https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/15/endtoend_nvme_arrays_poised_to_ressurrect_external_storage/ > Analysis NVMe-over Fabrics arrays are performing as fast as servers fitted with the same storage media – Optane or Z-SSD drives for example. Because NVMe-oF uses RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) then the network latency involved in accessing external storage arrays effectively goes away. > This can be seen with performance results in financial benchmarks, genomics processing, and AI/ML applications.