Dell Technologies World: Kioxia America Showcased SSDs for Server and Storage Applications

At Dell Technologies World, Kioxia America, Inc. has showcased a lineup of next-gen, flash-based SSDs designed to upgrade performance in server and storage application solutions.

A diamond-level conference sponsor for the fifth consecutive year, the company’s has collaborated with Dell Technologies, Inc. for years to create storage solutions that redefine what is possible.

Going beyond the simple transformation of HDDs to SSDs, the company is optimizing results when deployed with Dell solutions across multiple business lines. At the virtual event, the firm highlighted how its SSDs can optimize a variety of PowerEdge servers and VMware vSAN solutions. Of particular focus will be the power and performance boost delivered by the company’s PCIe Gen4 SSDs paired with PowerEdge servers.

“At Kioxia, we are firm believers that the digital world is made better when we work together,” noted Alex Mei, VP, corporate marketing, Kioxia America. “Over our longstanding collaboration with Dell, we’ve seen firsthand proof that the possibilities that exist in today’s data-driven world are endless. Together with other technology innovators, we stand ready with comprehensive flash-based storage solutions that can turn transformation strategies into reality.“

Visitors to Dell Technologies World event platform and 3D virtual Kioxia booth had access to following technology and product demos:

• CM6 Series PCIe 4.0 enterprise NVMe SSDs was demonstrated running in a performance VMware vSAN environment. The 10x performance difference between PCIe Gen 4 vs. Gen 3 will also be highlighted. These drives was also be featured demonstrated encryption without a performance hit on a PowerEdge R7525 server.

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• PM6 Series enterprise 24Gb SAS SSDs – the first 24G SAS SSDs for servers and storage ⁽¹⁾ – demonstrating the performance of 24Gb SAS. 24Gb SAS implements reliability innovations and now doubles the performance over 12Gb SAS SSDs to take better advantage of PCIe 4.0 ecosystems.

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PowerEdge MX750c

• CM6 Series PCIe 4.0 data center NVMe SSDs were configured in bare metal PowerEdge MX750c and MX740c servers running a database workload to PCIe 4.0 vs. 3.0 performance. A 55% MySQL database performance improvement over PCIe 3.0 SSDs were shown.

Additional demos and more information on the breadth of Kioxia products and solutions can be found in the 3D virtual booth. Product kiosks highlight the company’s innovations in 10 different areas, including BiCS flash 3D flash memory and advanced flash solutions for the 5G data revolution.

Dell Technologies World breakout session
Kioxia America and Dell jointly conducted a session titled, Secure Your Data in the Fast Lane with PCIe Gen 4 and Self-Encrypting Drives, focuses on the challenges IT professionals face in adhering to new storage security requirements. Various degrees of drive-level security, including encrypting data at rest and managing encryption keys were explored – as well as the role PCIe Gen 4.0 SSDs play in enabling data security while setting the bar for performance.

Additionally, Alvaro Toledo, SVP and GM, SSD business unit, Kioxia, has featured in an interview on Dell EMC TV. The session and interview are available on the kioxia Dell Technologies World sponsor page and can also be viewed on the Dell Technologies World website.

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3D virtual booth, demos and presentations

⁽¹⁾ Source: Kioxia Corporation, as of June 16, 2020. Based on a Kioxia market survey of publicly available information.