NVMe over Fabrics

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NVMe protocol extension network protocol storage networking protocol

NVMe over Fabrics is a network protocol that extends the high-performance NVMe storage interface across various network transports to enable low-latency, scalable access to remote solid-state storage.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
NVMe over Fabrics using Fibre Channel 1
NVMe over Fabrics using RDMA 1
NVMe over Fabrics using TCP 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NVMe protocol extension ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ
storage networking protocol ⓘ
abbreviation NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NVMe-oF
advantage better CPU efficiency on hosts ⓘ
end-to-end NVMe semantics ⓘ
higher IOPS than traditional SAN protocols ⓘ
lower latency than SCSI-based protocols ⓘ
support for many parallel queues ⓘ
applicableTo cloud storage infrastructures ⓘ
data center networks ⓘ
enterprise SANs ⓘ
high-performance computing environments ⓘ
basedOn NVMe ⓘ
comparedTo Fibre Channel ⓘ
surface form: Fibre Channel Protocol

iSCSI ⓘ
designedFor disaggregated storage ⓘ
flash storage arrays ⓘ
solid-state storage ⓘ
enables converged infrastructure ⓘ
host-to-target communication over a fabric ⓘ
hyper-converged infrastructure ⓘ
remote access to NVMe namespaces ⓘ
scale-out storage systems ⓘ
storage disaggregation ⓘ
storage virtualization ⓘ
fullName NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics
goal extend NVMe performance across networks ⓘ
minimize protocol overhead over the fabric ⓘ
provide uniform NVMe interface for local and remote storage ⓘ
standardizedBy NVMe ⓘ
surface form: NVM Express organization
supports high-throughput storage access ⓘ
low-latency storage access ⓘ
multipath I/O ⓘ
remote NVMe storage access ⓘ
scalable storage access ⓘ
shared storage architectures ⓘ
transportIncludes Fibre Channel ⓘ
InfiniBand ⓘ
RDMA ⓘ
RoCE ⓘ
Transmission Control Protocol ⓘ
surface form: TCP

iWARP ⓘ
uses NVMe ⓘ
surface form: NVMe command set

message-based transport ⓘ
queue-based command submission ⓘ
usesConcept controllers ⓘ
fabrics abstraction ⓘ
namespaces ⓘ
queue pairs ⓘ
subsystems ⓘ
variant NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NVMe over Fabrics using Fibre Channel

NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NVMe over Fabrics using RDMA

NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NVMe over Fabrics using TCP

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NVMe over Fabrics → abbreviation → NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NVMe-oF
FCoE → competesWith → NVMe over Fabrics ⓘ
Fibre Channel → competesWith → NVMe over Fabrics ⓘ
NVMe over Fabrics → fullName → NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics
NVMe over Fabrics → variant → NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NVMe over Fabrics using RDMA
NVMe over Fabrics → variant → NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NVMe over Fabrics using Fibre Channel
NVMe over Fabrics → variant → NVMe over Fabrics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NVMe over Fabrics using TCP