Paper Title: Ensuring Data Availability for NVMe-Based Storage

Paper Abstract: As NVMe SSDs become broadly adopted as primary storage in the enterprise, data availability and ease of operationalization becomes paramount. Primary storage applications looking to realize the IOPs and latency benefits unlocked by the NVMe storage interface are left with two choices: software data protection which consumes CPU resources or a traditional RAID controller that, left unchanged from traditional architectures, may also penalize performance due to the nature of its proven, but legacy, architecture. A powerful alternative approach is to implement a RAID controller using, among other things, new integrated NVMe switching techniques. The result is hardware RAID with NVMe performance, capable of meeting the needs of today’s complex applications.

Paper Author: Jeff Plank, RAID Solution Architect, Microsemi

Author Bio: Jeff Plank is a RAID Solution Architect for Microsemi, where he is working on NVMe enablement for existing storage controllers, cross platform security for devices and data at rest, and platform integration for management using DMTF standards. Before joining Microsemi/PMC-Sierra, he was a Master Technologist in the CTO Office and an Engineering Manager focused on storage array firmware at Hewlett-Packard. Jeff holds four storage-related patents and is a contributor to the DMTF Redfish management platform for scalable systems. He earned a Master of Computer Science degree at Texas A&M University.