NVMe NAS servers

NVMe NAS servers - what is it?

Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers with NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) drives are state-of-the-art network storage and sharing devices that use ultra-fast NVMe media instead of traditional SATA HDDs or SSDs. As a result, they offer significantly higher performance, faster data access times and higher throughput.

What makes NAS servers with NVMe stand out?

• Extreme speed - NVMe drives run on the PCIe interface, providing transfers of several gigabytes per second, compared to ~600 MB/s for SATA SSDs.
• Low access times - NVMe offers microsecond-level access times, which is crucial for databases, virtual machines and applications requiring fast IOPS.
• Support for more operations per second (IOPS) - This is key for companies that work with large data sets, such as in big data analytics or video processing.
• Higher performance with multiple simultaneous users - Ideal for enterprise applications where multiple users are simultaneously reading and writing large files.

NVMe NAS applications

• 4K/8K video storage and processing - Editors and film studios use NVMe to avoid latency in playback and editing.
• Virtual machines and cloud environments - NVMe NAS servers support technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V and Docker.
• Fast backups and restores - With high read/write speeds, NVMe minimises the time required for backups.
• AI, Big Data and analytics - Require the high number of IOPS that NVMe drives can provide.