--- description: HGST, a Western Digital company, announced today that it shipping its new NVMe compliant PCIe SSD series, the Ultrastar SN100 series. HGST is billing the... title: HGST Shipping Ultrastar SN100 Series Of NVMe PCIe SSDs image: https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/StorageReview-HGST-Logo.PNG --- [![Storage Review]()](https://storagereview.com/) --- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [![StorageReview.com](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Storage-Review-2x.png)](https://www.storagereview.com) ≡ Menu - [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) - [Storage Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/review) - [End User Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/consumer) - [Enterprise Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) - [Ubiquiti Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/best/ubiquiti-reviews) - [SR Merch](https://store.storagereview.com) - [Leaderboards](https://www.storagereview.com/best) - [Best Storage Arrays](https://www.storagereview.com/best/storage-arrays) - [Best Enterprise SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-ssds) - [Best Servers](https://www.storagereview.com/best/servers) - [Best Enterprise GPUs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-gpus) - [Best Desktops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktops-local-ai) - [Best Laptops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptops-local-ai) - [Best Local LLM Tools](https://www.storagereview.com/best/local-llm-tools) - [Agentic AI Hardware](https://www.storagereview.com/best/agentic-ai-hardware) - [Best SSDs & Hard Drives](https://www.storagereview.com/best_drives) - [Best Portable SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/portable-ssds) - [Best Business Laptops](https://www.storagereview.com/best/business-laptops) - [Best Mobile Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mobile-workstations) - [Best Desktop Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktop-workstations) - [Best Mini PCs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mini-pcs) - [Best Laptop Battery Life](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptop-battery-life) - [Storage Reference Guide](https://www.storagereview.com/storage-reference-guide) - [About SR](https://www.storagereview.com/about-storagereview) - [StorageReview.com Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations](https://www.storagereview.com/storagereview-com-sweepstakes-rules-and-regulations) Search [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) » [News](https://www.storagereview.com/news) » HGST Shipping Ultrastar SN100 Series Of NVMe PCIe SSDs # HGST Shipping Ultrastar SN100 Series Of NVMe PCIe SSDs by Adam Armstrong on April 13, 2015 [Enterprise](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise)  ◇  [PCIe Storage](https://www.storagereview.com/consumer/pcie-storage) HGST, a Western Digital company, announced today that it shipping its new NVMe compliant PCIe SSD series, the Ultrastar SN100 series. HGST is billing the drive series as "the industry's highest-performing NVMe compliant SSDs." Hot on the heels of [Intel's new PCIe SSD](https://www.storagereview.com/intel_ssd_750_review), the SN100 series is designed for mission-critical data center workloads, including scale-out databases powering today’s largest online and cloud services. ![](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Image-HR-Ultrastar-SN100-Family.jpg) HGST's Ultrastar SN100 series is aimed at data center professionals that are looking for high application performance at a low total cost of ownership. Combining the new SSD series with HGST server software (specifically the HGST Flash Software Suite and HGST Device Manager) creates a server-side Flash platform solution that delivers clustering, scalability, high availability, and manageability for performance applications. The Ultrastar SN100 series is easy to deploy leveraging standard NVMe drivers without requiring vendor-unique drivers and offer high performance. For a mixed read/write workload, HGST claims the new SSD series can deliver 310,000 IOPS and for MySQL HGST’s server-side Flash solutions can deliver up to 40% server consolidation with up to 60% performance improvement while maintaining existing MySQL architectures. **Key benefits include:** - Support for standardized NVMe driver – Eliminates need to install vendor-unique drivers to realize the performance benefits of PCIe SSDs.  NVMe support is part of the server operating system, just like support for SATA or SAS SSDs. - Performance leadership – Suited for the most demanding enterprise applications, including scale-out database workloads, the Ultrastar SN100 series supports up to 310,000 random mixed read/write IOPS (70/30, 4KB), up to 160,000 random write IOPS (4KB), and up to 743,000 random read IOPS (4KB). Sequential read and write throughput is 3,000 MB/s and 1,600 MB/s, respectively. - Industry-leading density and choice of form factor – Offered in two form factors: Half-height, half-length add-in card (1,600GB, 3,200GB), and 2.5-inch small form factor SSDs (800GB, 1,600GB, 3,200GB). - Broad system interoperability – Built upon an industry-standard interface utilizing four lanes of PCIe Generation 3.0 (x4) combined with the NVMe protocol, the new SSDs are supported in a large variety of server systems. **SN150 Specifications:** - Form factor: HH-HL add-in card - Capacities: 1.6TB and 3.2TB - Performance: - Read throughput (max MB/s, sequential 128k): 3,000 - Write throughput (max MB/s, sequential 128k): 1,600 - Read IOPS (max IOPS, random 4k): 743,000 - Write IOPS (max IOPS, random 4k): 160,000 - Mixed IOPS (70/30 R/W, random 4k): 310,000 - Read IOPS (max IOPS, random 8k): 385,000 - Write IOPS (max IOPS, random 8k): 75,000 - Latency 512B (μs): 20 - Reliability - MTBF: 2 million hours - Annual failure rate: 0.44% - Endurance: 3DW/D - Dimensions: 167.65 x 68.9 x 14.49 mm - Power consumption (active/idle): 25W / 8W  **SN100 Specifications:** - Form factor: SFF 2.5” - Capacities: 1.6TB, 3.2TB, and 800GB - Performance(1.6TB and 3.2TB | 800GB): - Read throughput (max MB/s, sequential 128k): 3,000 | 2,600 - Write throughput (max MB/s, sequential 128k): 1,600 | 1,400 - Read IOPS (max IOPS, random 4k): 743,000 | 634,000 - Write IOPS (max IOPS, random 4k): 160,000 | 107,000 - Mixed IOPS (70/30 R/W, random 4k): 310,000 | 190,000 - Read IOPS (max IOPS, random 8k): 385,000 | 330,000 - Write IOPS (max IOPS, random 8k): 75,000 | 42,000 - Latency 512B (μs): 20 | 20 - Reliability - MTBF: 2 million hours - Annual failure rate: 0.44% - Endurance: 3DW/D - Dimensions: 100.45 x 69.85 x 15 mm - Power consumption (active/idle): 25W / 8W  **Availability** The SN1500 HH-HL add-in card is shipping now in both 1.6TB and 3.2TB, and the 2.5" SFF Ultrastar SN100 SSDs are expected to be available in May 2015, in 800GB, 1.6TB, and 3.2TB. 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