HPE Discover: Kioxia America Showcased PCIe 4.0, 24Gb SAS SSDs

At HPE Discover 2021, Kioxia America, Inc. has showcased its lineup of next-gen, flash-based SSDs that deliver the performance, reliability and flexibility needed to prepare for the next wave of digital transformation – from the edge to the cloud.

It has been collaborating with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP to create storage solutions , and the company’s products enable a range of HPE solutions, from mobile to datacenter to enterprise.

At the virtual event, the company showcased its SSD product portfolio optimized for ProLiant servers, which provide a performance, secure and versatile foundation to run a range of applications. These products include a series of PCIe 4.0 SSDs, the first- 24Gb enterprise SAS SSDs ⁽¹⁾, and a class of value SAS SSDs that will drive the transition away from SATA SSDs. In addition, it will conduct a speaking session focused on SSD trends and technology.

“HPE is one of our long-standing customers, and together we are highly focused on empowering organizations to increase productivity and maximize IT resource utilization,” said Alvaro Toledo, VP, SSD marketing and product planning. “Kioxia enables HPE ProLiant servers with SSDs for most applications – for today or tomorrow. Together, we are making digital transformation a reality for enterprises.”

Kioxia HPE Discover sponsor page and 3D virtual booth access to following technology and product demos:

• Demo showcase:
  HPE delivers 24Gb SAS SSD for HPE ProLiant servers (Demo #4471)
  The 2 companies are delivering the first 24Gb SAS SSDs built on SAS-4 technology to ProLiant servers. By utilizing PCIe 4.0 servers with 24G SAS, the PM6 Series SSDs deliver improved performance over 12Gb SAS with increased system and application efficiency.

• Product highlights:

  CM6 and CD6 Series PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs:
  The firm’s lineup of PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSDs brings planned performance improvements of up to 2x over its PCIe Gen3 predecessors and is 12x faster than SATA drives ⁽²⁾. The company was the first to demonstrate enterprise and data center class PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs. CM6 and CD6 Series are SFF-TA-1001 conformant (U.3) SSDs to support universal drive bay systems that can accept NVMe, SAS and SATA SSDs.

• Welcome to life after SATA: The firm will highlight its RM5 Series Value SAS SSD and demonstrate its price/performance value in a real-world workload, showing a clear path away from SATA.

• HPE breakout session (Session #B4462)
  Steve Garceau, director, enterprise product marketing, SSD business unit, Kioxia America, has conduct a session titled, SSD Trends for Next-gen HPE ProLiant Servers. Available starting June 22, this session focused on the latest Kioxia SSDs, detailing how next-gen SAS can double the performance over the previous gen ⁽³⁾; how to unlock server and SSD potential with PCIe 4.0 technology; a replacement SATA technology, and the game-changing nature of ProLiant universal backplane technology.

Resources:
The Kioxia event space, presentations and HPE keynote and spotlight sessions can be accessed by registering for HPE Discover.
Kioxia 3D virtual booth, demos and presentations can be accessed.

⁽¹⁾ Source: Kioxia Corporation, as of June 16, 2020. Based on a Kioxia market survey of publicly available information.
⁽²⁾ Source: Kioxia Corporation, as of August 6, 2019. Based on a Kioxia market survey of publicly available information.
⁽³⁾ Comparison based on sequential read throughput performance comparing 24Gb and 12Gb SSDs.