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Kioxia and Dell 157 PB flash rack raises density and sourcing questions

A 640-SSD configuration delivers 157 PB of raw flash in one rack, but availability, pricing and production lead times remain undisclosed.

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TL;DR — three sentences

  • Kioxia and Dell configured 640 LC9 Series SSDs across 16 PowerEdge R7725xd servers to provide 157 PB of raw flash in one 42U rack. (S1)
  • The 245.76 TB capacity applies to E3.L drives; 2.5-inch and E3.S versions reach 122.88 TB. (S1)
  • Kioxia's industry-first designation for the 157 PB single-rack object store is based on its own market survey. (S1)

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What happened

Kioxia and Dell have configured a single 42U server rack with 157 PB of raw flash storage.S1 The system runs Dell's software-defined ObjectScale object storage platform across 16 PowerEdge R7725xd servers and 640 Kioxia 245.76 TB LC9 Series SSDs.S1 Kioxia describes the installation as the industry's first single-rack object store at 157 PB, a designation based on its own market survey.S1

Each 2U server contains 40 E3.L drives.S1 The 16 servers occupy 32U, leaving 10U open within the rack.S1 Dell's George Papadopoulos says the configuration can place more data into fewer systems and racks while reducing cabling, power and cooling requirements.S1

The LC9 Series drives use PCIe 5.0 NVMe and Kioxia's eighth-generation BiCS FLASH QLC with a 32-die stack.S1 The 245.76 TB capacity is limited to the E3.L form factor; the 2.5-inch and E3.S versions reach 122.88 TB.S1 A rack using those smaller versions would hold about 78.6 PB.S1

Key numbers
MetricReported valueSource
Rack capacity157 PB raw flashS1
Servers16 Dell PowerEdge R7725xdS1
SSDs640 Kioxia LC9 SeriesS1
Drive capacity245.76 TB E3.LS1
InterfacePCIe 5.0 NVMeS1
Production lead timeNot disclosedS1

Background timeline

  1. May - Kioxia and Dell Technologies demonstrated a server configuration with 9.8 PB of flash storage.S1

XAIPART take

Technical impact

The architecture demonstrates that high-density QLC deployments can place substantial object capacity into a standard rack footprint, but engineers should validate endurance, latency and workload suitability for their specific data pattern. XAIPART analysis

The E3.L capacity advantage makes chassis selection and thermal design central to the deployment decision; alternative form factors require a different density calculation. XAIPART analysis

Market impact

Such density could reduce rack, cabling and cooling requirements for object-storage buyers, potentially changing capacity planning and refresh economics. XAIPART analysis

Procurement teams should request volume pricing, allocation policy and production lead times for the LC9 Series before treating the configuration as a deployable baseline. XAIPART analysis

Action

Engineers should compare 245.76 TB E3.L parts with 122.88 TB alternatives across chassis fit, power, cooling and serviceability requirements. XAIPART analysis

Buyers should request qualification results, endurance data, controller and firmware details, lead times and regional supply commitments for the Kioxia LC9 Series. XAIPART analysis

XAIPART Forecast

Within 9 months, XAIPART expects published lead times for Kioxia LC9 Series SSDs to remain at or below 12 weeks for initial volume allocations; if a supplier quotes more than 12 weeks during that period, this forecast is wrong. XAIPART analysis

Facts are as reported by the cited source. The design-in, sourcing and forward-looking statements above are XAIPART's analysis, not the source's claims. The industry-first designation relies on a vendor survey, while availability, pricing, qualification status and production lead times are unconfirmed.

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Competitive landscape

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Editorial score

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Gate score breakdown 6 applicable checks, 6 passed: 100 percent. No hold items or mandatory failures. Gate spec: v2.9 (S0 + S1 + C1–C20) · Source affinity (C20): 0.6486. Applicable checks passed 6 / 6 = 100% · verdict: pass No hold items or mandatory failures Gate spec: v2.9 (S0 + S1 + C1–C20) · Source affinity (C20): 0.6486 The gate decides publication. The independent audit score is advisory only.

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Sources

  1. Kioxia and Dell Build a 157 PB Rack With 640 SSDs — https://www.techpowerup.com/354767/kioxia-and-dell-build-a-157-pb-rack-with-640-ssds · rss · accessed

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