Seagate launches 10GB/s PCIe SSD for data centers

Seagate says it will release an SSD this summer that will reach a speed of 10 gigabytes per second. The SSD uses NVME technology and sixteen PCIe lanes. Seagate also says it is working on an eight-lane variant.

According to Seagate, the 10GB/s SSD is production-ready and the storage device meets the specifications set for the Open Compute Project. That should make the SSD suitable for large data centers, including those of Facebook. Seagate claims that the speed of 10GB/s is more than 4GB/s faster than the fastest SSDs currently available.

The SSD uses the non-volatile memory express protocol and sixteen PCIe lanes are required to achieve the speed of 10GB/s. With current NVME consumer SSDs, such as the Samsung 950 Pro, speeds of up to 3GB/s are currently achievable in practice. This SSD uses four PCIe lanes.

Furthermore, Seagate makes few details known about the SSD; for example, it is not clear what the storage capacity is. Also missing details about iops or price. The manufacturer does say that there will also be a model that works with eight PCIe lanes. This variant must offer a throughput of up to 6.7GB/s.