Toshiba Memory has announced the availability of its XD5-series NVMe SSD platform in a 2.5-inch, 7mm low-profile form factor that is optimized for low-latency and performance consistency in read-intensive workloads. Developed for both data center and cloud environments, the new 2.5-inch form factor XD5 Series is ideal for NoSQL databases, large-scale-out data mining and analysis, and streaming applications. The XD5 series is also well-suited for Open Compute Project (OCP) applications and systems.

Built on Toshiba's 64-layer 3-bit-per-cell (TLC) 3D flash memory, and featuring a PCIe Gen3x4 interface, the new XD5 SSD 2.5-inch option delivers sequential read performance up to 2,700 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential write performance up to 895MB/s with low active power consumption of seven watts. At one drive write per day (DWPD), the XD5 series can write nearly 4 terabytes (TB) of random data daily for five years at a consistent performance rate. Random read/write performance is specified at 250,000/21,000 IOPS respectively.

The XD5 2.5-inch Series expands Toshiba Memory's broad data center SSD portfolio and complements the previously released M.2 22100 form factor which supports 1,920 gigabyte (GB) and 3,840GB capacities. The flash memory and controllers leveraged within the XD5 series offer high reliability, data protection, end-to-end error detection and power-loss protection, and the product is backed by a five-year limited warranty.

Toshiba Memory's PCIe NVMe SSDs are designed for multiple enterprise and data center workload profiles, and include the XD5, CD5 and CM5 series. The new XD5 2.5-inch drives are sampling to select customers and scheduled for availability in the second quarter of 2019.