Dell and KIOXIA announce partnership to use 245TB LC9 Series SSDs in PowerEdge servers

A couple of weeks ago, KIOXIA announced its new LC9 Series, which includes the world's first high-capacity 245.76 TB NVMe SSD built for the enterprise market, data centers, and complex generative AI workloads. 245 TB of storage in 2.5-inch and Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factors (EDSFF) is a game changer, especially when it's built on KIOXIA's 8th Gen BiCS FLASH with CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology that delivers PCIe 5.0 speeds.

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This week, KIOXIA and Dell Technologies have announced a new partnership that will see Dell systems adopt LC9 Series storage, enabling power-efficient and high-performance AI-scale systems to manage multi-petabyte data sets and support cutting-edge generative AI applications and training large language models (LLMs).

KIOXIA notes that the compact size and capacity allow 245.76 TB KIOXIA LC9 Series SSDs to deliver sequential read speeds of up to 12,000 MB/sec and sequential write speeds of up to 3,000 MB/sec while reducing physical space, cooling, and power requirements. Having that level of speed also allows LC9 Series SSDs to better utilize and work alongside GPUs.

"Together, Dell Technologies and KIOXIA have a long history of enabling scalable infrastructure for data-driven applications," said Arun Narayanan, senior vice president, Compute and Networking, Dell Technologies. "SSDs like the KIOXIA LC9 Series combined with Dell PowerEdge servers offer high-capacity, power-efficient solutions tailored for advanced AI workloads while optimizing TCO and data center footprints."

KIOXIA's LC9 Series SSDs meet both PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 specifications and are available in 2.5-inch, E3.S, and E3.L form factors with capacities starting at 30.72 TB, going up to 245.76 TB.

"Enterprises today are pushing the limits of their data center infrastructure to stay competitive in the AI era," said Neville Ichhaporia, senior vice president and general manager of the SSD business unit at KIOXIA America, Inc. "With our KIOXIA LC9 Series SSDs, together with Dell Technologies, we're removing storage bottlenecks, driving higher rack-density and enabling more sustainable, scalable systems that make the most of every GPU and each watt of power."