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Kioxia 12.8TB SAS 24GBPS Solid State Drive Pm6-V Series 2.5-inch Mixed Use BiCS Flash TLC U.2 SSD

The Kioxia 12.8TB SAS 24GBPS Solid State Drive (SSD) from the PM6-V Series is a cutting-edge, high-capacity storage solution designed for demanding enterprise environments. Built to deliver high performance and superior reliability, this SSD offers exceptional speed, endurance, and scalability, making it the ideal choice for businesses seeking advanced storage solutions for mixed-use workloads. This drive is engineered to handle a wide range of tasks, including database management, virtualization, and other high-demand applications that require a balance of read and write performance.

Key Features of the Kioxia 12.8TB PM6-V Series SSD

The Kioxia 12.8TB SSD incorporates advanced features and technologies designed to provide maximum performance and reliability. Here are some of the key features that make this drive an outstanding option for enterprise applications:

• High Capacity for Large-Scale Data Storage: With a massive 12.8TB capacity, this SSD offers ample space for enterprises that need to store and manage vast amounts of data, such as in big data applications, cloud computing, and data centers.
• BiCS Flash™ 3D TLC NAND: The Kioxia PM6-V Series uses BiCS Flash™ 3D TLC NAND technology, which enhances storage density, reliability, and endurance. This advanced NAND technology is essential for businesses requiring long-lasting and high-performance storage solutions.
• SAS 24Gbps Interface: The drive supports the SAS 24Gbps interface, providing lightning-fast data transfer speeds, essential for high-throughput applications in enterprise settings such as transactional databases and virtualization workloads.
• Mixed-Use Workload Optimization: Designed for mixed-use applications, this SSD strikes a perfect balance between read and write performance, making it ideal for environments that require both high-speed data retrieval and consistent data writing.
• U.2 Form Factor: The Kioxia PM6-V Series SSD uses the U.2 interface, which is designed for high-performance SSDs, ensuring fast data transfer speeds while maintaining compatibility with standard server environments.
• Power Loss Protection: The PM6-V Series SSD includes power loss protection, ensuring that your data is safe even during unexpected power interruptions. This feature is critical for maintaining data integrity in mission-critical environments.
• Enterprise-Grade Endurance: Built to withstand the heavy demands of enterprise applications, the PM6-V Series offers high endurance, with a DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) rating of 3, ensuring that the drive can handle intensive write operations over its lifespan.

Performance Characteristics

Sequential Read and Write Performance

When it comes to sequential performance, the Kioxia 12.8TB PM6-V Series SSD delivers outstanding speeds, ideal for workloads that involve large, continuous data transfers, such as backups, media editing, and data replication. The performance specifications are as follows:

• Sustained 128KB Sequential Read: The drive offers a sequential read speed of up to 4,200 MB/s. This high read speed ensures that large files are accessed quickly and efficiently, minimizing delays and optimizing system performance in environments that require quick data retrieval.
• Sustained 128KB Sequential Write: The SSD provides a sustained 128KB sequential write speed of 3,400 MB/s, ensuring that large datasets can be written rapidly. This is essential for use cases such as database updates, file system backups, and data-intensive tasks.

Random Read and Write Performance

The Kioxia PM6-V Series also excels in random read and write operations, which are critical for tasks that involve accessing and modifying small chunks of data quickly and frequently. These operations are often required in environments like virtualized infrastructures, cloud applications, and transactional databases:

• Sustained 4KB Random Read: The drive achieves up to 720,000 IOPS for 4KB random read operations. This enables fast access to frequently requested data, such as database queries or web requests, improving application responsiveness and user experience.
• Sustained 4KB Random Write: With up to 320,000 IOPS for 4KB random write operations, the PM6-V Series ensures high throughput for write-intensive applications, such as logging systems, real-time analytics, and transactional databases.

Power Efficiency

In enterprise environments, power efficiency is an important consideration, as it directly affects operational costs and sustainability. The Kioxia PM6-V Series is engineered to offer low power consumption while maintaining high performance:

• Low Idle Power Consumption: With typical idle power consumption of just 5W, the SSD ensures that energy is used efficiently, minimizing unnecessary power usage during periods of inactivity.
• Power Supply Requirements: The drive operates on a supply voltage of 12V ± 10% and 5V ± 10%, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of enterprise power systems.
• Energy-Efficient Design: Despite its high performance, the PM6-V Series drive is designed to keep energy consumption low, providing excellent performance-to-watt ratio, which is essential for maintaining the efficiency of large-scale data centers.

Reliability and Durability

MTTF and DWPD Ratings

The Kioxia PM6-V Series SSD is built to provide high reliability and longevity, ensuring that enterprises can rely on it for mission-critical applications. Below are the key reliability metrics:

• Mean Time To Failure (MTTF): The PM6-V Series boasts an impressive MTTF of 2.5 million hours. This means the drive is designed to operate continuously for extended periods with a low probability of failure, making it a dependable choice for data centers and enterprise environments.
• Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): The drive supports up to 3 DWPD, which indicates its ability to endure intensive write operations on a daily basis. This high endurance makes the PM6-V Series suitable for applications with heavy write workloads, such as real-time analytics, media processing, and database management.

Temperature and Environmental Resistance

Ensuring reliable performance in a wide range of environmental conditions is crucial for enterprise-grade SSDs. The Kioxia PM6-V Series SSD is designed to operate in environments with varying temperatures, humidity, and physical stress:

• Operating Temperature: The drive operates in temperatures ranging from 0°C to 70°C, making it suitable for typical data center environments where consistent cooling is available.
• Non-Operating Temperature: The drive can withstand non-operating temperatures between -40°C and 80°C, which is useful for transportation and storage in extreme conditions.
• Humidity Resistance: The PM6-V Series operates in environments with humidity levels between 5% and 95%, making it resilient to changes in the environment that could affect performance and reliability.
• Shock and Vibration Resistance: Designed to handle physical stress, the PM6-V Series is shock-resistant to 1,000 G (0.5 ms) and vibration-resistant up to 2.17 Grms (5 to 800 Hz), ensuring that the drive can withstand physical shocks and vibrations during operation and transport.

Form Factor and Interface

2.5-Inch Form Factor

The Kioxia PM6-V Series SSD comes in a 2.5-inch form factor, which is standard for enterprise storage devices. The compact form factor allows for easy integration into existing systems without requiring additional space, making it a versatile solution for various server and storage platforms.

SAS 24Gbps Interface

Equipped with the SAS 24Gbps interface, the PM6-V Series SSD is designed to deliver high-speed data transfer rates. This interface is ideal for enterprise applications that require fast data access and high throughput, such as in transactional databases, virtualized environments, and cloud storage systems. The SAS interface also ensures compatibility with a wide range of enterprise servers and storage arrays, providing flexibility for system architects.

Applications of the Kioxia PM6-V Series 12.8TB SSD

Enterprise Storage Solutions

With its high capacity and reliability, the Kioxia PM6-V Series SSD is an excellent choice for enterprise storage solutions. Whether it’s used in storage arrays, file servers, or hyper-converged infrastructures, this SSD delivers the performance and endurance required for large-scale data management and mission-critical applications.