Kioxia CD8P Series PCIe 5.0 EDSFF E3.S and 2.5″ Up to 30.72TB SSDs for Enterprise and Data Center Infrastructures

Kioxia America, Inc. announced the addition of the CD8P Series to its lineup of data center SSDs.

These CD8P drives are suited to general purpose server and cloud environments that can take advantage of PCIe 5.0 (32GT/s x4) performance. These data center applications can generate complex mixed workloads spread across large scale virtualized systems. These drives are available in capacities up to 30.72TB ⁽¹⁾ and in both Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S and 2.5-inch (U.2) form factors.

Optimized for the performance, latency, reduced power and thermal requirements of data center environments where power and cooling efficiency is critical, theCD8P Series provides the predictability and consistency needed for a seamless user experience.

According to Jeff Janukowicz, research VP, IDC, “Growth in NVMe SSDs continues with PCIe capacity shipments in servers and storage systems expected to grow at a 40% CAGR between 2022 and 2027. The new CD8P Series SSDs gives these customers the range of performance, capacity, and security choices essential for meeting the storage requirements of next-generation digital enterprise and data center infrastructure.”

CD8P drives realize approximately 60% to 80% increase in sequential read performance when compared to previous generation PCIe 4.0 SSDs ^(*), including:

• Random read ⁽²⁾ performance up to 2,000,000 IO/s and random write ⁽²⁾ performance up to 400,000 IO/s

• Low and consistent 99.999^th percentile latency of under 250μs in standard random read workloads ⁽³⁾, and under 1.8ms in standard OLTP-style mixed workloads ⁽⁴⁾

The new 5^th-gen data center drives are based on the firm’s BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory TLC technology, and utilize an in-house developed controller. They are compliant with PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 specs as well as the NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) v1.1d, and support Open Compute Project (OCP) Datacenter NVMe SSD ⁽⁵⁾ spec (not all requirements).

“We are proud to introduce our latest data center PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD, for general-purpose server and cloud applications,” said Neville Ichhaporia, SVP and GM, SSD business unit, Kioxia America. “The CD8P Series is ready for next-gen PCIe 5.0 servers, delivering a great combination of high performance with low latency in both E3.S and 2.5-inch form factors.”

Additional features include:

• Data reliability with end-to-end data protection, power loss protection and flash die failure recovery

• Available SED models support TCG Opal and Ruby SSCs ⁽⁶⁾

The CD8P Series drives are sampling to select customers.

⁽¹⁾ 30.72TB capacity for 2.5-inch only
(2) 4KB block size, 4KB aligned, 100% random
⁽³⁾ 4KB block size, 4KB aligned, QD = 32, 100% random, 100% read for 3,200 to 7,680GB capacity
⁽⁴⁾ 4KB block size, 4KB aligned, QD = 32, 100% random, 70% read
⁽⁵⁾ Not all features OCP Datacenter NVMe SSD specification are supported
⁽⁶⁾ Self-encrypting Drive (SED) – supports TCG Opal and Ruby SSCs. excluding a few unsupported features of TCG Opal SSC. Security optional models are not available in all countries due to export and local regulations.
(*) Performance gains depend on the capacity and endurance (DWPD) of the SSD.