NI Week: RADX Technologies Unveils Trifecta-SSD COTS, PXIe (and CPCIe), Single-Slot, NVMe SSD RAID Modules

At National Instruments NI Week 2019, RADX Technologies, Inc. announced Trifecta-SSD, a family of COTS, PXIe (and CPCIe), single-slot, NVMe SSD RAID modules.

Optimized for wideband, high-speed, data recording, playback, and storage applications, Trifecta-SSD modules provide the performance, capacity, and best value (price/TB) available in the ‘Test and Measurement’ (T&M) market today.

“At 1GHz RF bandwidth per channel, LibertyGT RF/IF Record and Playback systems write 5GB/s per channel to SSD RAID, and with a 4TB Module, we can only store 13 minutes of data,” said Ross Q. Smith, co-founder and CEO, RADX. “Our customers are asking for multiple missions and hours of record time, which would require five PXIe slots per channel. In response, we developed Trifecta-SSDs to address long duration, multi-mission, wideband record and playback requirements in a single PXIe slot. Then we priced Trifecta-SSD Modules to be affordable so that LibertyGT and non-LibertyGT customers alike won’t have to compromise their recording duration specs or their budgets.“

About Trifecta-SSD
Trifecta-SSD’s PCIe Gen 3 x8 architecture combines four or eight M.2 NVMe SSDs in a single-slot PXIe/CPCIe module that supports 8, 16, or 31TB, which is 2-to-8 times greater than other single-slot SSD RAID modules. Optimized for wideband RF/IF applications, it can sustain 6.9GB/s sequential write performance and >7GB/s sequential read performance (depending on configuration and application). These modules are designed to comply with standards including RoHS, FCC Part 15 Subpart B, Class A, CE and MIL-PRF-28800F. The modules support 64-bit Windows OSs and select Linux distributions upon request. SSDs are priced at $6,999 (8TB), $13,999 (16TB) and $19,999 (31TB), which is about 1/2 to 1/3 the price/TB of competitive products. Delivery is 30 days ARO or less, beginning in 3Q19.

“We initially contemplated these SSD Modules solely for our own LibertyGT Systems,” said Wade Lowdermilk, co-founder and CTO, RADX. “But given the industry need for affordable wideband storage, we thought there could be wide demand for a value-oriented, high-performance, high-capacity product. We then needed a marketing name, and because these modules are fast, good AND cheap, ‘Trifecta’ was the obvious choice.“

Distributed by Tevet
Trifecta-SSDs will be distributed exclusively in North America by Tevet, LLC (TEVET), a service-disabled veteran-owned and HUBZone small business and supplier of T&M products, including RADX LibertyGT systems, to prime contractors, U.S. and Allied government organizations including the DoD and DoE.

“TEVET is pleased to offer the Trifecta-SSD product family to our customers,” said Tracy Solomon, CEO and founder, Tevet. “COTS, high-performance storage capabilities are critical for wideband applications and Trifecta-SSD Modules enable TEVET to meet or exceed our customer’s requirements in a single-slot while remaining mindful of budgets.“