Without pricing there's really nothing of interest in the review. These drives are mediocre at best especially considering .8 DWPD. If they offered a good price, then that might be something.
It really isn't different NAND though. Just the same stuff with a longer warranty on it and a markup for the higher risk of replacement for the higher risk for WD.
You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Enterprise SSDs have massive amounts of over-provisioning in addition to completely different controller firmware.
Agreed. And "articles" like this are informational. They are not advice or deep-dive reviews. For those planning to make purchases, small or large, in the future, articles like this are beneficial. Pricing is very important but it is not the end-all be-all to purchasing decisions.
Power loss protection has little or nothing to do with it. Enterprise drives have high idle power because they're designed to offer consistently low latency. Waking up from a deep sleep state like consumer SSDs use would ruin the latency metrics.
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ksec - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
I wonder if OTC Multilayer NAND could achieve similar price / GB ratio. I want NAND based NAS that is affordable.Vorl - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Without pricing there's really nothing of interest in the review. These drives are mediocre at best especially considering .8 DWPD. If they offered a good price, then that might be something.shabby - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Gold, enterprise, tlc.One of those doesn't belong.
Billy Tallis - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
The entire industry disagrees with you, and since the industry hasn't collapsed from rampant drive failures, they're probably right.shabby - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Then the prices better be identical to the consumer drives, I just expect higher end components to be used in enterprise gear.PeachNCream - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Agreed with you.12345 - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
.8 dwpd is more than double the endurance of most consuner tlc ssds. Write endurance costs a lot.12345 - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Consumer*PeachNCream - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
It really isn't different NAND though. Just the same stuff with a longer warranty on it and a markup for the higher risk of replacement for the higher risk for WD.DyneCorp - Friday, March 6, 2020 - link
@PeachNCreamYou have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Enterprise SSDs have massive amounts of over-provisioning in addition to completely different controller firmware.
Please try again.
shabby - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
The only thing it costs is space, the 960gb corsair mp510 has 1 dwpd.DyneCorp - Friday, March 6, 2020 - link
“I just expect higher end components to be used in enterprise gear”You have no idea what you’re talking about. TLC NAND has been used in enterprise SSDs for years now.
You should look at TBW endurance of enterprise spinning hard disks. They can’t even compete with many consumer-level SSDs that utilize TLC NAND.
But please, don’t let me stop you from being an idiot.
UltraWide - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
I'm waiting on 3.5" full SSD 20TB+ drives... oh also... has to be dirt cheap! lolCityBlue - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Yet again, no pricing on a product that could be shipping in less than a month.@Anandtech are you really this desperate for clicks?
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Please see my reply here: https://www.anandtech.com/comments/15568/samsung-a...CityBlue - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Thanks, replied.crimsonson - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - link
Agreed. And "articles" like this are informational. They are not advice or deep-dive reviews. For those planning to make purchases, small or large, in the future, articles like this are beneficial. Pricing is very important but it is not the end-all be-all to purchasing decisions.sligor - Friday, March 6, 2020 - link
Idle power looks very high ? 4W really ?patrickjp93 - Saturday, March 7, 2020 - link
For NVMe with power loss protection, that's not unusual.Billy Tallis - Sunday, March 8, 2020 - link
Power loss protection has little or nothing to do with it. Enterprise drives have high idle power because they're designed to offer consistently low latency. Waking up from a deep sleep state like consumer SSDs use would ruin the latency metrics.