NVMe
Non-Volatile Memory Express: the interface for fast solid state drives plugged straight into the PCI Express bus.
In more detail
Linux names them /dev/nvme0n1 for the first namespace on the first controller, and nvme0n1p1 for its first partition. They do not use the sd names of SATA and SCSI disks.
Related terms
- SCSI — Small Computer System Interface: a family of standards for attaching and commanding disks, whose Linux disk layer also drives SATA and USB disks.
- disk device names — The names Linux gives disks under /dev, such as sda for the first SCSI-layer disk and sr0 for the first optical drive.
Taught in
- Hardware: What The Kernel Sees, What It Loads — LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500 and 102-500) Exam Prep