The Huawei eKitStor Xtreme 200E is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on December 30th, 2024. It is available in capacities ranging from 512 GB to 1 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Huawei eKitStor Xtreme 200E interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The actual SSD controller chip used it unknown, we'll update this page when we find out more. , a DRAM cache is not available. Huawei has installed 232-layer QLC NAND flash on the eKitStor Xtreme 200E, the flash chips are made by YMTC. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The cache is sized at 260 GB. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 98 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The eKitStor Xtreme 200E is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 6,500 MB/s write; random IO reaches 900K IOPS for read and 1000K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 32 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Huawei guarantees an endurance rating of 400 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.