Product Positioning
XS-SSD-8118Z-U2 is the U.2 member of the xSONiC enterprise NVMe SSD family. It is positioned for storage servers, cloud infrastructure, and data center platforms that need predictable PCIe Gen4 performance in a widely supported drive form factor.
Core Capabilities
- U.2 form factor for hot-serviceable server and storage deployments.
- PCIe Gen4 x4 and NVMe 1.4 for high-bandwidth storage access.
- Capacity options from 2TB to 8TB for tiered deployment planning.
- Up to 7.1 GB/s sequential read and 1,000K random read IOPS.
- Low-power operation at up to 12W for dense storage environments.
Technical Notes
The U.2 model is a practical fit where serviceability, thermal management, and server compatibility matter as much as raw performance. It can be used as a primary enterprise storage drive, a cache tier, or a high-IOPS local storage device for compute-heavy workloads.
Typical Deployment Scenarios
- Cloud platform storage infrastructure.
- Data center database and transaction systems.
- AI and HPC scratch or cache storage.
- Enterprise analytics and business intelligence platforms.
