New
Water Panther SSD
Capacity 15.36TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SAS
31 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 | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 15.36TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SAS | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Panther SSD | 0.5 | 3.1 | 14.1 | 99.1 | 41.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.1 | 85.8 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.2 | 95 | 93.8 | 92.6 | 80.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.2 | 82.9 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.7 | 93.8 | 78.2 | 93.8 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.3 | 52.9 | 92.6 | 95.4 |
Price
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