New
Water Panther SSD
Capacity 15.36TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SAS
34 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average speed (1st percentile)
- Below average random (3rd percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 15360 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SAS |
| Protocol | SAS |
| External | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 2 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Water Panther SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | Solidigm D7-PS1010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 15.36TB | 8TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 7.68TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | U.2 |
| Interface | SAS | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 13,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Panther SSD | 0.5 | 3.1 | 14.1 | 99.1 | 41.5 | 43.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.1 | 85.8 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.2 | 95 | 93.8 | 92.6 | 80.9 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 98.8 | 99.1 | 89 | 98.1 | 87.7 | 44.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.8 | 98.1 | 90.6 | 92.6 | 74.8 | 28 |
| Solidigm D7-PS1010 Compare | 96.3 | 80.4 | 97.5 | 97.2 | 65.4 | 0 |
Price
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