Your next SSD might be as compact as a microSD card ...

I have some SAS spinning disks, and SSDs, that were in enterprise storage arrays. One characteristic they share is that they are formatted to 520 bytes per block rather than 512. In order to use them ...

NVMe (non-volatile memory express) is shaking up the enterprise storage industry. A communications protocol developed specifically for all-flash storage, NVMe enables faster performance and greater ...

I've been bullish on NVM Express (NVMe) for the last year. Due to its efficient design, NVMe can transport more data with lower latency, and yet consume fewer CPU cycles than SATA or SAS drives. Even ...

A lot of debates have been going on regarding whether SATA is better than NVMe or vice versa. The SSD battle goes on, and to choose between the SATA and NVMe, there are a few things that need to be ...

I realize the term "low level format" might not apply to NVME storage, but here's the situation... I've managed to recover everything I want from a stick with a corrupted filesystem. Now I'm ready to ...

The Nytro XF1440 and XM1440 1.9-Tbyte and 960-Mbyte NVMe SSDs come in 2.5-in. and M.2 formats, respectively. They are optimized for read-intensive and mixed enterprise workloads. The drives feature ...

With the traditional spinning-disk hard drive going the way of vinyl, tape cassettes and even the compact disc, NVMe flash storage is set to take over as the enterprise storage format of choice – at ...