WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NVM Express, Inc ., the organization that developed the NVM Express (NVMe™) and NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI™) specifications for accessing solid-state drives (SSDs) on a PCI Express (PCIe®) bus as well across Fabrics, today announced that, as a result of the May 22-25th NVMe Plugfest , NVM Express has certified more than 100 market-ready products in just four years. With testing conducted by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an...
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Industry's First FC-NVMe Plugfest Demonstrates Fibre Channel as the Trusted Fabric for Transporting NVMe™ Natively in Today's Datacenters
June 1, 2017
MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwired - May 31, 2017) - Building upon last year's successful Non Volatile Memory Express (NVMe™) over Fibre Channel (FC) Fabric (FC-NVMe) proof of concept, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced the completion of the first Gen 6 32GFC plugfest solely focused on FC-NVMe. Validation of the proposed FC-NVMe standard's conformance and device interoperability ensures FC's status as the industry's most reliable and robust storage networking protocol.
FCIA's FC-NVMe plugfest was held...
Fibre Channel Showcased as the Enterprise Fabric for Transporting NVM Express® Natively in Today's Datacenters at Industry's First Gen 6 32GB FC Plugfest
June 28, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwired - Jun 27, 2016) - Demonstrating the continued innovation of the Fibre Channel (FC) standard and reinforcing its status as the industry's most reliable and robust storage networking protocol, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced the completion of the first Plugfest to ensure both interoperability and configurability of Gen 6 32GB FC products. The event also featured the industry's first proof-of-concept of NVM Express® (NVMe) over Fabrics using datacenter-proven FC technology.
The Plugfest was held...
New Features of 12Gb/s SAS Storage Interface for Enterprise Storage Tested at SCSI Trade Association Plugfest Event
June 9, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 8, 2016) - Validating the versatility, reliability and scalability that Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) has as a storage interface for enterprise-class storage, the SCSI Trade Association (STA) today announced the successful completion of its 17th SAS Plugfest, the fifth for 12Gb/s SAS. The event was held May 23-26, 2016, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Thirteen companies, including both STA members and non-members, participated.
"At this Plugfest, drive support for new...
MEF Publishes Ethernet Interconnect Point (EIP) Implementation Agreement to Streamline Standardized Interconnection of Carrier Networks
April 12, 2016
Los Angeles, 12 April 2016 - The MEF ( www.mef.net ) is pleased to announce the publication of the milestone Ethernet Interconnect Point (EIP) ENNI Implementation Agreement – MEF 54 . This Implementation Agreement (IA) is designed to streamline the interconnection of operator networks to support end-to-end Carrier Ethernet (CE) services. The IA provides practical guidance so operators can evolve their networks to meet full CE 2.0 E-Access interconnection capabilities. The IA gives operators the steps involved...
UNH-IOL Certifies New NVMe SSDs, Including Some Surprises
August 14, 2015
The University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory has certified several new NVMe SSDs in the past month. The list was just updated and gave us a glimpse of some new products we may see at Flash Memory Summit, including some tasty surprises.
Fourth Plugfest Shows Broad Ecosystem Support for NVM Express
July 29, 2015
WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NVM Express, Inc., the organization that developed the NVM Express specification for accessing solid-state drives (SSDs) on a PCI Express (PCIe) bus, has completed its fourth NVM Express Plugfest.
This event, which took place June 8-11 at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab (IOL) in Durham, New Hampshire, was an opportunity for NVMe implementers to test the interoperability of their products. The program ensures conformance to the NVMe specification and establishes confidence that products will work...
HGST Ships NVM Express™ Compliant Solid-State Drives With Industry-Leading Performance For Cloud And Enterprise Applications
April 15, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- 2015 Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo (Booth #202) – Helping the world harness the power of data, HGST (@HGSTStorage), a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), today announced it is shipping its NVMe compliant Ultrastar SN100 Series PCIe SSDs – the industry's highest-performing NVMe compliant SSDs. Ideally suited for mission-critical data center workloads, including scale-out databases powering today's largest online and cloud services, the HGST SN100 series enables businesses to achieve a...
BER test method uses real data
March 2, 2015
Today's methods for BER (bit-error-rate) testing of high-speed serial links such as PCIe and SATA rely on predetermined patterns that don't represent real-world situations. These patterns use a defined amount of jitter sent through a precise channel from a DUT's transmitter to its receiver; the DUT runs in a loopback state. Obtaining a valid BER measurement requires at least a trillion bits. The BER measurement is difficult to perform because of the test equipment needed and the setup to properly...
Modernization of mobile storage
February 24, 2015
At the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), we are fortunate to be able to follow technology developments in a number of areas, and watch as they go from sketches on a whiteboard to actual shipping products.
Sometimes these developments happen in their own bubbles, other times there are not so coincidental coincidences, where several industries are able to take advantage of technology originally developed for one community. We may be watching that happen right now as technologies...