- The Solidigm 61.44 TB SSD offers a lower cost per terabyte than any other large drive.
- Bulk purchases drive the price below $95 per TB for 614 TB storage.
- The QLC Gen4 design delivers massive capacity at a better price than typical for SSDs.
Large PCIe Gen4 SSDs tend to be incredibly expensive, but we found a model where the amount of memory you get for your money is better than anything else in its class.
Solidigm D5-P5336 61.44TB capacity currently on sale at $5,829.99 on Neweggultimately offers the best price per TB you can get for any SSD over 16TB.
The D5-P5336 uses QLC memory and PCIe Gen4 x4 interface and has a 9.5mm E1.L form factor, which is used in high-density servers. It's not intended for home desktop computing, but the sheer amount of memory makes it interesting anywhere that requires large solid-state capacity.
Ten please!
The 61.44TB model is the top option in the lineup, with smaller versions offering less storage space at a higher price per TB.
If you look at the numbers, you'll see that prices are getting surprisingly close to the prices of everyday consumer SSDs.
A typical 2TB drive is often costs about $80 per TBand while this enterprise model is generally more expensive, the TB gap is not particularly large. Large SSDs usually cost much more, so the prices here are competitive.
To get the maximum benefit, you will have to buy the drive in bulk. In practice, this means buying ten units with a total capacity of 614 TB, which pushes the total cost above $58,300, but reduces the cost per terabyte to a level that nothing else in this capacity class can match.
At this scale, the price drops to under $95 per TB, making it the cheapest way to buy a high-capacity PCIe Gen4 SSD right now.
Of course, the form factor limits installation options, but the D5-P5336 is a practical option for environments that require an extremely large SSD without the much higher enterprise price tag.
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