NVMe Gen5 RAID

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Eliminate I/O bottlenecks. Our massive NVMe Gen5 SSD arrays deliver millions of IOPS to ensure your databases and game worlds load instantly.

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Speed Meets Durability.

In modern cloud environments, the CPU is rarely the bottleneck-it's the disk. Legacy spinning drives and even standard SATA SSDs cannot keep up with the I/O demands of enterprise databases or massive multiplayer game worlds. Plex Scale strictly utilizes PCIe Gen5 NVMe arrays configured in highly redundant RAID topologies. We treat your data as if it were our own.

Technical Specifications

Gen5

PCIe NVMe Standard

14GB/s+

Read/Write Speeds

RAID 10

Redundant Arrays

ZFS

File System

Architecture

Bypassing The Bottleneck

Unlike traditional storage that communicates through legacy SATA or SAS controllers, our Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) drives attach directly to the motherboard's PCIe Gen5 lanes. This direct connection to the CPU bypasses the traditional storage stack entirely, slashing latency from milliseconds to microseconds.

However, raw speed is useless without data integrity. All Plex Scale storage arrays are formatted using the ZFS file system. ZFS provides copy-on-write functionality, meaning data is never overwritten in place-preventing corruption during sudden power loss. Furthermore, ZFS performs continuous background checksumming.

If a single bit flips due to cosmic radiation or silicon degradation, ZFS instantly detects it and repairs the block using the redundant parity data in the RAID array, all completely invisible to your running applications.

Zero Data Loss Architecture

Triple-replicated block storage ensuring your data survives hardware failure.

Reliability

Protecting What Matters

Self-Healing Arrays

Automatic block-level corruption detection and repair.

High IOPS

Sustain millions of Input/Output Operations Per Second for massive databases.

Automated Snapshots

Instantly capture the state of your drive before updates, deploy in seconds.

Where I/O Matters Most

Relational Databases

MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server thrive on high IOPS. Execute complex JOINs and massive analytical queries without disk thrashing.

Minecraft Chunk Generation

When players fly via Elytra, the server must rapidly generate and read region files. NVMe prevents block lag and server stalls.

Log Aggregation

Elasticsearch and Splunk ingest massive volumes of continuous write data. Our arrays absorb write-heavy workloads effortlessly.

Compare

Plex Scale vs Others

Feature	Plex Scale	Other Hosts
Storage Medium	PCIe Gen5 NVMe	SATA SSD / HDD
File System	ZFS (Self-Healing)	ext4 / NTFS
Array Topology	Hardware/ZFS RAID 10	RAID 0 or No RAID
IOPS Capability	1,000,000+	10,000 - 50,000

FAQ

Common Questions

Is the storage local or network-attached?

All primary compute instances use Local NVMe storage. This avoids the inherent latency introduced by SAN (Storage Area Network) environments.

What is RAID 10?

RAID 10 combines disk mirroring and disk striping. It provides the extreme read/write performance of striping alongside the fault tolerance of mirroring. It is the gold standard for database storage.

Are backups included?

We offer automated off-site backups as an option on all plans. While ZFS RAID protects against hardware failure, backups protect against user error.

Can I add block storage later?

Yes. If you run out of local NVMe space, you can attach scalable, high-availability block storage volumes to your instance at any time.

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