Kioxia unveils E1.L SSDs for hyperscalers with up to 122.88TB capacity
Kioxia's LD4-series SSDs can store up to 122.88TB of data in a compact form-factor, but its performance remains a mystery.
Kioxia has unveiled its LD4-series solid-state drives (SSDs) in an E1.L form factor, boasting capacities of up to 122.88TB. These drives utilize BiCS8 3D QLC NAND and cater to high-density storage needs in hyperscale data centers, particularly for read-intensive workloads such as AI data repositories and object storage. The drives adhere to the NVMe 2.0e specification and operate at PCIe 4.0 x4 speeds, providing a theoretical maximum bandwidth of approximately 7.88 GB/s in each direction.
Kioxia's LD4-series SSDs leverage a proprietary platform, designed to fit multiple 3D NAND flash packages on an elongated printed circuit board within a thin 1U server. This design allows for maximizing storage capacity within existing rack space, a crucial feature for large-scale storage deployments. Samples of 15.36TB and 30.72TB LD4 drives have been provided to select customers, with 122.88TB configurations expected to be available and mass production yet to be announced.
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