Seagate shows prototype of 64TB NVme SSD with speed of 13GB/s

Seagate demonstrates a prototype NVME SSD with a capacity of 64TB and a maximum speed of 13GB/s. The manufacturer obtains that speed and capacity by combining eight m2 SSDs in raid on one PCI-e card.

According to Seagate, customers can expect samples of products using this technology in the first half of 2018. The manufacturer does not provide many technical details, but the stated speed of 13GB/s is probably the maximum reading speed.

Seagate uses the same principle it introduced last year with its Nytro XP7200 SSDs. Those SSDs consist of a PCI-e-x16 card with four m2 connections and reach a maximum of 10GB/s. They are available in versions with a storage capacity of up to 7.7TB. The new prototype that Seagate is showing uses eight m2 SSDs. By making it work in raid, the high speed is possible.

To enable the storage capacity of 64TB, Seagate must mount the eight m2 SSDs, each with a storage capacity of 8TB, on the PCI-e card. An image of the prototype shows two layers of four SSDs each. There are no m2-ssds with such a storage capacity on the market yet, so they are still prototypes.

Seagate is also introducing new SSDs for servers. The Nytro 5000 models are NVME SSDs with a capacity of up to 2TB, which should perform well with low consumption. The SSD is intended to serve as a cache for HDDs. Seagate also comes with the Nytro 3000 series of sas-ssds that are intended for the storage of data. There will be models with a storage capacity of up to 15TB. The new server SSDs will be available at the end of this year and both use 3D Nand memory.