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NVMe explained

# NVMe

A storage interface designed for modern non-volatile devices.

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## IN THIS DOCUMENT

[What it means](https://koalavps.com/glossary-nvme/#section-1)[For hosting](https://koalavps.com/glossary-nvme/#section-2)[How does your application access the disk?](https://koalavps.com/glossary-nvme/#section-3)[Knowledge base](https://koalavps.com/resources/)

## What it means

NVMe is a protocol, not a complete performance result. Device quality, contention, queue depth, filesystem and workload influence the latency and throughput an application sees.

## For hosting

Use representative storage measurements and keep backups. Fast local storage is not automatically redundant or independently recoverable.

## How does your application access the disk?

A database’s small synchronous writes and a large sequential backup stress storage differently. Benchmark the actual workload and consider recovery as well as speed.

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