Solidigm Introduces Highest Capacity PCIe SSD: 122TB D5-P5336

Solidigm announced the introduction of a world’s highest capacity PCIe SSD: the 122TB D5-P5336 data center SSD.

The D5-P5336 doubles the storage space of the company’s earlier 61.44TB version of the drive and is a world’s 1st SSD with unlimited Random Write endurance for 5 years – offering a solution for AI and data-intensive workloads. Just how much storage is 122.88TB? Roughly enough for 4K-quality copies of every movie theatrically released in the 1990s, 2.6 times over.

Storage power, thermal and space constraints are accelerating as AI adoption increases. Power and space-efficient, the 122TB D5-P5336 delivers industry storage efficiency from the core data center to the edge. Data center operators can deploy with confidence the 122TB D5-P5336 from the firm, the QLC (quad-level cell) density leader with more than 100EB of QLC-based product shipped since 2018.

“Data center architects are scrambling to solve their power and space efficiency needs, and they can help address these issues with Solidigm’s 122TB D5-P5336 that is designed to make every watt and square inch count,” said Greg Matson, SVP, strategic planning and marketing. “this massive capacity ssd is a game-changer — using far fewer watts per terabyte and freeing up valuable energy for other data center and edge power priorities.”

Ultra-high density SSDs improving power and space equation
By the numbers, the 122TB D5-P5336 drive:

• Consumes up to 84% less storage power in NAS deployments versus legacy hybrid HDD + TLC (triple-level cell) solutions;
• Improves power density at the edge with 3.4x more TBs/watt versus 30TB TLC;
• Enables up to 4PB of storage per 1 rack unit; and
• Is designed by the pioneers of QLC, so can be deployed with confidence.

These drives also store more data in smaller footprint, enabling more efficient and more scalable data center and edge designs that:

• Achieve up to a 4:1 NAS footprint reduction versus legacy HDD + TLC solutions; and
• Store 4x more data in space-constrained edge installations versus 30TB TLC.

These modern-day high density QLC drives can perform up to 15% better on data intensive workloads including content delivery networks, general purpose storage applications and object store applications compared to an entry level high-density data center TLC offering from the competition. D5-P5336 can exhibit up to 40% better read response rate under sustained write workloads.⁽¹⁾

“The AI opportunity does not come without challenges, and organizations today are making unprecedented infrastructure power and space decisions,” said Travis Vigil, SVP, ISG product management, Dell Technologies, Inc. “Dell Technologies believes that higher density provides the path to maximizing storage energy efficiency while minimizing data center footprint. As we strive towards density in our own solutions, we look forward to continued storage innovations like Solidigm’s new 122TB D5-P5336 SSD.”

With this launch, Solidigm continues its commitment to delivering industry quality and reliability with SSDs in form factors that plug into standard storage servers.

Now sampling to customers, the 122TB drive is a strong extension to the company’s high-capacity SSDs for AI and other data-intensive workloads. With this drive, the firm further extends its high-capacity QLC SSD leadership with drives from 7 to 122TB that share the same controller, making them easier for customers to qualify.

⁽¹⁾ Compared vs. Micron 6500 30.72TB drive on content delivery network, general purpose server and object storage simulation workload.