Write Amplification Explained: Why 2 Writes + 2 Writes ≠ 4 Writes in SSDs
Write Amplification Factor (WAF) is a critical phenomenon in NAND flash devices that directly impacts SSD endurance, performance, and lifespan. In simple terms, lower WAF is always better, as it…
Data Retention and Reliability in NAND Flash: The Leaky Bucket Problem
Have you ever stored data, checked it again five years later, and found it still intact? That isn’t magic — it’s the science of data retention. Curious how it works?…
Is Your Flash Device Getting Too Hot? Meet Thermal Throttling – The Silent Protector
Understanding Thermal Throttling in Storage Devices Have you ever touched a storage device—like an SSD or USB drive—while transferring a large amount of data and noticed it getting hot, even…
Understanding SLC, MLC, and TLC NAND in Flash Memory
When purchasing a memory product based on NAND flash, you may have encountered terms like SLC, MLC, or TLC in the product description. But have you ever wondered what they…
SSD Performance benchmarking with FIO
Here I will talk about how we can use FIO (Flexible IO tester) to benchmark the performance of different types of storage devices. For the demonstration below an M.2 NVME…
Queues in Nvme
We might have heard about queues in Nvme often. In fact whenever we hear Nvme, the word queues is bound to come with it since nothing is complete in the…
Nvme Controller Initialization and registers for Nvme over Pcie
You may have come across terms like NVMe and PCIe used together, such as NVMe over PCIe. The connection between them might spark curiosity, leading to questions about their interrelation.…
NVME PowerStates
This blog will go over some background about the power states which NVME defines under the power management capabilities that allows the host to control the power of the NVM…
Is your SSD Healthy
We often hear “Stay healthy ”, the more healthy you are, the more happy you will be and will be able to do your day to day tasks easily, in…