The Samsung PM1743 SSD is their first enterprise SSD featuring the new PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) interface, combining the company’s advanced sixth-generation V-NAND and a proprietary controller. Showcased at CES 2022, the new PCIe Gen5 interface offers a bandwidth of 32 gigatransfers per second (GT/s), doubling what we saw with PCIe Gen4 and making it a

About a year ago, we took a look at SK hynix’s Gen4 enterprise SSD, the PE8010. We compared that drive to the prior model family, and clearly, the PE8010 was a fantastic progression. Now we’ve been able to wrangle more SSDs from the company. Our focus in this testing is the brand new SK hynix

The 15.36TB Intel SSD D5-P5316 Series enterprise SSD features 144-layer QLC NAND, PCIe 4.0 interface, and both 2.5-inch and E1.L form factors. This is a drive a read-optimized drive specifically designed for warm storage. We previously reviewed the 30.72TB model and found it to be an excellent release from Intel, giving organizations with lower budgets

The Memblaze PBlaze6 6530 series is the company’s newest addition to the company’s PCIe Gen4 enterprise SSD portfolio. Designed for the mainstream enterprise market, the new PBlaze6 6530 series is based on the company’s self-developed Unified Framework Platform (MUFP) and 176-layer enterprise 3D eTLC NAND flash. Memblaze highlights its significant improvement in power efficiency (172%

The Dapustor X2900P is the company’s newest storage-class memory (SCM) data center SSD. Powered by an internally developed DPU600 controller and paired with KIOXIA XL-Flash, this second-generation SSD features models in both the AIC and U.2 form factor and is PCIe Gen4. Because it’s SCM, the Dapustor X2900P is designed for applications that require the

The Intel SSD D5-P5316 Series is the company’s newest enterprise SSD highlighted by 144-layer QLC NAND and the PCIe 4.0 interface. Available in capacities up to 30.72TB in both the 2.5-inch and E1.L form factor, this is a read-optimized SSD designed for warm storage. This means customers will have access to upwards of 1 petabyte

The Samsung PM9A3 is the company’s latest data center SSD to hit the market. Available in capacities ranging from 960GB to 15.36TB, the new PM9A3 features the Gen4 interface and the company’s 6th-generation V-NAND to help handle heavy server traffic in read-intensive environments so applications run smoothly.

Intel launched the P5510 NVMe SSD in December of last year, the first enterprise SSD to market with 144-layer TLC NAND. We’ve seen the drives in our lab extensively since then, they’re exceedingly popular due to their aggressive price/performance ratio. At almost the same exact time, Samsung launched their PM9A3 SSD. Based on a less-transparent

The Intel SSD D7-P5510 is dubbed the world’s first 144-Layer TLC drive (first to market) and is the latest addition to the company’s family of data center drives, which focus on broad cloud workloads at reduced costs. Available in a U.2 form factor in two models (3.84TB and 7.68TB), the P5510 utilizes TLC NAND, which