Samsung launches the SZ985 800GB Z-SSD

[HEXUS]

Its Z-NAND is said to provide 10 times higher cell read performance than 3-bit V-NAND chips.

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[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

"SZ985 800GB Z-SSD".

That name just rolls off the tongue!!

[iworrall]

I doubt the price will tempt me away from my Intel 900p. (I got it free as a door prize at the product launch).

[chrestomanci]

...will target the storage needs of artificial intelligence (AI), big data and Internet of Things (IoT) applications...

I think that has covered all the latest hot industry buzzwords!

Artificial intelligence, especially machine learning makes sense. Datasets are relatively small, and budgets are large, so expensive high speed storage would be a wise investment.

Big data is a harder sell. Budgets are large, but when they are spread thinly to buy thousands of servers to store massive datasets, the emphasis shifts to finding efficient ways to process data despite using relatively cheap storage. Expensive devices like this would realy put a dent in even the largest budgets.

Where this SSD would make absolutely no sense is in IoT applications. Here we are talking about cheap plastic devices manufactured in vast numbers with every possible corner cut to reduce costs. (And dam the consequences for reliability, security and everything else). I can see absolutely no scenario where an expensive SSD would be specified over a cheap MicroSD card (that the end user must supply).

In other words, Samsung marketing are up to their usual exaggeration!

[aidanjt]

Big data is a harder sell. Budgets are large, but when they are spread thinly to buy thousands of servers to store massive datasets, the emphasis shifts to finding efficient ways to process data despite using relatively cheap storage. Expensive devices like this would realy put a dent in even the largest budgets.

I believe the main interest for big data is for tiered storage on hot data machines.

Where this SSD would make absolutely no sense is in IoT applications. Here we are talking about cheap plastic devices manufactured in vast numbers with every possible corner cut to reduce costs.

This is where they're stretching things a bit. Obviously this big chunky expensive PCIe card isn't going to fit in anyone's smart watch, but it does fit in the servers that provides IoT devices with data, but that's more a 'big data' situation.

[3dcandy]

The write speed is ahem nothing to write home aboot

[Millennium]

Absolutely haram marketing as per usual in this space. *sigh*

edit: 3dcandy absolutely agree it's not enough of an improvement over 961 to be worth it to all but the baddest of data centre uses. (IM LOOKING AT YOU EVE YOU ******ASD**ASD**)

[scaryjim]

... (IM LOOKING AT YOU EVE YOU ******ASD**ASD**) ...

I honestly cannot tell if i need to give you a warning about language or not...

[Millennium]

Yep probably sir
Though it's heartfelt!