If the Answer is NVMe, then what were and are the questions?

If NVMe is the answer, then what were and are the various questions that should be asked?

Some of the common questions include what is the difference between NVM and NVMe?

Is NVMe only for servers, does NVMe require fabrics and what benefit is NVMe beyond more IOPs.

Lets take a look at some of these common NVMe conversations and other questions.

Main Features and Benefits of NVMeSome of the main feature and benefits of NVMe among others include:

Lower latency due to improve drivers and increased queues (and queue sizes)
Lower CPU used to handle larger number of I/Os (more CPU available for useful work)
Higher I/O activity rates (IOPS) to boost productivity unlock value of fast flash and NVM
Bandwidth improvements leveraging various fast PCIe interface and available lanes
Dual-pathing of devices like what is available with dual-path SAS devices
Unlock the value of more cores per processor socket and software threads (productivity)
Various packaging options, deployment scenarios and configuration options
Appears as a standard storage device on most operating systems
Plug-play with in-box drivers on many popular operating systems and hypervisors

NVM and Media memory matters

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via Greg Schulz.

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Greg Schulz Greg Schulz is Founder and Sr. Consulting Analyst of independent IT advisory consultancy firm Server StorageIO and UnlimitedIO LLC (e.g. StorageIO®). He has worked in IT for an electrical utility, financial services, and transportation firms in roles ranging from business applications development to systems management, architecture, strategy, performance, and capacity planning. Mr. Schulz is the author of the new book “Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials” (CRC Press). Greg is also the author of the Intel Recommended Reading List books “Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking” and “The Green and Virtual Data Center” via CRC Press and “Resilient Storage Networks” (Elsevier). Greg has a new book due out spring 2017 “Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials” (CRC) and is also a Microsoft MVP as well as VMware vSAN vExpert.

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