KIOXIA's EDSFF E1.S SSDs are designed to optimize system density, efficiency, and manageability. Based on the EDSFF consortium definition and leveraging OCP's NVMe Cloud SSD Specification, the compact E1.S form factor replaces the entry-level M.2 form factor, delivering higher density, improved performance, reliability, and thermal management. Furthermore, the E1.S form factor is designed to support hot-swapping, a feature not present in the M.2 design.
This read-intensive XD6 series, which leverages KIOXIA's BiCS FLASH 3D memory, features 1 DWPD endurance, is compatible with NVMe 1.3c and PCIe 4.0 specifications, and is available in 1.92 TB and 3.84 TB capacities. A TCG-Opal 2.0 encryption option is also included.
The E1.S EDSFF design is geared towards large-scale deployments in hyperscale data centers, thanks to its ability to scale in capacity, power, performance, and thermal management. Drives designed with OCP's NVMe Cloud SSD Specification technology can be used in OCP's new Yosemite V3 platform, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook).
“Microsoft and the OPCP Storage working group have demonstrated how open collaboration in the industry has successfully harmonized hyperscalers, system designers, and SSD vendors on next-generation storage designs,” said Jason Adrian, senior director of Azure Platform Architecture at Microsoft. “The E1.S EDSFF design is the future of flash storage in hyperscale data centers, including Azure platforms. Solid-state drives designed with the OCP NVMe Cloud SSD Specification, such as the KIOXIA XD6 series, will power the next generation of E1.S EDSFF servers.”.
“We are delighted to offer our customers significant benefits and, consequently, an improved total cost of ownership with drives that are more thermally efficient and, with better cooling, deliver significantly higher performance,” said Frederik Haak, Senior Director of SSD Marketing and Engineering at KIOXIA Europe GmbH. “New specifications and designs, such as EDSFF, are improvements that cutting-edge data centers and applications need to achieve a more efficient and optimized Flash memory deployment.”
KIOXIA is actively involved with and collaborates with the E1 and E3 EDSFF solutions industry development group and continues to work with leading server and storage system developers to unlock the full potential of Flash memory and NVMe and PCIe technologies.
