KIOXIA CD8-R 3.84TB 2.5" PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

The KIOXIA CD8-R is a read-intensive Solid State Drive engineered for deployment within high-density data center and cloud infrastructure environments. It utilizes a 2.5-inch form factor suitable for enterprise server chassis. The drive leverages a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, enabling sequential data transfers up to 7200 MB/s read and 3800 MB/s write. This performance profile is maintained by KIOXIA’s proprietary controller and 112-layer BiCS FLASH 3D TLC NAND technology.

Optimized for demanding, sustained operational loads, the CD8-R series provides robust reliability metrics, including a 2.5 million hour Mean Time Between Failures rating. Critical data integrity is maintained through enhanced power loss protection (PLP) and end-to-end data protection mechanisms. The 1 DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) endurance rating specifies the drive's capacity for sustained input/output operations, classifying it for virtualization, large-scale database queries, and cloud storage requiring high read throughput.

The drive supports hardware encryption options (SIE/SED) for data security requirements in sensitive environments. Its performance characteristics are specifically aligned with read-heavy applications, delivering high random read IOPS required by scale-out architectures and big data analytics platforms.

• Storage capacity: 3.84 TB
• Interface type: PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.4
• Form factor: 2.5-inch for enterprise server racks
• Sequential read performance: up to 7200 MB/s
• Random read performance: up to 1,250,000 IOPS
• Target workload: Read-intensive data center applications
• NAND flash type: 112-layer BiCS FLASH TLC
• Endurance rating: 1 Drive Write Per Day (DWPD)
• Mean time between failures (MTBF): 2.5 million hours
• Data protection: Enhanced Power Loss Protection (PLP)