Paper Title: Expanding NVMe Technology to New Media Types: Rotational Media and More

Paper Abstract: A review of the latest NVMe device types entering the market along with a future view of a consolidated storage architecture based on an NVMe deployment model. This top-level architecture and deployment model will show how multiple facets of the NVMe protocol supports scale and direct attached storage for multiple media types and accelerators. We’ll take an in depth look at the newly supported rotational media (HDD) type and how this provides the overall opportunity for a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) savings supported by a consolidated NVMe architecture.

Paper Author: Dave Landsman, Director of Industry Standards, Western Digital
David Allen, Sr Director Product Marketing, Seagate

Author Bio: Dave leads Western Digital’s storage interface standards activities spanning SSDs, HDDs, removable cards, and memory interconnect. He has been involved with NVMe since 2011 and a member of the NVMe board of directors since 2012, contributing to the evolution of NVMe features for mobile/client, zoned storage, and more. He has participated actively in many storage and memory standards over the past 14 years, including NVMe/PCIe, SCSI/SATA, SD/CF, and NAND interface. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California San Diego.

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