Ever since its debut in 2001, the NVMe protocol has seen a lot of changes and benefits that have been increasing over the years. The Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) Work Group began to develop the NVMe specification in 2009 and published the 1.0 version on March 1, 2011.
The 1.0 specification included the queueing interface, the NVM command set, administration command set and security features. Afterwards we had version 1.1 which added support for multiple types of PCIe ports and the multipath I/O system we know nowadays.
Another benefit that comes with NVMe revisions Is the capability to have autonomous power transitions which reduced energy needs. This basically allowed the higher performance boost without the need of spending too much power on the computer itself.
End-To-End Data Protection and Live Firmware updates have been around since the debut of the revision 1.2 of the NVMe protocol. Of course, power management options and other enhancements also increased the functionality of the NVMe protocol and allowed for better SSDs to work with the PCIe ports.
Finally, with Revision 1.3 (The current version of the protocol) we also have the optimizations to protect against theft with Sanitize operations that can range from Low-Level Block Erase on NAND media to Encryption and overwriting.
Virtualization enhancements define how NVMe flash could be used in a shared storage environment where both physical and virtual controllers are present, including primary storage controllers and secondary storage controllers.
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Of course, these are just a few of the many benefits that come with using an NVMe Add-in Card. There are a few more benefits that will probably come in the announcement of the next revision of NVMe drives which is speculated to come sometime next year.
We can’t forget the benefits offered by certain manufacturers such as the ability to clone disks through their Wizard programs, constant monitoring of resources and heavy protection with heavy duty tasks. Truly, PCIe Add-in cards are prepared for almost anything that the computer might throw at them.
Once again, it depends mostly on the compatibility and a lot of users might not know enough or care enough about the compatibility issues. As such, it’s important to always consult the manual of the products like Motherboards in order to know what is compatible with the NVMe PCIe chip you will be using on your RIG.
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