Description Endurance / application area Capacity Series Interface NAND type Form factor Power loss protection Drive writes per day (5 years) Bandwith VMware vSAN Field of application Read IOPS Write IOPS Read throughput Write throughput Power consumption (idle)
960 GB Samsung PM1643a 2.5" SAS SSD Light (read-intensive applications ~ 1 DWPD) 960 GB Samsung PM1643a SAS 12Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 96 layers (V-NAND) 2.5” Yes 1 DWPD 12 Gb/s vSAN 7.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 8.0 All Flash Capacity 380 k 40 k 2100 MB/s 1000 MB/s 5.5 W
1.6 TB Kioxia PM7-V SED 2.5“ SAS SSD Mainstream (mixed workloads ~ 3 DWPD) 1.6 TB Kioxia PM7-V SAS 24Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 112-layers 2.5” Yes 3 DWPD 24 Gb/s   720 k 320 k 4200 MB/s 3400 MB/s 5 W
1.92 TB Samsung PM1643a 2.5" SAS SSD Light (read-intensive applications ~ 1 DWPD) 1.92 TB Samsung PM1643a SAS 12Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 96 layers (V-NAND) 2.5” Yes 1 DWPD 12 Gb/s vSAN 7.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 7.0 Hybrid Cache, vSAN 8.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 8.0 Hybrid Cache 430 k 60 k 2100 MB/s 1800 MB/s 5.5 W
3.2 TB Kioxia PM7-V SED 2.5“ SAS SSD Mainstream (mixed workloads ~ 3 DWPD) 3.2 TB Kioxia PM7-V SAS 24Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 112-layers 2.5” Yes 3 DWPD 24 Gb/s   720 k 340 k 4200 MB/s 3650 MB/s 5 W
3.84 TB Samsung PM1643a 2.5" SAS SSD Light (read-intensive applications ~ 1 DWPD) 3.84 TB Samsung PM1643a SAS 12Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 96 layers (V-NAND) 2.5” Yes 1 DWPD 12 Gb/s vSAN 7.0 All Flash Cache, vSAN 7.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 7.0 Hybrid Cache, vSAN 8.0 All Flash Cache, vSAN 8.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 8.0 Hybrid Cache 450 k 90 k 2100 MB/s 2000 MB/s 5.5 W
6.4 TB Kioxia PM7-V SED 2.5“ SAS SSD Mainstream (mixed workloads ~ 3 DWPD) 6.4 TB Kioxia PM7-V SAS 24Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 112-layers 2.5” Yes 3 DWPD 24 Gb/s   720 k 330 k 4200 MB/s 4100 MB/s 5 W
7.68 TB Samsung PM1643a 2.5" SAS SSD Light (read-intensive applications ~ 1 DWPD) 7.68 TB Samsung PM1643a SAS 12Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 96 layers (V-NAND) 2.5” Yes 1 DWPD 12 Gb/s vSAN 7.0 All Flash Cache, vSAN 7.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 7.0 Hybrid Cache, vSAN 8.0 All Flash Cache, vSAN 8.0 All Flash Capacity, vSAN 8.0 Hybrid Cache 400 k 90 k 2100 MB/s 2000 MB/s 5.5 W
12.8 TB Kioxia PM7-V SED 2.5“ SAS SSD Mainstream (mixed workloads ~ 3 DWPD) 12.8 TB Kioxia PM7-V SAS 24Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC, 112-layers 2.5” Yes 3 DWPD 24 Gb/s   720 k 330 k 4200 MB/s 4100 MB/s 5 W