NVM Express (NVMe)
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wikipedia:NVMe (2011, 2014 commercially available) technology has been supported since kernel 3.3, b60503ba432b - Matthew Wilcox, 9 years ago on Fri Nov 4 15:52:51 2011 -0400: NVMe: New driver (git log
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lsmod | grep nvme nvme 36864 0 nvme_core 61440 5 nvme
NVMe is a flavor of SAN, but the basic unit of storage is called a namespace instead of a LUN.
Related terms
See also
- M.2
- PCI, PCI DSS, PCIe,
lspci
, PCI passthrough, NGFF - SATA, SAS, ATA
- SSD, Intel Optane, NAND, V-NAND or 3D V-NAND, NVMe, NVM
- Storage: Fibre Channel, Disk arrays, Disk array shelves, Disk array controller, CD-ROM, DVD, Tape library, LTO, HDD, SSD, SCSI, iSCSI, SAS, SATA, SEDs, OPAL, Magnetic storage, WORM
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