M.2 SSDs ALIGNED FOR SPEED Searching for a faster SSD for enterprise applications? With all the acronyms, the choice can be confusing … ? BUT WHEN WE STEP THROUGH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS, THEY LEAD TO ONE CLEAR CHOICE FOR SSD SPEED. 1 BREAK THE LIMITS BY SHIFTING TO PCIe SATA 2.0: GET THE RIGHT CLASS OF SSD FOR THE JOB 2 3.0 Gb/sec SATA 3.0: 6.0 Gb/sec SAS 3.0: 12.0 Gb/sec x2: 8.0 Gb/sec PCIe Gen 2: x4: 16.0 Gb/sec x2: 15.75 Gb/sec PCIe Gen 3: PCIe HHHL AIC FAST, BUT BIG x4: 31.5 Gb/sec Many SSDs have hit the SATA throughput ceiling 3 Check the M.2 key ID for your device and SSD 2.5” with U.2 FAST, STILL BIG B + M KEYING M.2 SMALL AND FAST B KEY Keying allows only a compatible M.2 module to be installed M KEY mSATA SMALL, BUT SLOW (SATA ONLY) "2280-S3-B-M" = 22x80mm M.2 module with B+M keying KEY NOTCH INTERFACES A 8-15 PCIe x1, USB 2.0 B 12-19 PCIe x2, SATA, USB 3.0 E 24-31 PCIe x1, USB 2.0 M 59-66 PCIe x4, SATA 4 LOOK FOR NVMe SUPPORT IN SOFTWARE Hard drives and older SATA SSDs used AHCI drivers for Early PCIe SSDs used proprietary software for better COMPATIBILITY PERFORMANCE NVM EXPRESS ACHIEVES BOTH WITH A NEW STANDARD made for multicore, multi-threading machines like Microsoft Windows 10, Mac OS Yosemite, Linux, and Google Chrome OS AHCI 1 NVMe 65,535 $$$ command queue command queues 32 $$$ commands per queue 6 65,535 commands per queue $$$ microseconds latency <3 microseconds latency 5 M.2 SSDs WITH V-NAND BRING IT ALL TOGETHER OLD SATA SSDs:: ~560MB/sec sequential read NEW M.2 SSDs: ~2500MB/sec sequential read LOADING... SEE THE WHITE PAPER FOR THE FULL STORY: www.samsung.com/enterpriseSSD THE SAMSUNG 950 PRO SERIES: • NVMe M.2 SSD with V-NAND • Supports PCIe 3.0 interface • Cutting-edge performance for high-end PCs and workstations FOR MORE ON SAMSUNG ENTERPRISE SSDS: www.samsung.com/enterpriseSSD