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Published Apr 4, 2025 9:50 AM CDT

With its in-house developed controller paired with Kioxia BiCS 6 flash, Fadu's Echo U.2 is among the best of its kind to ever cross our test bench.

Introduction and Drive Details

The South Korean-based company Fadu is a major player in the enterprise storage world, so we are glad to get our hands on its latest and greatest enterprise offering. The Fabless storage company is one of many such entities currently occupying the enterprise storage space, and as others have, Fadu has carved out a large presence in the worldwide datacenter storage ecosystem.

The Fadu Echo PCIe 5.0 SSD platform is designed for Hyperscaler, Hyper-Converged, Cloud, Edge, and Enterprise storage arrays and servers. Fadu's Echo series SSDs are powered by Fadu's own in-house developed FC5161 16-channel controller. The Echo Series is among the first PCIe Gen5 SSDs to support FDP and 64 Physical Functions. Additionally, the Echo PCIe 5.0 SSDs offer class-leading power efficiency and performance.

This SSD stands out as one of the best performing of its kind we've ever encountered, so let's get into the review and find out exactly what the Echo U.2 7.68TB enterprise SSD can do for you by the numbers.

Specs/Comparison Products

Fadu Echo U.2 7.68TB PCIe Gen5 x4 U.2 SSD

Fadu's Echo PCIe Gen 5 is available at capacity points ranging from 1.92TB -30.72TB. Form factors include E1.S, E3.S, and U.2 in the 15mm 2.5-inch form factor. The drive we have in hand is 7.68TB Fadu FC5161 16-channel controlled and arrayed with Kioxia BiCS 6 eTLC flash. These SSDs are compatible with major operating systems such as RHEL, SLES, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows Server, and VMware ESXi.

- For more: Link: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/11018/fadu-echo-2-7-68tb-enterprise-ssd-powerful-and-efficient/index.html