FMS 2020: Kioxia America Demos EDSFF E1.x XD6 Series SSDs

At FMS Virtual Conference and Expo, KIOXIA America, Inc. will highlight transformational new products that take flash storage to new heights.

At this event, it will demonstrate its flash memory technology and spotlight several different applications for attendees. It will also participate in several technical sessions led by company executives.

The inventor of flash memory, KIOXIA has a portfolio of SSDs, including solutions for client PCs, data center, hyperscale, high-end servers and storage systems. Recent announcements showcase the company’s innovation, and this will be on display at FMS.

Demonstrations of new products include the PCIe 4.0 Open Compute Platform (OCP) NVMe cloud spec-enabled SSD and new additions to its KumoScale software that bring faster NVMe-oF storage to containers.

“From powering the enterprise to scaling the data center and driving automotive and smartphone applications, KIOXIA’s mission to elevate our digital lives is resonating around the world,” said Alex Mei, VP of corporate marketing. “Together with our customers and technology partners, KIOXIA leads the way for flash memory advancements that act as catalysts for positive change – both in the IT industry and in everyday life.“

Designed to maximize system density, efficiency and simplicity, the EDSFF E1.x XD6 Series SSDs will debut at FMS. The XD6 Series addresses the specific requirements of hyperscale applications, including the performance, power and thermal requirements of the OCP NVMe Cloud SSD spec.

FMS Demos
Visitors to KIOXIA’s 3D virtual booth and FMS event platform will have access to the following technology and product demos:

XL-Flash Storage Class Memory
KumoScale storage software
BiCS flash 3D flash memory
PM5 enterprise SAS SSDs in Dell EMC PowerFlex family running Kubernetes stateful application Apache Cassandra
PM6 SSDs in MySQL demo highlighting the performance of 24Gn SAS
CM6 enterprise SAS SSDs highlighting the performance difference between PCIe Gen 4 vs. Gen 3
CM6 enterprise SAS SSDs in a VMware vSAN high-performance demo
RM5 and CD5 SSDs in:
- Virtualized workloads highlighting the performance difference between NVMe and SAS solutions vs. SATA
- DB analytics workloads demo highlighting the performance difference between NVMe and SAS solutions vs. SATA
- Transactional database workloads demo highlighting the performance difference between NVMe and SAS solutions vs. SATA
Software-enabled flash technology
UFS and e-MMC demo boards for use with new automotive and mobile applications
Industrial SLC

FMS Technical Sessions and Tutorials

Rory Bolt, senior fellow, MSSDs, KIOXIA America, Inc. – Software-Enabled Flash for Enterprise Data Centers and Next Great Breakthrough in Flash Memory
Matt Hallberg, senior product manager, enterprise and Ethernet SSDs, SSD BU, KIOXIA America, Inc. – Ethernet-Attached SSDs Lead to Higher-Performing Storage Benefits of Native NVMe-oF SSDs
John Geldman, director of SSD industry standards, KIOXIA America, Inc. – Using the New EDSFF (E3) SSDs Effectively“
Matt Hallberg, Top 5 Ways Ethernet SSDs Can Improve Storage Solutions
Chuck Piercey, director of product management, KumoScale software – NVMe-oF: The Best Way to Network Enterprise Storage Environments