- The price of Solidigm’s monster 122.88TB SSD has increased by almost 200% in just nine months
- The drive was originally listed at $12,399 and is now $37,128 at Tech-America
- The U.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD is built for enterprise servers, storage arrays and cloud data centers
Solidigm’s 122.88TB D5-P5336 SSD was originally announced back in November 2024 and officially went on sale in May 2025.
Early estimates had suggested it would sell for close to $14,000, but as we reported, the enterprise drive became available through Tech-America for “only” $12,399, severely undercutting market expectations.
Fast forward to now, though, and Tech-America is selling the exact same drive for $37,128, a nearly 200% increase. That’s a big jump of about nine months. Sure, there are discount prices available, but buy 100+ of the monster SSDs and you’re still only saving $853 per unit. drive.
$302 per terabytes
The D5-P5336 in question is a 2.5-inch U.2 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, built for servers, storage arrays, cloud storage and data centers. It packs 122.88TB into a 15mm chassis that weighs around 5.87oz.
Sequential performance is rated at up to 6.84 GB/s read and 2.93 GB/s write. Random 4KB reads reach 900,000 IOPS, while random writes peak at 19,000 IOPS, indicating read-heavy workloads.
Endurance is set to 0.6 drive writes per day, with total bytes written at 137523.20TB. The average time between failures is given as 228.2 years (a statistical projection rather than a literal lifetime).
The drive carries a five-year warranty and connects over U.2, an interface common in enterprise racks, though not found in most consumer systems.
As for price fluctuations, several factors can come into play. Ultra-high-capacity NAND is not produced at the same scale as mainstream flash, and supply can quickly tighten if hyperscale customers place large orders.
Enterprise SSD prices are also often on contracts rather than public lists. Retail numbers may reflect limited inventory, distributor adjustments, or even corrections to previous prices.
At $37,128, the price per terabyte now at about $302. That’s way beyond what most buyers are used to seeing, even in enterprise storage.
High-capacity NVMe drives often fall somewhere between $40 and $80 per unit. TB. Many enterprise SSDs in the 7.68TB to 30.72TB range can land under $150 per unit. TB when purchased in bulk.
On an even per-terabyte basis, Solidigm’s monster SSD now it is two to six times the price of smaller alternatives.
At its previous listing of $12,399 in May 2025, the price per TB out at around $101, much closer to mainstream company flash prices and arguably easier for buyers to justify.
Of course, that comparison is not perfect. A 122.88 TB SSD allows far greater storage density in a single 2.5-inch U.2 slot, which can reduce the number of drives, ports, and cables needed in a rack.
For operators constrained by space or power budgets, this consolidation provides real value.
Still, the jump from about $101 to about $302 per TB the economy massively. Buyers aren’t just paying for flash capacity, they’re paying a huge premium to pack it into one device.
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