DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced that the third NVM Express Interoperability Plugfest, in cooperation with the NVM Express Organization, led to the successful listing of twelve products to the UNH-IOL’s NVMe Integrators List 1.1b. Products from HGST, Intel, Marvell, Samsung, and OCZ are now included on the Integrators List which serves as the industry’s resource on validated products that are interoperable and in conformance with the NVMe 1.1b specification, as well as industry-accepted test practices.
In partnership with the NVM Express Organization, the UNH-IOL formed the UNH-IOL NVMe Testing Consortium in 2012 and held the industry’s first Plugfest in May 2013, for testing to the NVMe 1.0 specification. Today, product interoperability, conformance, and features like Subsystem Reset, boot and Hotplug Tests are now conducted to determine product eligibility for the Integrators List. Products must pass 4 out of 5 interoperability tests to be eligible for the list. With forty engineers, representing sixteen companies, the third Plugfest, conducted November 10-13, 2014, yielded twelve products that met the requirements of the NVMe Integrators List 1.1b.
“Plugfests play a valuable role in providing system integrators and users with confidence in new industry standards and products,” said Ulrich Hansen, vice president of SSD product marketing, HGST. “This confidence helps to drive adoption so that organizations can quickly benefit from the latest technological advancements. HGST is committed to supporting these events to help elevate the maturity and deployments throughout the NVMe ecosystem.”
“The participating companies in our third Plugfest were a good mix of device and subsystem vendors, silicon vendors, IP companies and enterprise storage companies,” said David Woolf, UNH-IOL NVMe testing consortium lead. “Our goal was to help improve NVMe technology and prove that NVMe continues to be a robust and interoperable solution, which I believe we accomplished.”
Access to the UNH-IOL’s vendor-neutral and independent test services and attendance at NVMe Plugfests require membership in the UNH-IOL NVMe Testing Consortium. Members are able to list qualifying products on the NVMe Integrators List upon completion of laboratory testing. They can also place products in the UNH-IOL NVMe interoperability test bed for continuous testing, thereby making a contribution to the further development of NVMe technology.
A fourth Plugfest is scheduled for the week of June 8th, 2015.
For more information on the UNH-IOL’s NVMe Consortium and related
initiatives, please visit:
UNH-IOL NVMe Consortium: www.iol.unh.edu/nvme
UNH-IOL
NVMe Plugfest Webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcinMumgPss
UNH-IOL
PCIe Consortium: www.iol.unh.edu/pcie
About the UNH-IOL
Founded in 1988, the UNH-IOL provides independent, broad-based interoperability and standards conformance testing for data, telecommunications and storage networking products and technologies. Combining extensive staff experience, standards bodies participation and a 32,000+ square foot facility, the UNH-IOL helps companies efficiently and cost effectively deliver products to the market.
About NVM Express, Inc.
NVM Express, Inc. was formed to define a new storage interface protocol, NVM Express, to enable the full performance potential provided by non-volatile memory storage technology, such as PCI Express solid state drives, in a standards-based approach to enable broad ecosystem adoption. NVM Express, Inc. is a non-profit organization and includes more than 70 member companies.
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