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PMC-Sierra, a leading designer of storage controllers, and Memblaze, a producer of high-end storage accelerators, have unveiled a new extreme-performance PBlaze4 solid-state drive that boasts both extreme capacity and extreme performance.
The Memblaze PBlaze4 solid-state storage solution is powered by PMC’s Flashtec NVM Express (NVMe) controllers, use PCI Express 2.0 x8 interface and come in either HHHL (half-height, half-length) or FLHL (full-height, half-length) card-type form factor. The drives can use either single-level cell (SLC) or multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory, depending on requirements for performance and reliability.
The PBlaze 4 solid-state drives can feature up to 8TB capacity, up to 3.2GB/s sequential read and up to 2.5GB/s sequential write performance. The SSDs also provide up to 850,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) for random read and 265,000 IOPS for random write performance.
The solid-state storage accelerators like PBlaze 4 are targeted at hyperscale and big data deployments. PMC’s Flashtec NVMe flash memory controller family includes 16-channel and 32-channel devices to enable SSDs with up to 8TB of storage and extreme performance.
“PMC is pleased to be partnering with Memblaze to provide the highest performance and most advanced PCIe SSD solutions for China’s technology and hyperscale leaders,” said Derek Dicker, vice president of the non-volatile solutions group at PMC. “We look forward to enabling the significant growth opportunities for flash in China’s data centers and hyperscale deployments. Memblaze is a strategic partner for PMC to support these critical market segments in China and abroad.”
Ultra high-end solid-state drives like Memblaze PBlaze 4 are configured in accordance with particular requirements, as a result, not only their prices vary greatly, but also their capabilities depend on particular configuration.
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KitGuru Says: While each PBlaze 4 SSD can cost tens of thousands of pounds/dollars, they are worth it, since they enable performance not possible on storage systems based on hard disk drives or low-end solid-state drives.
I think there is a Mistake in the title. It reads Terabytes per second.
Seriously. How do I email this clown so I can tell him he made a major error in his title.
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How long to realize the error?
They fixed it. That’s why I deleted my comments.
It has now been corrected, but still reads TB/s on facebook, hence I gave it a look… to be honest I am kinda bored with all the news about the enterprise drives, it’s like putting the specs of an F1 car on a website for hatchback tuning. Everyone clicks it, then realises the price and how far into the future the product is… But that said, I guess a lot of pro tech guys read this, so continue for their sake!
Honestly, I think that is all I need. All my files are scattered among two 1tb drives and 1 spare for transporting.
A nice 8TB drive would set me up for a long while.
So there’s an incredible piece of technology being unveiled, and the comments focus on the error in the title? Come on, people, just bask in this PCIe goodness… and give me a few thousand bucks, so I can get one of these <.<
Yeah, the only thing that really matters right now is the Storage size. I don’t even understand why intel and other chip makers felt it was necessary to make Sata Express when there is M.2. Using PCIe lanes for HDD just robs the GPUS of additional PCI-e lanes.
… I’ll stick to my 840 Pro for now.
The future is SATA Express, M.2 was created for those stupid Notebooks and Laptops more than it was mean for the desktops, I’ll take SATA Express over M.2 any day of the week. First PCIe SSD that comes to mind G.SKILL Phoenix Blade, I’ll take two of those please. Why bother taking baby steps when we can run. Plus I believe there well be no NVMe on SATA or M.2 because I read noting about it in any future drives.
Also it’s nice to see something that’s been talked about for three years, they said 1.000.000 million I/Os per second (IOPS) 850,000 almost there.
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The main reason I am not keen on Sata Express is that is bulkier and requires larger space both on the motherboard and from the cable and the fact that it doesn’t supplement power to the drive alone. Pcie SSD’s are fast, and for people that don’t use multi-card setups they probably are the ultimate solution.