Samsung launches 61.44TB SSD, talks about a 122.88TB model
Samsung quietly launches a new BM1743 SSD with up to 61.44TB capacity for datacenter read-intensive use. It boasts high speeds, PCIe 4.0/5.0 support, V-NAND QLC memory, and plans for a 122.88TB model.
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Samsung has quietly launched a new BM1743 solid-state drive with a capacity of up to 61.44TB, designed for datacenter-grade read-intensive storage applications. The SSD offers high performance with a sustained sequential read speed of 7,200 MB/s and a sustained sequential write speed of 2,000 MB/s. It is based on Samsung's proprietary controller supporting PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 x4 interfaces, along with 7th Generation V-NAND QLC memory. Samsung also plans to release a 122.88TB model in the future. The drive is aimed at ultra-high-density read-intensive storage applications like AI inference and content delivery. Samsung's BM1743 faces limited competition in the market, with only Solidigm and Western Digital offering similar capacity SSDs with PCIe interfaces. The power consumption of the BM1743 is not disclosed, but its high storage density is a key selling point. Samsung intends to offer the BM1743 drives in U.2 and E3.S form factors to cater to different host interfaces.
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4 commentsBackBlaze's site is blocked at work, but aren't they up to using 22TB drives? And I think Seagate announced 30TB spinning drives this year. So that's 1.3PB or 1.8PB with 3.5" drives.
Now if you double the amount of drives (assuming those new Samsung drives are 2.5", and use the propsoed 122TB drives, and you could cool and power it) you'd have 14.4PB!
Amazing since the original design needed like 15 pods for a single petabyte.
Exiting times are ahead for anyone with technology for better non-volatiles or better scaling volatile memory
SATA 6gbit is barely enough for 8tb.
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