KIOXIA CD8-R Series is a read intensive data center NVMe SSD that is optimized to support a broad range of scale-out and cloud applications, including big data/IoT, online transaction processing, and virtualization. Built with a PCIe 4.0 (16 GT/s x4) interface, the CD8-R Series SSDs deliver consistent performance up to 1,250K IOPS (random read) and 200K IOPS (random write).Featuring KIOXIA 112-layer BiCS FLASH 3D TLC flash memory, the CD8-R 2.5-inch form factor SSDs deliver 1 DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) of endurance and storage capacities up to 15.36 TB in a 2.5-inch form factor, making them well-suited for hyperscale data center applications.Key Features PCIe 4.0, NVMe 1.4 specification compliant Open Compute Project Datacenter NVMe SSD specification v2.0 support (not all requirements) Form factor: 2.5-inch, 15mm thickness Proprietary KIOXIA architecture: controller, firmware and 112-layer BiCS FLASH 3D TLC Single-port design, optimized for data center class workloads Consistent performance and reliability for demanding 24x7 environments Designed for high-density storage deployments Power loss protection (PLP) and end-to-end data correction Security options: SIE, SED[1][2][3][4]
