Teledyne LeCroy Validation Suite for Open Compute Project V.2.5 SSD Testing

Teledyne LeCroy, Inc. announce the availability of compliance testing support for the updated OCP 2.5 datacenter NVMe SSD spec.

This release enhances the existing OCP compliance test suite within the OakGate SSD test appliance. Additionally, the company‘s Austin Labs has been recognized as an OCP Experience Center, offering 3rd-party testing for OCP 2.5 requirements.

The Open Compute Project (OCP) is a collaborative community focused on redesigning hardware technology to efficiently support the growing demands on compute infrastructure. The OCP v2.5 spec was developed to enhance security features, improve SSD drive monitoring, validate workload throughput, and reduce latency in hyper-scaling applications. The firm’s OCP v2.5 compliance software suite delivers unparalleled functionality, performance, and ease of use for testing enterprise-level storage devices and helps ensure the highest level of performance for enterprise SSDs.

“Microsoft continues to invest in the future for Datacenter SSDs as contributors to the OCP Datacenter NVMe SSD Specification,” said Dillip Dash, senior director, storage device validation, Microsoft Corp. “We and our suppliers rely on industry standard tools like the OCP Compliance Test Suite from Teledyne LeCroy to evaluate drives capabilities against the specifications. These tools help to improve time to market, reduce overall cost, and increase confidence for our NVMe SSD partners. The OCP 2.5 spec supports many new features and requirements, and we have this tool in our portfolio to validate these capabilities.”

“The requirements for OCP compliance for SSDs are continually evolving,” said Nick Kriczky, VP, products and services, Teledyne LeCroy. “One of the key advantages of the OCP test requirements is that they enable the development of test solutions to assess compliance standards. The latest release of the OCP 2.5 compliance test suite will assist vendors in easily evaluating their drives vs. the specifications. Doing so enables the realization of the goal of OCP to offer more efficient, flexible, and scalable hardware.”

In addition to the company’s OCP Compliance Test solutions, Austin Labs, the premier 3rd-party test and validation center for storage devices, offers customized OCP (v1.0a and v2.0) Cloud SSD testing services. These services help customers deliver fully tested products to market on time and within budget. The firm’s Austin Labs services are designed for highly accelerated testing, interoperability, and validation of enterprise products and solutions.

The company’s OCP 2.5 Datacenter SSD Compliance Suite can be ordered.

Teledyne Lecroy OCP Compliance Test Suite

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Teledyne LeCroy Open Compute Project Test Tools and Services