Solid State Storage

New Initiative to Provide Education on SSD Performance

SNIA's Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) has announced a project to educate users on how to use the recently published Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification (  SSS PTS Client v1.0 ) to compare the performance of Solid State Drives (SSDs).

The "Understanding SSD Performance" project is intended to give users sufficient information to make intelligent decisions about SSD performance. SSSI intends to establish an industry–wide database of performance results, and encourages SSD manufacturers to contribute SSS PTS results for their products.

PTS-Compliant Performance Data Website:  The public can now visit a webpage at www.snia.org/forums/sssi/pts, which shows SSS PTS-compliant performance data from actual enterprise and client SSDs and advice on how to interpret the results of the individual tests. The webpage will also provide a venue for SSD manufacturers to post SSS PTS-compliant test results for their products.

White Paper: Understanding SSD Performance Using the SNIA SSS Performance Test Specification:  In support of the project, members of the SNIA Solid State Storage Technical Work Group — the team that created the SSS PTS — collaborated on an accompanying white paper entitled “Understanding SSD Performance Using the SNIA SSS Performance Test Specification.” 

Download:

  Understanding SSD Performance

  Foreword to Understanding SSD Performance

Webcast & Presentation:  A webcast and a .pdf presentation on using the SSS PTS to understand SSD performance are also available: 

Play the webcast:  www.brighttalk.com/webcast/663/40549

Download the presentation:    Solid State Storage PTS Webcast

Form Factor Enlightenment Now Available at SSSI

There’s a new page on the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) website which describes the wide range of SSD form-factors (physical formats) on the market today.

SSSI defines three major categories – Solid State Drive, Solid State Card, and Solid State Module – and the new page provides descriptions and examples of each.

View SSD Form - Factors

Solid State Storage Education on SNIA BrightTalk Channel Webcasts

The SSSI is pleased to present two new webcasts on Solid State Storage technology, now available for on-demand viewing.

Solid Security: The Rise of Self-Encrypted Solid State Drives presented by Tom Coughlin of Coughlin Associates, SSSI Marketing Chair.

With one of the hottest drive categories – solid state drives (SSDs) – rapidly penetrating data centers, this hour-long webcast provides a valuable introduction to self-encrypting drives (SEDs) and explains why organizations need SEDs Solid State Drives in their environment. Listen and find out from your peers where they are in incorporating SEDs and SSDs in their environment.

Solid State Adoption and Use – a Glimpse into the IT Professional Mind presented by Jim Bagley of Storage Strategies NOW. 

This webcast dives into solid state storage growth and how businesses are adopting and deploying solid state storage for rapid access to transactional data, the cloud, and virtual desktop infrastructures. The session includes the results of an IT Professionals Adoption Survey, co-sponsored by the SNIA and the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI), which presents information on the status of solid state drives (SSDs) and high-speed memory.

All SSSI webcasts

Solid State Storage Performance Test Spec Approved on
6 August 2011

  SSS PTS Client v1.0

The SSS PTS (http://www.snia.org/pts) defines a suite of tests and test methodologies necessary to enable comparative testing of individual Enterprise and Client SSD performance. Over 50 individuals from 25 companies have collaborated on the development and release of the SSS PTS. These companies represent industry–leading SSD manufacturers, SSD controller makers, test labs, and computer system OEMs.