300 TB SSDs Could Arrive as Soon as 2026, Claims Pure Storage

[AleksandarK]

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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[Crackong]

And costs 30k USD?

 

[chrcoluk]

For enterprise market its possible yeah, as they will be willing to pay for it. Consumer is almost stagnated on capacities though.

 

[Prima.Vera]

And costs 30k USD?

Most likely.
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...

 

[Space Lynx]

would be nice if the breakthrough in tech was just so good, companies were just like, we had no idea it was this easy and cheap to make, and we all just have 300 TB SSD's as the new normal for like $250 or something.

I know that won't happen, just a funny thought haha

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

Personally, I'd much rather have a marked improvement in random r/w's than capacity...realize this is an enterprise thing, but with respect to consumer storage, that's where I'd like to see the primary advancement.

 

[AnotherReader]

Personally, I'd much rather have a marked improvement in random r/w's than capacity...realize this is an enterprise thing, but with respect to consumer storage, that's where I'd like to see the primary advancement.

That's a limitation of NAND flash; if we went back to SLC, then you could get better random reads, but that would reduce capacity dramatically.

 

[bonehead123]

That's a limitation of NAND flash; if we went back to SLC, then you could get better random reads, but that would reduce capacity dramatically.

Have faith man.... the techno-gods will surely figure out a way to overcome these hurdles, it may take a while, but still...

 

[AnotherReader]

Have faith man.... the techno-gods will surely figure out a way to overcome these hurdles, it may take a while, but still...

There's a solution, but it has its drawbacks too. In its original form, SLC, NAND is pretty fast for random reads too, but then we would have much lower capacity. Optane had the fastest random reads, but it lost out due to high price and low capacity.

 

[Dirt Chip]

Wake me up at 1PB

 

[Dimitriman]

The SSD capacity bar has barely moved in the past 5 years... and 4TB is still waaay outside most people's budgets. Somehow I think this news is only relevant for enterprises / data centers.

 

[enb141]

The SSD capacity bar has barely moved in the past 5 years... and 4TB is still waaay outside most people's budgets. Somehow I think this news is only relevant for enterprises / data centers.

Yeah, 300TB SSD in 2026 means $100,000, that's pretty much doable right now if you buy 5 PCIe cards that can hold 8 SSD each, right now you can achieve 320 TB, of course is expensive but doable.

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.

 

[caroline!]

That's a limitation of NAND flash; if we went back to SLC, then you could get better random reads, but that would reduce capacity dramatically.

A small price to pay for salvation.

I'd rather have a 256GB SLC than a 1TB QLC.

 

[JAB Creations]

400-layer versus 200-layer; sounds like we'll finally see 16TB NVMe drives.

 

[evernessince]

400-layer versus 200-layer; sounds like we'll finally see 16TB NVMe drives.

We already have 16TB NVMe SSD drives in the 22110 M.2 format.

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.

Yeah, 300TB SSD in 2026 means $100,000, that's pretty much doable right now if you buy 5 PCIe cards that can hold 8 SSD each, right now you can achieve 320 TB, of course is expensive but doable.

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.

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.

 

[Octavean]

4TB is still waaay outside most people's budgets.

Not so sure about that given some of the sample systems around these forums. The less expensive 4TB SSD's are about ~$200 USD and change. So ~$50+ a TB for a 4TB SSD doesn't seem all that bad IMO. A lot of people can swing that. Now, 8TB SSDs for the great unwashed masses might be pushing it. Those are just under ~$600 USD to start.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

That'll be nice.

Though with this news I expect games to hit a TB by 2024 now

 

[kapone32]

Can I just have 8 or 16 TB in 2023 please?

 

[enb141]

Can I just have 8 or 16 TB in 2023 please?

Yes you can, affordable, but as Hard Drive.

 

[wheresmycar]

300TB?

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?

 

[kapone32]

Yes you can, affordable, but as Hard Drive.

Too bad HDD was like 7 years ago and not in my current array.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

300TB?

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?

Very noice.

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 :/

 

[nomdeplume]

Hot diggity dang, a chart that nearly reaches full vertical rise before charted timeline is concluded!

 

[FiRe]

SSD sizes have stagnated for a while in both 2.5" and M.2 variants

 

[wheresmycar]

Very noice.

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 :/

I don't even know what the recommended partition is... i just part-off 10% on all my SATA/NVME SSDs (the quality stuff). Maybe the poorer quality and less performance units demand a greater ratio