- Scaleflux CSD 5320 SSD integrates compression engines directly into hardware for greater efficiency
- Sequential writing speeds exceed 13 GB/s when you handle compressible company data
- Random IOPS performance is approaching 3.3 million in specific company’s workload
Scaleflux has introduced CSD 5320, a PCIE Gen5 Enterprise Solid-State Drive, which is highly dependent on compression on one of the device.
Unlike traditional storage devices that simply write and read data, this model integrates compression and decompress engines directly into hardware.
The company claims that this design allows companies to store much more data than the physical nand would normally allow, in some cases up to four times the raw capacity.
Performance requirements and testing
Scaleflux claims by reducing the amount of data that is physically written, the device also aims to expand the endurance of the drive, which has been a persistent challenge for high performance flash storage.
Independent test of Tweattown Reported sequential writing speeds above 13 GB/s when handling compressible data.
This figure surpasses what is registered from many PCIe Gen5 competitors.
Sequential reading performance peaked at over 14 GB/s, which is far beyond the typical expectations of a drive in this class.
Random benefits Benchmarks also indicate figures approaching 3.3 million IOPs in certain workloads.
These figures would put CSD 5320 at the top of the current company results, which potentially places it contrary to the fastest SSD in the market.
CSD 5320 achieves multiple input and output operations per Watts than many conventional competitors, and some tests suggest that it has over 3x writing efficiency of other Gen5 Enterprise drives.
Although fast, the real advantage of this chip can lie in how it balances energy consumption against flow, especially in data centers where power budgets are already stretched.
The 7.68TB model is only an option in a line that varies up to 128 TB physical nand, with efficient storage reaching as high as 256TB when compression is incorporated.
This places it among the largest SSD offers in the company segment, at least on paper.
The endurance requirements are also aggressive, where Scaleflux suggests that compressible workloads can see up to six times the usable life compared to conventional NAND storage.
However, these projections depend entirely on how compressible a customer’s data actually is.
While the review reveals extraordinary performance, cautious business buyers are likely to require extensive long -term validation.
The CSD 5320 may provide unique performance under the right conditions, yet its real value depends less on maximum benchmarks and more about whether its workload is in accordance with the promises given.
