EDSFF E3 Form Factor

E3 - Enterprise Servers and Storage

Type	Thickness (mm)	Width (mm)	Length (mm)	Max Power (W)
E3.S	7.5	76	112.75	25
E3.S 2T	16.8		112.75	40
E3.L	7.5		142.2	40
E3.L 2T	16.8		142.2	70

PCIe^® Lanes per Connector

E3 Max Power

Engineering Specifications from SNIA

E3 Mechanical/Electrical Specification	SFF-TA-1008
E3 Thermal Characterization Specification	SFF-TA-1023
EDSFF Connector Specification	SFF-TA-1002
EDSFF Connector Pinout (PCIe)	SFF-TA-1009

KIOXIA EDSFF E3 Offerings

KIOXIA CD8P Series

KIOXIA CM7 Series

KIOXIA SSD Series	Form Factor	Endurance	Interface	Storage Capacity (GB)	Sequential Read/Write (MB/s)	Random Read/Write (IOPS)
CD8P-V	EDSFF E3.S	Mixed Use (3 DWPD for 5 years)	PCIe^® Gen5 x4, NVMe™ 2.0	1,600 3,200 6,400 12,800	Up to 12,000 / 5,500	Up to 2,000K / 400K
CD8P-R		Read Intensive (1 DWPD for 5 years)	PCIe^® Gen5 x4, NVMe™ 2.0	1,920 3,840 7,680 15,360	Up to 12,000 / 5,500	Up to 2,000K / 200K
CM7-V		Mixed Use (3 DWPD for 5 years)	PCIe^® Gen5 single x4, dual x2, NVMe™ 2.0	1,600 3,200 6,400 12,800	Up to 14,000 / 7,000	Up to 2,700K / 600K
CM7-R		Read Intensive (1 DWPD for 5 years)	PCIe^® Gen5 single x4, dual x2, NVMe™ 2.0	1,920 3,840 7,680 15,360	Up to 14,000 / 7,000	Up to 2,700K / 310K

Companies Offering EDSFF E3.S-enabled Platforms

While E3 form factors began with a focus on traditional enterprise server and storage use cases, hyperscalers are evaluating E3 for use in scale-out environments. Many server, storage and SSD companies with 2.5-inch storage solutions are aligned with the E3 Family. Initial development and demonstration systems in support of the E3 Family of form factors are well underway with early full function development vehicles as shown.

Dell PowerEdge™ Servers

HPE ProLiant™ Servers

HPE Alletra Data Storage Servers

KIOXIA SSDs in ProLiant Servers

Supermicro^® Servers

Learn and Evaluate

Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) | Infographic (PDF : 426KB)

UPDATED

Introducing the EDSFF E3 Family of Form Factors | White Paper (PDF : 628KB)

Accelerating Vector Database Performance through Disk-based Indexes with KIOXIA CM7 Series SSDs | Performance Brief (PDF : 379KB)

NEW

KIOXIA CD8P-V E3.S Series | Product Brief (PDF : 115KB)

KIOXIA CD8P-R E3.S Series | Product Brief (PDF : 115KB)

KIOXIA CM7-V E3.S Series | Product Brief (PDF : 130KB)

KIOXIA CM7-R E3.S Series | Product Brief (PDF : 130KB)

Why Deploy PCIe^® 5.0 NVMe™ SSDs In Your Data Center? | Top 5 Reasons (PDF : 174KB)

NEW

Questions You Should Ask About the PCIe^® 5.0 Interface and EDSFF E3.S SSD Storage (PDF : 226KB)

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EDSFF E3 Form Factor Overview | Technical Brief (PDF : 770KB)

Key Questions to Ask About EDSFF E3 Form Factors | FAQ (PDF : 445KB)

11 Myths About New EDSFF E3 SSD Form Factors | by Electronic Design

EDSFF Form Factor Updates In 2020: New Versions, Growing Adoption | by AnandTech

HPE E3 EDSFF Prototype 2021 | by ServeTheHome

Press Releases

KIOXIA CD8P Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe Data Center SSD Named ‘Best of Show’ at Flash Memory Summit 2023

KIOXIA Introduces New PCIe 5.0 SSDs for Enterprise and Data Center Infrastructures

KIOXIA First to Launch Data Center NVMe E3.S SSDs on Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems

KIOXIA Introduces New Levels of Performance with Enterprise NVMe SSD Family Designed with PCIe^® 5.0 Technology

KIOXIA Introduces Industry’s First EDSFF Solid State Drives Designed with PCIe^® 5.0 Technology

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