Kioxia LC9 SSD Hits 245.76TB of Capacity in a Single Drive
9 months ago
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- Kioxia introduces the LC9 SSD with a massive 245.76TB capacity in a 2.5″ form factor.
- The LC9 SSD is available in 2.5″ or E3.L form factors, with E3.S maxing out at 122.88TB.
- Uses 2Tb QLC NAND dies and Kioxia BiCS FLASH generation 8 NAND, stacked 32 high for 8TB per package.
- Density is impressive: eight 3.5″ 30TB HDDs equal one 245.76TB LC9 SSD.
- Designed for sequential read/write workloads, not heavy random write tasks.
- SSD capacities are doubling every 1-2 years, outpacing HDD scaling.
- Targeted to displace hard drives in capacity tiers, with four drives now capable of 1PB.