Inspur: New Gen of Enterprise NVMe SSD Based on NAND Algorithm

Inspur Information released a generation of enterprise NVMe SSD based on a NAND algorithm that extends flash memory lifespans by 40% and achieves 1.6 million IO/s per drive through PCIe 4.0 ultra-wide channel and ZNS (Zoned Namespace) storage.

This SSD technology was instrumental in company’s storage system being top ranked for storage performance in the SPC-1 benchmark test, and has enhanced the firm’s core competitiveness for storage in terms of reliability, performance and system-level joint debugging and optimization.

Analysis shows that for every 1 point increase in the computing index, the digital economy and GDP will increase by 3.5% and 1.8% respectively. Data is growing at a CAGRof approximately 26%. Consequently, the total amount of data generated will substantially increase to 175ZB by the year of 2025. The data generated per hour now is more than what was generated in a year 2 decades ago.

To handle this amount of data, the company has sought advances in underlying SSD technology to create a generation of enterprise NVMe SSD. This SSD excels in reliability and performance, and can provide full-chain optimization from protocols to storage media.

Security and reliability are essential characteristics that organizations need in storage media. Data is the ‘lifeline’ for an organization’s key business. This SSD employs a NAND feature management algorithm, which, powered by AI technology, detects NAND parameters and submits them to the platform on which the parameters are modeled and optimized to obtain the optimum read voltage. This improves the reliability of SSDs, increasing MTBF to 2.6 million hours.

Driven by the green initiatives, data centers are striving to reduce their energy consumption to a PUE value of 1.3 or below and to improve data processing efficiency at the same time. This SSD developed by the company can deliver performance while simultaneously reducing power consumption. The dynamic 8-level power consumption adjustment mechanism can improve power consumption watt-level adjustment on NAND media, improving energy efficiency by over 70% compared to previous generations. In addition, the widened channel between NAND and the controller brings random read performance of the new-generation PCIe 4.0 SSD to 1.5 million IO/s. What’s more, the SSD can assist the storage system with optimization. The IO paths between the storage system and the SSD can be connected by optimizing the rR/W ratio model for various scenarios, thereby boosting overall system performance by 30%. As a result, the company’s storage topped the ranking list in storage performance in the SPC-1 benchmark test.

The firm integrates cutting-edge SSD technologies including ZNS storage and key-value storage into public cloud scenarios to make SSDs more adaptable to solutions, which enhances the public cloud user experience. The enterprise-level SSDs from the firm have been deployed in financial, Internet, telecom, and other industries.

According to Gartner, the company has earned the 4th spot in shipments in the global storage market, becoming the fastest-growing manufacturer in the world.

With the emergence of new applications such as AI, big data and the metaverse, big data centers are seeing rapid growth. The firm has already undertaken complete development of full-stack storage solution covering components, servers, hardware architecture, core software stack, and management software stack.