Samsung’s 61.44TB BM1743, its highest capacity, sells typically for $ 7,500, but it is currently listed on server -upply for $ 5,950, but with available discounts falls the final price at $ 5,593.
This brings the costs to less than $ 0.09 per Gigabytes, making it one of the best $/GB values in the Ultrahøj capacity PCIe Gen5 category.
The drive is a 2.5-inch U.2 model built for reading-intensive workload. It has a PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME interface, QLC V-Nand Flash and high persistent flow.
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Read speeds top at 14,200 Mbps, with writing speeds reaching 2,100 Mbps.
Random benefit tops of 850,000 IOPS for readings and 30,000 IOPS for writing. Latens are 150 microseconds for readings and 30 microseconds for writing.
It is assessed at 0.26 drives writes per day and supports 29,153TB total endurance.
Features include TCG OPAL 2.0 encryption, AES-XT’s 256-bit hardware encryption, improved power loss protection and full end-to-end-data-high integrity.
SSD also includes static and dynamic wear -smoothing plus support for advanced smart monitoring.
The power requirements are high. Read operations sign 23.8 watts, consumer writes 24.7 watts, and idle power use is listed for 5 watts.
Despite being designed for corporate systems, BM1743 can be used with standard PCs and laptops via a USB adapter, making it a good choice for power users, creators and developers (with fairly deep pockets) that need large, fast storage without building a server.
Products such as SABRENT EC-U2SA allow users to connect U.2 SSDs over USB 3.2. This adapter includes a 12V/2A power supply to handle high drag, supports trim and UASP and works with both windows and macOS.
The adapter is currently available to buy on Amazon for $ 34.99, down from its usual $ 59.99.
SSD’s Listed Price on Serversupply is $ 5,950, but a 5% discount is automatically used at checkout and an additional 1% is available when using the retailer’s mobile app, bringing the final price to $ 5,593.
