Pure Storage, Inc.
Distributed integrated high-speed solid-state non-volatile random-access memory

Abstract:

A system may include embedded storage devices, each including: a first solid state drive (SSD) storage portion and a second non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) portion. The NVRAM portion includes a random access memory (RAM) device, a processing device, and an energy source, where the first SSD portion and the second NVRAM portion are separately addressable. The system further includes a storage system controller, operatively coupled to the embedded storage devices via a network. The storage system controller may be to: determine that data is to be stored in the first SSD storage portion of a first embedded storage device of the plurality of embedded storage devices; and buffer the data in the second NVRAM portion of a second embedded storage device of the plurality of embedded storage devices.