Enterprise SSD
General stuff
- DWPD: drive writes per day, 3/5 → 3 total drive writes per day over 5 years.
- SAS 4 drives work on SAS 3 HBAs and SAS 3 drives work on SAS 4 HBAs
- U.3 drives work on U.2 ports but not vice versa
Drives
Samsung
| Product | Interface | Workload | DWPD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM883 | SATA-3 | write | 3/5 | 2018 |
| PM897 | SATA-3 | mixed | 3/5 | 2021 |
| PM893 | SATA-3 | read | 1/5 | 2021 |
| PM893a | SATA-3 | read | 1/3 | 2021 |
| PM1643 | SAS-3 | mixed | 1/5 | 2020 |
| PM1643a | SAS-3 | mixed | 1/5 | 2020 |
| PM9A3 | U.2 PCIe 4.0 | read | 1/5 | 2021 |
| PM1733 | U.2 PCIe 4.0 | mixed | 1/5 | 2020 |
| PM1733 | U.2 PCIe 5.0 | mixed | 1/5 | 2024 |
Kioxia (ex Toshiba)
Enterprise
| Product | Interface | Workload | DWPD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM5-R | SAS-3 | read | 1/5 | 2018 |
| PM5-V | SAS-3 | mixed | 10/5 | 2018 |
| PM5-M | SAS-3 | write | 10/5 | 2018 |
| PM6-R | SAS-4 | read | 1/5 | 2021 |
| PM6-V | SAS-4 | mixed | 3/5 | 2021 |
| PM6-M | SAS-4 | write | 10/5 | 2021 |
| PM7-R | SAS-4 | read | 1/5 | 2024 |
| PM7-V | SAS-4 | mixed | 3/5 | 2024 |
| CM5-R | U.2 PCIe 3.0 | read | 1/5 | 2019 |
| CM5-V | U.2 PCIe 3.0 | mixed | 3/5 | 2019 |
| CM6-R | U.3 PCIe 4.0 | read | 1/5 | 2020 |
| CM6-V | U.3 PCIe 4.0 | mixed | 3/5 | 2020 |
| CM7-R | U.3 PCIe 5.0 | read | 1/5 | 2024 |
| CM7-V | U.3 PCIe 5.0 | mixed | 3/5 | 2024 |
Datacenter
| Product | Interface | Workload | DWPD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD5 | U.2 PCIe 3.0 | ? | <1/5 | 2019 |
| CD6-R | U.3 PCIe 4.0 | read | 1/5 | 2020 |
| CD6-V | U.3 PCIe 4.0 | mixed | 3/5 | 2020 |
| CD8-R | U.2 PCIe 4.0 | read | 1/5 | 2024 |
| CD8-V | U.2 PCIe 4.0 | mixed | 3/5 | 2024 |
| CD8P-R | U.3 PCIe 5.0 | read | 1/5 | 2024 |
| CD8P-V | U.3 PCIe 5.0 | mixed | 3/5 | 2024 |
Solidigm (ex Intel)
| Product | Interface | Workload | DWPD | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P4500 | U.2 PCIe 3.1 | read | 0.7/5 | 2017 | Firmware bugs, not recommended |
| P4510 | U.2 PCIe 3.1 | ? | ?/5 | 2017 | |
| P4800X | U.2 PCIe 3.0 | ? | 30/5 | 2017 | Optane |
| P4610 | U.2 PCIe 3.1 | mixed | 3/5 | 2018 | |
| P5520 | U.2 PCIe 4.0 | read | 1/5 | 2022 | |
| P5620 | U.2 PCIe 4.0 | write | 3/5 | 2022 |