Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage Service is Leveraging KIOXIA CM and CD Series NVMe SSDs to Power Cloud Infrastructure
“Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage brings affordable cloud object storage to small, mid-market and enterprise customers including hundreds of state, local and higher education customers,” said Pramod Kalyanasundaram, executive vice president of engineering and operations for Wasabi Technologies. “We highly value our technical and business relationship with KIOXIA and rely on their SSDs to deliver high performance and reliability for our robust cloud infrastructure.”
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Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage delivers cost-efficient, high-performance cloud object storage, making it well-suited to a wide range of storage needs. Fast flash storage read and write speeds with low latency enable it to meet the demands of Wasabi’s cloud environment, while a streamlined design and scalable economics ensure easy deployment and accessibility.
By integrating enterprise and data center-class NVMe SSDs from KIOXIA, Wasabi enhances its ability to deliver high-performance cloud storage solutions. Building on its leadership in storage innovation, KIOXIA introduced PCIe® 5.0 technology to server and storage applications with the CM7 Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe Enterprise SSD. Designed for demanding applications—including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, online transaction processing databases, and data warehousing—these SSDs provide the speed and low latency required for today’s data-intensive environments.
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KIOXIA CM7 Series SSDs key features include:
- PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 specification compliant
- 2.5-inch (U2) and E3.S SSD form factors
- Dual and single-port support
- Read-intensive and mixed-use endurances
- Capacities from 1.6 terabytes (TB) to 30.72 TB
KIOXIA CD8 Series data center NVMe SSDs double the bandwidth per lane over PCIe 3.0 SSDs from 8 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) to 16GT/s and are optimized for hyperscale data center and enterprise server-attached workloads. Designed to the Open Compute Project (OCP) Datacenter NVMe SSD and NVMe 1.4 specifications, these drives are well-suited to applications and use cases such as high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.
KIOXIA CD8 Series key features include:
- PCIe 4.0 and NVMe 2.0 specification compliant
- Read-intensive and mixed-use endurances
- Capacities up to 15.36 TB in a 2.5-inch (U2) form factor
- Multiple device security options including sanitize instant erase (SIE) and self-encrypted drive (SED)
“KIOXIA and Wasabi share a commitment to innovation, and we’re proud to provide our cutting-edge NVMe SSD technology to power their high-performance cloud storage,” said Neville Ichhaporia, senior vice president and general manager of KIOXIA America’s SSD business unit. “Together, we’re enabling fast, reliable, and scalable cloud storage solutions for modern businesses.”
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