61.44TB: WW Record Capacity for PCIe SDD

Solidigm announced the D5-P5336 another QLC SSD Series for the data center.

Offered in capacities from 7.68 to 61.44TB, the D5-P5336 makes it possible to store up to 6x more data in the same space compared to an all HDD array.⁽¹⁾

“Modern workloads like AI and capabilities like 5G are rapidly reshaping the storage landscape,” said Greg Matson, VP, strategic planning and marketing. “Businesses need storage in more places that is inexpensive, able to store massive data sets efficiently and access the data at speed. The D5-P5336 delivers on all three -,value, density and performance. With QLC, the economics are compelling – imagine storing 6x more data than HDDs and 2x more data than TLC SSDs, all in the same space at TLC speed.”

Built to handle massive amounts of data from the core to the edge, the read performance of the D5-P5336 exceeds some of the latest cost-optimized TLC SSDs on the market today. ⁽²⁾ AI, ML, content delivery networks, scale-out NAS, and object storage are all read-intensive workloads that continue to drive enormous volumes of data, regardless of where they reside.

Massive scalability and improved TCO across a range of configurations
With its high capacity enabling smaller storage footprints, D5-P5336 enables a lower TCO infrastructure than all-TLC arrays, SAS HDD arrays, or hybrid arrays. Consider the following, based on a 100PB object storage solution deployment:

“For years there has been debate about endurance and reliability of SSDs, QLC in particular, but Solidigm might have ended that debate with the D5-P5336,” noted Avery Pham, VP operations, Vast Data Ltd. “Any number of applications will see notable benefits from these drives from AI and machine learning to object storage.”

“Today, it is clear that the primary constraint for edge workloads is the limitation of bandwidth rather than latency,” said Doug Emby, VP sales and business development, Cheetah RAID Storage. “Solidigm’s D5-P5336 QLC SSDs offer an impressive combination of capacity, performance, and reliability as a solution to overcome this challenge. The seamless integration of these Solidigm QLC SSDs with Cheetah’s high-performance servers makes them highly suitable for the efficient deployment of edge solutions.”

The D5-P5336 is shipping in E1.L form factor with up to 30.72TB, with subsequent availability extending to 61.44TB in both U.2 and E1.L later this year. In the 1H24, the company will be shipping E3.S form factor with up to 30.72TB.

Performance :

• Random read (100% Span) : 1,005,000 IO/s (4K, QD256)
• Random write (100% Span) : 29.900 IO/s (16K, QD256)
• Power – Active : 25W
• Power – Idle : 5W
• Latency – Random read (typ.) : 15μs (16K blocks)
• Latency – Random write (typ.) : 31μs (16K blocks)
• Latency – Sequential read (typ.) : 110μs (4K blocks)
• Latency – Sequential write (typ.) : 15μs (16K blocks)

Resource:
Solidigm D5-P5336 product brief

⁽¹⁾ All-HDD capacity based on 12×3.5” front load bays x20TB = 240TB. HDD capacity does not factor in any over-provisioning required to meet storage performance needs. All-QLC capacity based on 24x U.2 front load bays x 61.44TB D5-P5336 = 1474TB. Max 2U U.2 based on HPE Proliant DL385 Gen 11 configuration. Max 2U 3.5” HDD bays based on Supermicro 2U SuperServer design.
⁽²⁾ Up to 34% higher throughput than entry TLC SSDs and 20% higher than mainstream TLC SSDs for CDN workload. Comparing 15.36TB Solidigm D5-P5336 with read BW of 7.5GB/s to15.36TB Kioxia CD8-R with 5.6 GB/s as entry TLC SSD and to 15.36TB Micron 7450 with 6.2GB/s as mainstream TLC SSD. Workload based on representative customer profile. Test Configuration: Supermicro SYS-120U-TNR, Intel Xeon Gold 6354. Number of CPUs: 2, Cores per CPU: 18 (total 36), DRAM: DDR4 – 64GB, OS: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Linux 5.15.0-67-generic. FIO 3.16.