Executive Summary

• Kioxia and Dell have developed a 10 PB storage solution in a slim 2RU server.
• The system uses high-density NVMe drives from Kioxia.
• The solution is expected to be expensive, targeting hyperscalers and high-end defense/research budgets.

The Buzz Score

The Internet’s Verdict: 70% Hyped, 30% Skeptical

Forum Voices

Some experts praise the achievement, while others question its practicality.

At current enterprise NVMe prices, the drives alone for this must easily push past the $500k to $1M mark.

Others see potential use cases in orbital CDNs and satellite-based media streaming.

It would be interesting to see if something like Starlink can use something like this to cache media content and reduce their overall data moving through the constellation.

Technical Considerations

The system is limited by PCIe speed, and future advancements in PCIe technology could lead to even higher storage densities.

A future nearline-class SSD from Samsung could potentially offer similar or larger capacity, further increasing storage density.

Focus Keyword: High Density Storage