KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation has announced an expanded RocksDB plug-in designed to improve solid-state drive (SSD) lifespan and performance in multi-drive RAID environments.
Building on its earlier demonstration of a Flexible Data Placement (FDP)-enabled SSD running RocksDB, the company said it will showcase the latest advancement at the upcoming Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit.
In a statement, Kioxia said the new plug-in achieved a 46 per cent reduction in write amplification factor (WAF) and an 8.22 times throughput improvement in a four-drive RAID 5 setup compared to MDRAID.
In a two-drive mirrored configuration, WAF was reduced to about one-third, while throughput increased by 1.45 times compared to MDRAID.
These gains are achieved by consolidating data writes so they are written sequentially, preventing fragmentation and reducing garbage collection.
RocksDB, widely used for generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud applications, is known for enabling high-performance searches and efficient management of historical data.
The new plug-in will be demonstrated with the Kioxia XD8 Series SSD during the 2025 OCP Global Summit, highlighting performance improvements and reduced WAF in a two-drive RAID 1 configuration compared with standard Linux RAID mirroring.
Kioxia plans to release the plug-in as an open-source contribution, reinforcing its commitment to advancing SSD and flash memory technologies across the industry.
The plug-in is expected to be released in the first quarter of calendar year 2026.
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