Tokyo: Kioxia Corporation, a global leader in memory solutions, has partnered with Dell Technologies to introduce a 2U server configuration that can scale to an impressive 9.8 petabytes (PB) of flash storage.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the collaboration aims to develop a new class of storage-optimised platforms designed to meet the demands of artificial intelligence (AI), large-scale data lakes, and data-intensive enterprise workloads. This partnership integrates the Dell PowerEdge R7725xd server with KIOXIA LC9 Series enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs), providing high-capacity and power-efficient storage solutions intended to lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and reduce data centre footprint.

'Customers will be able to deploy massive ingestion streams, scale data lakes effortlessly, and handle large backups in a fraction of the footprint, improving TCO to new levels,' said Kioxia Corporation technology executive of the SSD Division, Akihiro Kimura. This milestone reflects the commitment of both companies to advancing high-density architectures that enhance performance, decrease energy consumption, and optimize data centre efficiency.

Dell PowerEdge R7725xd servers are built for modern AI and data-centric workloads, combining dense storage with robust compute capabilities that support AI data management and model training across the AI lifecycle. Meanwhile, KIOXIA LC9 Series SSDs provide up to 245.76 terabytes (TB) of flash-based storage with PCIe 5.0 performance across various form factors, offering a higher-capacity alternative to conventional 30.72 TB SSDs for generative AI environments.

Kioxia highlighted that a comparable 9.8 PB configuration using lower-capacity drives would necessitate seven additional servers and 280 more drives, leading to significantly increased power consumption and greater rack space usage.