Kioxia CD8P 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe Gen5 SFF Solid State Drive

The Kioxia CD8P 1.6TB, part number KCD81PUG1T60, swaps capacity for endurance. It stores 1.6TB and is classed Mixed Use with 3 DWPD, three times the allowance of a Read Intensive drive at 1 DWPD. It talks NVMe over PCIe 5.0 x4 in the 2.5-inch SFF form factor.

This is the size that suits write journals, database redo logs and hypervisor boot volumes, where the amount stored is small but the writing is steady. Several drives can be pooled to spread the write load and keep latency low.

If you need more room than 1.6TB, step up in capacity within the Mixed Use group rather than switching to a read-tuned class. It can be requested new, refurbished or used. Warranty is 1 year or 3 years for new and refurbished, and 90 days for used.