14 DAY TRIAL // Since virtual storage seems to be the fad everyone on the business and enterprise industry is going on about at the moment, Samsung has made sure to get all the certifications it needed for marketing the SM1625 SSD.
VMware Virtual Storage SAN is a software-defined storage offering from VMWare that enables enterprises to pool their storage capabilities and to instantly and automatically provision virtual machine storage via simple policies that are driven by the virtual machine.
Meanwhile, SM1625 SSD is Samsung's high-end solid-state drive with dual-ported SAS SSD densities of up to 800 GB. The first of its type really.
Essentially, when used in Virtual SAN servers in enterprise data centers, it will let customers centralize server disk and flash resources into a single, coherent, resilient whole that all virtual machines will have access to.
Spec-wise, the SAS SM1625 is a 20nm-based SSD with 950 MB/s top transfer speed and a random read speed of 120,000 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second).
Up to 10 drive writes are supported per day too. This is an endurance rate that is guaranteed to not wear down the drive for at least five years.
As for energy efficiency, it is up to 200 times better than on normal 15,000 RPM HDD, thanks to those 20nm-class chips. Or so Samsung claims in its press release.
"VMware Virtual SAN provides customers a simpler and more flexible tier of storage for their virtual machines," said John Gilmartin, vice president, cloud infrastructure products, VMware.
"By clustering flash and direct-attached storage, VMware Virtual SAN provides a shared storage solution that is high-performing, cost-effective, and seamlessly integrated into VMware vCenter Server. We are pleased to have Samsung's SM1625 SSD as a high-performance storage option for our joint customers."
In addition to 800 GB, the Samsung SM1625 comes in 100GB, 200GB and 400GB.