Flash Memory Summit: Teledyne LeCroy Enables Validation Testing of Solid-State Storage Power and Sideband Capabilities

Teledyne LeCroy, Inc. announced availability of the OakGate R350-G5-PowerPlus 3U Rackmount Appliance for PCIe 5.0, with SSD power and sideband test capabilities.

OakGate R350-G5-PowerPlus PCIe 5.0 SSD validation solution

Data centers and hyperscaler’s are measured on their power sustainability and power usage goals and require SSD vendors to test SSD performance during normal system shutdown, abnormal system shutdown, power surges, low and/or idle power states, and voltage fluctuations. SSD vendors would ideally like these test results to highlight competitive product differentiators, often citing lower active power consumption, better power efficiencies and/or reduced cooling efficiencies. SSD design and validation test engineers can now use the OakGate R350-G5-PowerPlus Rackmount Appliance to analyze voltage and current over time and under stress to determine SSD power utilization, efficiency, and consumption, and possibly find opportunities to improve SSD power consumption. Moreover, the R350-G5-PowerPlus operates without the use of 3rd-party power interposers, reducing cost and simplifying test setup.

The company’s OakGate R350-G5-PowerPlus supports one 8-bay module capable of holding U.2, M.2, U.3, CEM, EDSFF E1.S or EDSFF E3.S/L SSD form factors which can be easily changed by the customer. It comes standard with the industry’s most widely used test software, SVF/Enduro, supporting:

deep protocol inspection and analysis,
high-performance traffic generation,
full-performance characterization,
complex error injection, and
advanced test automation.

The open API allows easy integration into existing test infrastructure. Additionally, the customized, proprietary driver works directly with the SSD hardware, providing the highest level of performance with low latency and consistent, repeatable test performance.

Availability:
OakGate R350 PowerPlus PCIe 5.0 validation appliances can be ordered.

Teledyne LeCroy will be exhibitor at the Flash Memory Summit 2023 from Aug 8-10 in Santa Clara, CA, with the line of OakGate PCIe Gen5 SSD test solutions.