Interface for solid-state memory

An apparatus, comprising:

• a serial attached small computer system (SCSI) (SAS) interface configured to receive a memory request;
• an input/output (I/O) processor coupled to the SAS interface, the I/O processor being configured to create a memory controller command from the memory request;
• switches connected to the I/O processor, where a first switch is connected to the I/O processor with two or more channels;
• and
• memory controllers connected to the first switch, where a first memory controller is configured to execute the memory controller command to access a memory.

A method, comprising:

• translating one or more aggregated memory commands into a solid state memory command, where the aggregated memory commands are comprised of memory commands from different streams of magnetic disk drive commands;
• sending the solid state memory command to a memory controller;
• and
• executing the solid state memory command in the memory controller to perform the solid state memory command in a solid state memory.