Samsung introduced an innovative 61.44 TB SSD for the enterprise sector, using advanced 176-layer NAND memory and a new controller, opening up the prospect of devices with capacities up to 122.88 TB.
A breakthrough in storage
Samsung's revolutionary storage
Samsung announced the release of its first SSD drive with a capacity of 61.44 TB. This high-capacity SSD is intended for use in the enterprise sector, and not for ordinary consumers. According to Samsung, their new controller can produce SSDs up to 122.88 TB, which is a significant increase from the previous maximum of 32 TB.
BM1743 Specifications
Samsung's new QLC BM1743 drive is based on 176-layer NAND memory of the seventh generation of 3D NAND technology. This device is the successor to the BM1733 released in 2020, which was a 15.36 TB (4 bits per cell) QLC PCIe Gen 4 drive and used 96-layer fifth generation V-NAND technology. The BM1733a had a maximum capacity of 32TB, while the BM1743 nearly doubles that.
Performance and Form Factor
BM1743 performance specs are impressive: 1,600,000 / 110,000 IOPS for random read/write , and the sequential read/write throughput reaches 7.2 / 2.0 GB/s. The drive is optimized primarily for read operations.
Both BM1733 and BM1743 are available in U.2 format (2, 5″), but the BM1743 additionally offers an E3.S variant with PCIe 5.0 support. The new model delivers 0.26 drive writes per day (DWPD) over the warranty period, an improvement over the BM1733's 0.18 DWPD. In addition, the guaranteed data storage time has been increased to three months, compared to one month for its predecessor.
Competitive landscape
Solutions from Solidigm, Samsung and Western Digital have already been presented in the 60 TB class enterprise SSD market (model SN655). It is expected that Micron, Kioxia, SK hynix (parent company of Solidigm) and Chinese manufacturer YMTC may introduce similar products in the near future.
Glossary
- SSD - Solid State Drive, solid state drive, storage device based on flash memory.
- NAND is a type of flash memory used in SSDs and other storage devices.
- QLC - Quad-Level Cell, a data storage technology that allows you to store 4 bits of information in one memory cell.
- PCIe - Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, a standard for connecting computer components.
- DWPD - Drive Writes Per Day, an SSD endurance indicator that measures the number of complete drive writes per day.
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Isabella
Wow, 61.44 TB! 🤯 This is simply incredible! I wonder how many movies can be loaded there? Although for the average user this is, of course, overkill.
Hans
Yes, Isabella, this is impressive! But I'm more intrigued by the possibility of creating a 122.88 TB SSD. Can you imagine what prospects this opens up for big data and AI? 🤖
Pierre
I agree with Hans! Although 1,600,000 random read IOPS is just space! 🚀 I wonder how this will affect the speed of data processing in large data centers?
Sofia
What surprises me is that they were able to increase the data storage time to three months. This is huge progress for backup! 💾
Gunther
Bah, another useless toy for corporations. Why does an ordinary person need such a monster? They only pump money out of people with their endless new products.
Lucia
Gunther, don't be such a pessimist! 😄 Technology drives progress. Today this is for corporations, and tomorrow, you see, we will have terabyte drives at an affordable price at home.
Oleksandr
Lucia is right! I remember how 1 TB seemed huge. And now here's 61 TB! I wonder what other companies will pick up this race? Micron? Kioxia? 🤔
Hans
Oleksandr, I think all the major players will try to keep up. But I'm more interested in how this will affect the development of cloud technologies. Maybe soon we will forget about local storage altogether? ☁️