14 GB/s with Large Endurance

Micron has launched its Micron 9550-series SSDs, which it claims are the quickest enterprise drives within the trade. The Micron 9550 Professional and 9550 Max SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface promise unbeatable efficiency amid enhanced endurance and energy effectivity, which can be notably helpful for knowledge centersMicron’s 9550-series solid-state drives are primarily based on a proprietary NVMe 2.0b controller with a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface and 232-layer 3D TLC NAND reminiscence. The drives can be obtainable in capacities starting from 3.2 TB to 30.72 TB with one or three drive writes per day endurance in addition to U.2, E1.S, and E3.S type elements to cater to the necessities of various kinds of servers.

So far as efficiency is anxious, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD boasts spectacular metrics, together with as much as sustainable 14.0 GB/s sequential learn speeds and 10.0 GB/s sequential write speeds, which is increased in comparison with the height efficiency supplied by Samsung’s PM1743 SSDs. For random operations, it achieves 3,300 million IOPS in random reads and 0.9 million IOPS in random writes, once more surpassing competitor choices.

Micron says that energy effectivity is one other standout characteristic of its Micron 9550 SSD: It consumes as much as 81% much less SSD power per terabyte transferred with NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage and as much as 35% decrease SSD energy utilization in MLPerf benchmarks in comparison with rivals. Contemplating that we’re coping with a declare by the producer itself, the numbers ought to be taken with warning.

“The Micron 9550 SSD represents an enormous leap ahead for knowledge middle storage, delivering a staggering 3.3 million IOPS whereas consuming as much as 43% much less energy than comparable SSDs in AI workloads akin to GNN and LLM coaching”, stated Alvaro Toledo, vp and basic supervisor of Micron’s’s Information Middle Storage group. “This unparalleled efficiency, mixed with distinctive energy effectivity, establishes a brand new benchmark for AI storage options and demonstrates Micron’s unwavering dedication to spearheading the AI revolution.”

Micron historically affords its high-end knowledge middle SSDs in several flavors: the Micron 9550 Professional drives for read-intensive purposes are set to be obtainable in 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB capacities with one drive writes per day (DWPD) endurance ranking, whereas the Micron 9550 Max for mixed-use are set to be obtainable in 3.2 TB, 6.4 TB, 12.8 TB, and 25.6 TB capacities with three DWPD endurance ranking. All drives adjust to the OCP 2.0 r21 requirements and OCP 2.5 telemetry. Additionally they characteristic SPDM 1.2 and FIPS 140-3 safety, safe execution surroundings, and self-encrypting drive choices.

Micron has not touched upon the pricing of the brand new drives because it is dependent upon volumes and different elements.