NVMe · Non-Volatile Memory Express
The high-speed protocol for SSDs over PCIe, the storage interface standard in modern AI servers.
Current numbers
tens of µsNVMe-oF read latency over RDMA (RoCE/IB) vs milliseconds for legacy NFS/iSCSI
Purge = verified sanitize overwrite, block erase, or CE; Destruct is separate/fallbackIEEE 2883-2022: no overwrite-based method meets the Purge threshold for SSD/NVMe — only verified cryptographic erase or physical destruction qualifies