Samsung 30TB 2.5" SSD announced

[Chewy509]

FYI: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/samsung-crams-30tb-of-ssd-into-a-single-2-5-inch-drive/

Drive uses 12Gbps SAS as the interconnect with reported read/write performance of 2.1GBs and 1.7GBs respectively... Pricing unknown.

 

[Stereodude]

Pricing unknown.

I think this is safely going to fall into If you have to ask... land.

 

[LunarMist]

How does 12Gb support 2.1 GB/sec.? Are they counting multiple ports/host controllers?

 

[Chewy509]

How does 12Gb support 2.1 GB/sec.? Are they counting multiple ports/host controllers?

Either it's using multiple SAS connections, or it's not really SAS, but some sort of U.2 interface, OR Samsung are using the data rate off the NAND ignoring the SAS interface limitations. (I'm going the last one).

Very little is currently known about it.

FYI Seagate 60TB SSD in 3.5" form factor... https://www.backblaze.com/blog/seagate-60tb-ssd-36pb-storage-pod-next/

 

[LunarMist]

Well I see how SAS would be useful for arrays, but that's above my lay grade. I will buy a 4TB U.2.

 

[David Farley]

I'll have to live somehow without 4TB, but I'll do it) in the overall news as news, nothing special

 

[LunarMist]

I'll have to live somehow without 4TB, but I'll do it) in the overall news as news, nothing special

I thought Farley was dead years ago. :scratch: