Phison partners with Supermicro for Petascale Storage

In a bid to tackle the ever-growing storage demands of AI and high-performance computing, Phison has partnered with Supermicro to deliver a new, ultra-high-density storage solution. The collaboration will see Phison's colossal 122.88 TB Pascari D205V SSDs integrated into Supermicro's Petascale Storage server family.

The Phison Pascari D205V is a PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD that packs an incredible 122.88 TB of NAND flash into a single drive. This massive capacity is designed to help data centres simplify their infrastructure and begin replacing vast arrays of traditional hard drives with much faster, more efficient solid-state storage for data-intensive workloads like real-time analytics and AI training.

To achieve this density, the drive utilises the E3.L (Long) form factor. As part of the modern EDSFF family, the E3.L standard is longer than the more common E3.S (Short) and legacy U.2 designs. The extra length is what allows Phison to pack in twice the capacity of an E3.S drive. At the same time, the form factor's design also promotes better airflow and thermal management, which will undoubtedly come in handy in tightly packed server racks.

These massive drives will find their home in Supermicro's Petascale Storage servers, which are specifically designed to leverage the density and performance of the EDSFF form factor. The combination of Phison's high-capacity drives and Supermicro's optimised server platforms aims to give businesses the ability to massively scale their storage without needing to expand their physical data centre footprint.

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