPUs, and network interface cards (NICs).

 

[freematrix]

Wow

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

This sounds pretty cool

Edit : Wonder how long it will take to get these into the data centers that Xbox Live and PSN use and if Google Stadia will make use of this

 

[AlmightyBender]

The company’s E-SSD will employ two Ethernet ports which supports data throughput at around 25 times that of most Gigabit interfaces – at up to 25Gbps.

I have to admit that this line gave me a chuckle.

I could have never figured out that 25 times greater than 1Gbps is 25Gbps without that clarification!

 

[ToxicBunny]

I have to admit that this line gave me a chuckle.
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I could have never figured out that 25 times greater than 1Gbps is 25Gbps without that clarification!

Doesn't really help if the DC has a 1Gbps backplane architecture... then the drives could have Tbps ports and they'd be effectively useless.

Though I would have assumed DCs that are in line to adopt this sort of tech are already running 40Gbps architecture, or even higher...

 

[DanDango]

Was watching this video this morning.

Not the same technology but the speed is crazy(transfer rate).

 

[krycor]

wonder if i can use this at home