Post on 13-Jul-2020
FinTech Demands PerformanceTime is money – reducing latency and increasing transac-tion rates helps grow the bottom line.
Persistence is Needed for Accountability The needs of shareholders, government regulators and customers also demand accountability. Transactions need to be logged synchronously before the next transaction can be started, creating a significant bottleneck that slows transaction velocity.
High Speed and Non-volatile, TogetherThe nvNITRO Storage Accelerator enables high-speed transactions to be logged as completed before they are written to the final media location. This high-performance, non-volatile memory enables the system to begin the next transaction with the confidence that the previous transaction is logged to a secure location without any risk of data being lost.
Accelerated Storage BuffersThese storage accelerators can also be used to accelerate reads and writes of data from high performance computing (HPC) applications. Simulations can be sped up optimizing the time to recommendation for financial analysts.
Advanced NVMe Over Fabrics (NVMeOF) SupportThe SMART Storage Accelerator can act as a high perfor-mance remote direct memory access (RDMA) storage loca-tion, pooling critical data as a shared central pool.
Persistence Helps Manage RiskPersistence means that transactional data is never at risk from loss due to power inter-ruptions. This reduces the risk of failure typically associated with batteries or supercapacitors but also reduces potential servicing issues that bring downtime and lost productivity.
Written in large block sizesCreated in small bytes
Incoming Data
Array of slower disks or SSDs
• Variable Rate• Bursts• Latency Sensitive write buer
nvNITRO™
Bringing persistent memory to financial technology (FinTech)Reducing latency and increasing throughput - while still protecting data for synchronous logging applications
nvNITRO™ Storage Accelerator For the FinancialTechnology Market
PCIeU.2
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Key Specifications
Performance Example
Category Parameter Specification
Available Capacity 1GB
Persistent Memory Modules 256Mb Perpendicular STT-MRAM
Performance Sequential Read/Write Up to 6,000 MB/sec
Random 4KB Read Up to ~230MB/sec
Random 4KB Write orSustained 4KB Write Up to 1,500,000 IOPS
Random 70/30 Read/Write Up to 1,460,000 IOPS
Average Latency Read/Write (QD1) 6 µsec (read), 7 µsec (write)
Worst Case Latency Read/Write (QD8) 10 µsec (read), 11 µsec (write)
Endurance Drive Writes per Day Unlimited uniform access
Data Retention Power on - infinite; Power off - 3 months at 50°C
Interface Host Interface PCIe Gen3 x8 (8GT/s), Non-volatile Memory Express (NVMe)
Access Modes Block mode (NVMe)
PCIe Card Form Factor Half Height, Half Length (HHHL)
Environment Power Consumption 70/30 Read/Write <25W
Operating Temperature 0 to 55°C ambient with suggested airflow
Non-operating Temperature -40°C to +70°C
OS Linux, Windows
Management Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART ) commands
nvNITRO™ Storage AcceleratorFor the Financial
Technology Market
nvNITRO Technology Advantages:• Delivers up to 90% lower latency than
enterprise SSDs
• Enables up to 9X more work in the same amount of time as enterprise SSDs
The high throughput, low latency, and short tail enable applications to log quickly and then return to processing, boosting overall business velocity.
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Message Log Write Latency Distribution nvNITRO™ vs Enterprise SSD
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Slow and highly variablelatency response
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nvNITRO with STT-MRAM
Lower, deterministic latency, virtually no tail
nvNITRO Ordering InformationnvNITRO Storage AcceleratorSMART Part Number Form Factor Density
SSPE8N1LXLAM36BEV PCIe 1GB
STPE4U22XLAM36BEV U.2 1GB