Friday, March 3rd 2023
300 TB SSDs Could Arrive as Soon as 2026, Claims Pure Storage
Pure Storage, a maker of various storage solutions and custom enterprise-grade SSDs, claims the company will produce SSDs with up to 300 TBs of capacity by 2026. In an interview with Pure Storage CTO Alex McMullan, Blocks & Files got exclusive information that the company targets SSD capacities of up to 300 TBs in 2026. Pure Storage creates proprietary Direct Flash Modules (DFM) SSDs which use 3D NAND chips controlled by a custom SSD controller, are used in the FlashArray systems, and run on a custom FlashBlade operating system. This level of customization allows Pure Storage to create SSD drives with remarkable capacities in the future as the 3D NAND technology advances.
In the coming years, 3D NAND flash manufacturers will switch from the current 200-layer chips to the 400/500-layer chips, driving storage density to new highs. As manufacturers update their technology, so does Pure with its DFM cards that use regular U.2 NVMe connectors in a custom ruler-style format made explicitly for Pure FlashArray systems. Compared to upcoming HDDs that Toshiba and Seagate will use, Pure Storage DFM SSDs will have much higher capacities and read/write speeds, especially as higher-density 3D NAND arrives. You can see the comparison of Pure's estimates for the future 300 TB SSDs with future HDD technology.
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Blocks and Files
In the coming years, 3D NAND flash manufacturers will switch from the current 200-layer chips to the 400/500-layer chips, driving storage density to new highs. As manufacturers update their technology, so does Pure with its DFM cards that use regular U.2 NVMe connectors in a custom ruler-style format made explicitly for Pure FlashArray systems. Compared to upcoming HDDs that Toshiba and Seagate will use, Pure Storage DFM SSDs will have much higher capacities and read/write speeds, especially as higher-density 3D NAND arrives. You can see the comparison of Pure's estimates for the future 300 TB SSDs with future HDD technology.
33 Comments on 300 TB SSDs Could Arrive as Soon as 2026, Claims Pure Storage
Unless the prices will go down significantly, there's no point.
I personally look for an 8 or 10TB SSD, with the price of a HDD...
I know that won't happen, just a funny thought haha
As you said, SSD haven't moved in centuries, SSD had a good improvement at their beginning but 5 years ago, they didn't improved in pretty much nothing.
I'd rather have a 256GB SLC than a 1TB QLC.
400 layer should allow 32TB 2280 drives. Of course you can get that right now in the 2.5" and E1.S / E1.L formats.Yep, most likely 80 - 110K just based on pricing of current 30.72TB SSDs and factoring in the cost of 10 of those plus a markup for being the highest capacity. The problem for SSDs has been the pricing of higher capacity models tends to increase quickly.
Though with this news I expect games to hit a TB by 2024 now
Forget enterprise solutions, if likely, i'm still hoping one day we'll have decent consumer 4TB SSDs for ~£150 or 8TB for around the £300 mark. Or am i being too wishful?
Agreed:).
I mean in reality they often need a third of their space clear to maintain pace. So to me 4=3, 8=6 useable.
And yes It's Friday ffff it, I said one ratio then another day, it's vague but about ish :/ :)