In recent years, with the explosive growth of the total amount of data in society, the scale of data centers has also grown rapidly. According to IDC, the number of new data centers built around the world will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% from 2022 to 2026. This puts forward challenges for storage infrastructure, including providing massive space, diverse storage, elastic expansion, ultimate performance, Intelligent operation and maintenance, high-density storage, green and low-carbon and other new requirements, and solid-state drive (SSD) storage has become the main storage medium of the new generation data center with its characteristics of high reliability, low latency and low energy consumption.
In this context, Yilian and its parent company Memory Technology, together with IDC, jointly released the "White Paper on SSD Supporting the High-Quality Development of New Generation Data Centers" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper"), which will further promote systematic research on data centers and provide the industry with the necessary capabilities . A valuable reference for next-generation data center construction and SSD development plans.
How does the data center move towards the "new generation"?
According to IDC forecasts, the total amount of newly generated data in the world will reach 221ZB in 2026, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 23.8%. Simply adding storage and computing equipment to cope with data growth has made the data management efficiency and operation and maintenance costs of the data center no longer controllable. At the same time, as more and more companies implement digital-first strategies, data centers need to continue to be upgraded and iterated.
Figure 1 Forecast of the number of new data centers globally, 2022-2026 (Source: IDC, 2023)
Faced with the growing computing demand in the era of digital economy, the "White Paper" points out that the new generation data center should be an infrastructure that can meet the digital development of enterprises in all scenarios and provide all-round digital capability support. It will provide all-scenario, high-performance, and The development of highly flexible and sustainable services.
Figure 2 The new generation data center provides comprehensive support for the digital development of enterprises (Source: IDC, 2023)
Specifically, the new generation data center should be able to support multi-modal workloads; be able to adapt to the demands of enterprises and ecological sustainable development; be able to achieve intensive and efficient management of massive equipment and environments; continuously optimize edge strategies; and be able to ensure enterprise business continuity. Safety and safety; always paying attention to the six characteristics of cost and benefit. On the one hand, it requires efficient use of energy and space; on the other hand, it can support enterprises or institutions to obtain a sustainable computing environment.
Grasp the development trend of the new generation of data centers and make the first move in the SSD industry
The "White Paper" points out that building a new generation of data centers requires a comprehensive upgrade of the three underlying elements, including comprehensive upgrades of computing power (computing power), data storage capacity (storage capacity) and network carrying capacity (transport capacity). The three go hand in hand, restricting, penetrating, and synergizing each other. They are the underlying driving force for activating markets, connecting industries, and empowering innovation. Among them, storage capacity is the basis for carrying data, and the main role of data objectively determines storage capacity's cornerstone status in the data center.
With the evolution of information technology, vertical industry needs, and Internet economic characteristics, the amount of data accumulated by enterprises continues to increase, businesses continue to put forward new demands, and the requirements for data centers in terms of "storage capacity" are also increasing:
Figure 3 Enterprises have put forward new requirements for data center “capacity” (Source: IDC, 2023)
The "White Paper" believes that data storage in future data centers should focus on green, safe, high-efficiency and high-benefit development directions. As an accelerator for data centers to achieve high-quality development, data center-level SSDs will effectively meet the development needs of the new generation of data centers by improving their performance in terms of access speed, security, intelligent monitoring, and energy consumption, and promote them to become intelligent and low-cost. Development in the direction of carbonization.
In the future development, data center SSD should make full use of the advantages of SSD such as low energy consumption, high efficiency, and low heat dissipation, focus on energy conservation and carbon reduction, and promote green development; integrate advanced coding, disaster recovery, and information security technologies to build a multi-layer protection mechanism. Ensure data security in all aspects; embrace SSD NVMe interface specifications to enhance storage access advantages such as high I/O and low latency to achieve rapid business response; as the price gap between SSD and mechanical hard disks continues to narrow, it helps enterprises optimize equipment and operating costs. Reduce business costs and increase efficiency.
Figure 4 Data center-level SSD helps storage infrastructure achieve high-quality development (Source: IDC, 2023)
Interpretation of Yilian application practices to support customers in accelerating storage upgrades
As a key component of data center storage, SSD's market development is inseparable from two major driving forces: technological innovation driven by technology manufacturers, and demand upgrades driven by industry user business development. The two form synergy to promote the vigorous development of the technology market. As a leading domestic SSD manufacturer, Yilian has accumulated a wealth of practical cases since its establishment. The "White Paper" presents Yilian's best practices in storage, PC and cloud data centers.
Figure 5 Yilian enterprise-level/data center-level SSD technical characteristics
At the same time, the "White Paper" also provides a detailed introduction to Yilian's core values and application technologies in the data center field. Through a complete product matrix and advanced technical capabilities, Yilian can promote the development of data centers in the direction of green, safe, high efficiency and high benefits.
The data center is a core hub that gathers computing resources, network resources, and data resources. It is the core engine and strategic resource for countries and enterprises to accelerate digital development. It not only requires high-speed IT computing power, but also needs to be advanced in terms of low-carbon and sustainable development. Layout and thinking. Memory Technology will continue to innovate solutions in the storage field and push data centers to a new stage with more competitive high-performance, high-stability and high-reliability storage products.
For more information, please reply to "White Paper" on the "UnionMemory" public account.