Forward-looking: As PCIe 5.0 SSD speeds quickly improve and the PCIe 4.0 SSD costs proceed to tumble, the enterprise market is pushing new boundaries for storage. Data centers are beginning to see quick 30 TB SSDs, with fashions doubling that capability coming later this year.
Solidigm has revealed an enterprise-focused PCIe SSD that it goals to supply in sizes starting from 7.68 TB to 61.44 TB. These larger capacities can scale back the bodily dimension and value of present data heart drive arrays.
The PCIe 4.0 D5-P5336 is the world’s first quad-level cell SSD, with a 7GB/s sequential learn pace and a 3.1GB/s sequential write pace. The product web page signifies that these numbers permit a bit over 1 million 4K learn IOPs and 31,000 16K write IOPs. Solidigm first revealed its plans to make 61.44 TB storage gadgets at Tech Field Day 2022 final November.
The drive is offered now within the E1.L type consider 15.36 TB and 30.72 TB capacities. The firm plans to ship E1.L and U.2 fashions with 61.44 TB later this year, with a 30.72 TB E3.S variant coming someday within the first half of 2024.
Solidigm designed the D5-P5336 to fulfill the rising calls for of AI, machine studying, and content material supply workloads. All of those duties require storing and shifting huge data units.
Larger-capacity drives can scale back the bodily dimension and vitality footprint of drive arrays. The firm claims the D5-P5336 considerably diminishes each in comparison with TLC and HDD arrays.
With energy and cooling prices down by 125 % on a rack a bit over half the scale, Solidigm’s new drives may lower the entire value of possession (TOC) by 17 % in comparison with an all-TLC array, assuming each deployments are 100 PB. In distinction with an all-HDD array, the D5-P5336 may reduce vitality and cooling bills by nearly 5 instances with a rack one-sixth the scale for a 47 % decrease TOC. The financial savings are essentially the most dramatic in opposition to hybrid arrays – an as much as 600 % energy and cooling value discount on a rack one-seventh as the scale – leading to a 61 % decrease TOC.
The presently accessible 30.72 TB mannequin places Solidigm in direct competitors in opposition to Micron, which launched a similarly-sized data heart SSD in May (in contrast within the chart above). Solidigm’s drive has barely quicker learn speeds however makes use of 20 % extra energy.