It is reported that Toshiba Memory expands NVMe SSD portfolio: announcing the availability of its 2.5'' XD5 SSD which targets cloud data centers with advanced performance. Here we write this post to show you this new Toshiba 2.5'' XD5 NVMe SSD, just keep reading.

Toshiba Memory Expands NVMe SSD Portfolio

Overview

Toshiba Memory, a company of making NAND flash memory chips, solid-state drives (SSDs) and more, has recently announced its XD5 series NVMe SSD platform in a 2.5-inch and 7mm low-profile form factor is available.

The new Toshiba 2.5’’ XD5 NVMe SSD is optimized for low-latency and performance consistency in read-intensive workloads. And this new drive is developed for both data center and cloud environments, which is ideal for large-scale-out data mining and analysis, NoSQL databases and streaming applications.

Besides, the XD5 series solid-state drive is also fairly suitable for OCP (Open Compute Project) applications and systems.

Basic Specifications of Toshiba NVMe SSD Portfolio for Cloud Data Centers

The new 2.5-inch XD5 SSD is built on 64-layer BiCS FLASH TLC (3-bit-per-cell) 3D flash memory and adopts a PCIe® Gen3x4 interface. In performance, the sequential read performance can reach up to 2700 MB/s and the sequential write speed can be up to 895 MB/s. Importantly, it can offer low active power consumption of 7 watts.

Besides, at one drive write per day (DWPD), Toshiba new NVMe SSD portfolio can write nearly 4TB of random data every day for 5 years at a consistent performance rate.

As for the random read and write performance, the new drive can respectively offer 250,000/21,000 Input/Output Operations per Second 3 (IOPS), which makes the XD5 series a reliable and predictable solution for heavy transactional and read-intensive workloads.

What Can Toshiba 2.5” XD5 NVMe SSD Do

To sum up, XD5 2.5-inch SSD expands broad data center SSD portfolio of Toshiba Memory and it also complements the previous M.2.22100 form factor that supports 1920GB and 3840GB capacities. And the XD5 series utilizes flash memory and controllers, offering data protection, end-to-end error detection, power-loss protection, and high reliability. A five-year limited warranty is offered.

Toshiba XD5 Series SSD Is the Best M.2 SSD
Toshiba XD5 Series SSD Is the Best M.2 SSD

The Toshiba XD5 Series SSD is designed for read-intensive hyperscale data center applications. You can read this post to learn more information about it.

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According to Neville Ichhaporia, senior director of data center and client SSD marketing for Toshiba Memory America Inc., today’s scale-out data centers can deal with a number of dynamic workloads and need highly reliable and low power solutions that can deliver consistent application performance.

By adding the power-optimized XD5 2.5-inch solution, Toshiba can continue to round out the broad NVMe portfolio so as to enable the cloud data center market with various solutions to meet the most requirements.

The PCle NVMe SSDs of Toshiba are designed for multiple enterprises and data centers workload profiles, including the XD5 series, the CD5 series, and the CM5 series. These can help users address the demanding data environments and realize the most valuable form the flash storage. The following is the figure about the key specifications for this portfolio:

Final Words

Now, you have learned more information about the new Toshiba 2.5” XD5 NVMe SSD. Reportedly, this company has showcased the new SSD, as well as its complete lineup of data center SSDs at OCP Global Summit from March 14-15. And the new SD5 2.5-inch drives are sampling to select customers and will be available in Q2 2019.

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