Abiding by the M.2 22110 standard, the M.2 Optane SSD 905P of Intel was firstly demonstrated in April during the Computex 2018. Intel will keep its promise and plan to release this M.2 Optane SSD on November 2018. Here, I’ll introduce more about this Optane SSD.
Intel Optane SSD 905P Is in Schedule
Like other typical M.2 PCIe SSDs, the M.2 Intel Optane SSD 905P adopts a PCIe 3.0 x 4 interfaces. With a capacity of 380GB, it is built around the 3D Xpoint memory of Intel.
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A dark grey aluminum passive heat sink (which contains a front cover and backplane attached to the SSD via stainless steel clips) is allocated to the M.2 Optane SSD through the cooperation between Intel and Slovenian watercooling specialist EK Waterblocks (EKWB). Though the heat sink is designed compact, it still makes M.2 Intel Optane SSD 905P improper for ultra-thin devices like Ultrabooks. Yet, the good news is that it is removable at the price of decreasing performance.
Overview of Intel M.2 Optane SSD
According to Intel, its Optane SSD with M.2 form factor is in schedule and will make its debut at the end of this year (on November). Actually, this SSD is born for meeting the needs of the most demanding storage workloads in client systems. And it is featured with the following merits:
- Pretty low latency
- Good random read and write performance
- Industry-leading endurance
As a revolutionary class of non-volatile memory, the M.2 Optane SSD introduces Intel Optane technology (as you can judge from the name). This is beneficial for enthusiasts, content creators, as well as professional users to experience better platform performance.
Now, let’s dive into its specific characteristics.
High Capacity
The increased versatility could be provided by the slim new M.2 form factor. It is said that the high capacities have been applied to the U.2 and AIC form factors of Intel Optane SSD 905P. The main purpose of doing so is to make it possible for ordinary users to deal with large data sets. In this way, they can better enjoy the value of Intel Optane technology with workloads which are believed to put heavy requirements on the storage I/O subsystem.
Amazing Endurance
The Intel Optane SSD with M.2 form factor must be provided with high endurance in order to support these levels of performance with the large and exacting workstation workloads. On in this way can the storage reliability be ensured.
The action of offering an industry-leading 10 DWPD makes Intel Optane SSD 905P the client SSD with the highest endurance currently. This also allows the professionals who have the most demanding storage workloads to deal with bigger projects with confidence. This is realized after years of performance without even the requirement for frequent drive replacements.
Breakthrough Performance
The read and write performance of Intel M.2 Optane SSD has been optimized for the client workstations. The improvements in the performance and responsiveness of this SSD make it possible for processor to focus on computing by spending less time in waiting. This witnesses a great increase in the working efficiency.
The superb random storage performance of Intel Optane SSD is up to 575K and 550K IOPs (the 4K random reads and writes); the pretty low latency is actually less than 11μs. These two wonderful capabilities contribute to the realizing of a highly responsive client storage solution.
With the SSD 905P, the software developers are able to optimize the applications and programs so as to make the most of Intel Optane technology’s unique merits:
- Low latency
- High throughput at low queue depth
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