{"id":75375,"date":"2021-06-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=75375"},"modified":"2022-12-20T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:06:32","slug":"what-is-an-nvme-u-2-ssd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/75375-what-is-an-nvme-u-2-ssd\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is an NVMe U.2 SSD and Why Is It Important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='1170' height='659' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zYsUHO1vVKU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solid-state_drive\">Solid State Drives<\/a> (or SSDs) are fast, and they keep getting faster! 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