DELL 91W3V 3.84TB 12Gbps SAS 2.5 enterprise SSD

Enterprise SAS SSD for Dell PowerEdge servers

The DELL 91W3V is a 3.84TB 12Gbps SAS solid-state drive built for mixed-use workloads in compatible Dell PowerEdge servers. It fits 2.5-inch drive bays and uses TLC flash memory. This drive targets administrators who need balanced read and write endurance for database, virtualization and general-purpose server tasks.

SAS 12Gbps interface limits

The drive communicates over a 12Gbps SAS link, so throughput is bounded by that bus and by the controller or backplane it connects to. In systems limited to 6Gbps SAS the drive will operate at the lower speed. Cable length, expander topology and concurrent device count also affect sustained bandwidth.

3.84TB capacity and mixed-use headroom

At 3.84TB the drive holds large datasets, multiple virtual machines or sizable database instances with room for growth. Mixed-use TLC endurance suits workloads with a steady blend of reads and writes; pure write-intensive applications such as heavy logging or high-frequency transaction logs will exhaust the write budget sooner.