Shannon Systems With G5i Direct-IO PCIe Up to 32TB SSD

Shannon Systems introduced G5i Direct-IO PCIe solid-state flash storage solution.

G5i – Shannon ‘s self-developed controller chip – FFSA

The G5i SSD supports 3D TLC NAND using a Fit Fast Structured Array (FFSA) controller with up to 32TB capacity and upgraded performance.

Capacity and performance
The company has continued to improve the performance and capacity of its products. With the introduction of its Direct-IO PCIe SSD with capacity of 6.4TB in 2014, performance and capacity has consistently increased with the introduction of its second generation 12.8TB in 2016, and now, up to 32TB capacity with the launch the latest G5i series of solid-state flash storage products. The G5i series SSDs are performance with high reliability and flexibility and have capacity ranging from 3.2TB to 32TB, offering capacity options.

The company’s Direct-IO PCIe flash is an enterprise-grade storage solution that addresses the I/O bottleneck issues in performance, high capacity enterprise and data center applications. The drive incorporates a parallel processing-based flash memory controller, delivering industry system reliability and performance consistency by minimizing the intermediate link and resource conflicts. It is a capacity storage product series based on the 3D TLC NAND flash and designed to help corporate and large-scale data center customers reduce purchasing and maintenance costs.

G5i – FFSA+3D TLC NAND (12.8TB HLFH)

G5i Direct-IO PCIe SSD highlights:

Performance: the drive offers a sequential read bandwidth of up to 3.9GB/s, sequential write bandwidth of up to 2.7GB/s, as well as up to 1000,000/310,000 random R/W IO/s (4K).
Reliability: The firm uses high signal processing technology and RAID technology to ensure the security and reliability of storage. The fault tolerance, correction and detection mechanism provides end-to-end data protection and ensures the high reliability required for enterprise-grade applications. The G5i solution uses a DRAM-less design which ensures a small controller internal cache that can be automatically and securely transferred to flash memory when an unexpected power failure occurs, protecting the integrity of the data in emergency situations.
Service life: The Direct-IO PCIe flash uses adaptive processing as well as dynamic data and load tracking technologies in its design to minimize the write amplification factor and maximize the system life, ensuring a three year life for up to five full-disk writes a day.
Physical form-factor: Direct-IO PCIe flash features a standard HL/FH PCIe card and PCIe 3×8 interface which is compatible with all modern rack or chassis servers. The drive offers a standardized block device interface which allows for a ten or even 100-times performance improvement without any changes to applications.

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