{"id":8785,"date":"2018-08-08T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=8785"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:41:53","slug":"ssd-converter-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/ssd-converter-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"NVMe-oF SSD converter controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marvell announces the industry\u2019s first NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) SSD converter controller, the\u00a0<span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvell.com\/storage\/system-solutions\/nvme-controllers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">88SN2400, for cloud and enterprise data centres<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The 88SN2400 controller is designed and optimised to convert an NVMe SSD into an NVMe-oF SSD, providing an architecture that increases utilisation and scalability of SSDs within the data centre to ultimately lower total cost of ownership (TCO).<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nBy bringing low latency access over the fabric and exposing the entire SSD bandwidth to the network, the Marvell controller supports true scalable, high-performance disaggregation of storage from compute.<\/p>\n<p>The 88SN2400 utilises a simple, low-power and compute-less Ethernet fabric instead of a traditional PCIe fabric controlled and managed by an enterprise-class server SoC with integrated 100GE controllers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8787\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MARV-PR19-Block_Diagram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8787\" src=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MARV-PR19-Block_Diagram.jpg\" alt=\"NVMe-oF SSD converter controller\" width=\"660\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MARV-PR19-Block_Diagram.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MARV-PR19-Block_Diagram-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvell 88SN2400 Converts an NVMe SSD into an NVMe-oF SSD to enable optimal high-performance disaggregated storage resulting in lower TCO for Cloud and Enterprise Data Centres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As data growth continues to soar, data centers are grappling with the increasing power consumption, complexity, and costs associated with the demand for greater storage bandwidth and capacity.<\/p>\n<p>However, compute and storage continue to be underutilised, with storage servers typically oversubscribed, resulting in increased capital expenditure and operational expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>The Marvell SSD converter controller allows greater flexibility for data centre operators and designers to develop their infrastructure and enables them to meet evolving workload demands with optimised scalable units of disaggregated flash storage and storage class memory (SCM).<\/p>\n<p>The SSD converter controller is powering an innovative class of low-power, low-latency and high-performance Ethernet bunch of flash (EBOF) storage appliances.<\/p>\n<p>In a typical high-end 2U24 shelf with Gen3x4 SSDs, the 88SN2400 can support up to 18M input\/output operations per second (IOPS).<\/p>\n<p>Utilising a Marvell Ethernet switch that supports 2Tb\/s and the Marvell 88SN2400, data centre operators will be able to benefit from a 150GB\/s pipe of pooled storage, and better power consumption per IO compared to general purpose architectures.<\/p>\n<p>The SSD converter controller is optimised for a small footprint and can be attached to existing backplanes providing ease of service and eliminating single point of failure.<\/p>\n<p>The technology can also be designed into future Marvell SSD and emerging SCM controllers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs cloud and enterprise data centres increase their deployments of flash storage and emerging storage class memories to address growing and diversifying workloads such as AI and analytics, it is paramount they optimise the utilisation, efficiency and scale of these costly resources,\u201d said Nigel Alvares, vice president of SSD and Data Center Storage Solutions at Marvell. \u201cOur converter controller enables disruptive disaggregated NAND and SCM SSD architectures that can be composed, provisioned and assigned real-time to lower cloud and enterprise data centres total cost of ownership.\u201d \u201cThrough our longstanding relationship with Marvell, we have shared a strong commitment to storage technology innovation,\u201d said Shigeo (Jeff) Ohshima, Technology Executive, SSD Application Engineering at Toshiba Memory Corporation. \u201cThe development of our Ethernet direct-attached NVMe-oF SSD prototype with the new Marvell 88SN2400 is built on our collaborative vision to help our data centre customers achieve higher performance, lower cost and lower power consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Marvell 88SN2400 is the industry\u2019s first NVMe-oF SSD converter controller technology providing an innovative solution to enabling NVMe-oF architectures with existing NVMe SSDs,\u201d said John Chen, vice president of TRENDFOCUS. \u201cThe ability to expose the full SSD bandwidth to the network will enhance operational efficiencies and reduce costs in the data centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeveraging the solution\u2019s 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