Seagate Nytro XP6500 SSD Review

[It's me!]

This looks like one mean SSD, though you will need a helluva case because of those big capacitors up top. This has the fastest QD1 write speed on the planet, though, so it would be the fastest with most operating systems. 4GB/s of sequential performance is nice too

 

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The third-generation Seagate Nytro XP6500 leverages SandForce SSD controllers and the Avago LSISAS3108 PCIe 3.0 x8 ROC to deliver up to 300,000/100,000 random read/write IOPS and 4.0/2.2 GB/s of sequential read/write throughput .  The SandForce controllers compress data during ingest to reduce the amount of capacity required to store data, which reduces wear on the NAND and extends the life of the SSD. The technique also provides extra spare area (overprovisioning) to the SSD, which boosts performance.  The combination of techniques provides a stunningly low write latency of 14 microseconds at a queue depth of one.

http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/seagate-nytro-xp6500-enterprise-ssd,2-1017.html#fragment-1

 

[Notional]

Damn look at those capacitors. *do Not do a yo mamma's dildo joke*

 

Pretty nice SSD, but really it's similar to all other enterprise SSD's: Expensive! I would love for consumer SSD's to have capacitors built in too (I do believe some has them, but it's rare).

[CommandMan7]

I've always wanted to have a PC with a small ultrafast storage solution for the OS only, and I hope Seagate can have a reasonable price for lower capacity models (unlikely) or perhaps break into the SSD consumer market (also unlikely). I was really disappointed when the 950 Pro only came out in a 256 GB model, I honestly would have loved to buy a ~$120 ultra enthusiast speed NVME 128 GB model. Heck, I would've even bought a 64 GB model although I know that's not really possible due to base cost and NAND capacities. I guess all I can do now is plan on buying 3D Xpoint once that happens, but I don't want to wait that long...

[Curufinwe_wins]

11 hours ago, CommandMan7 said:

I've always wanted to have a PC with a small ultrafast storage solution for the OS only, and I hope Seagate can have a reasonable price for lower capacity models (unlikely) or perhaps break into the SSD consumer market (also unlikely). I was really disappointed when the 950 Pro only came out in a 256 GB model, I honestly would have loved to buy a ~$120 ultra enthusiast speed NVME 128 GB model. Heck, I would've even bought a 64 GB model although I know that's not really possible due to base cost and NAND capacities. I guess all I can do now is plan on buying 3D Xpoint once that happens, but I don't want to wait that long...

Nand isn't parallel enough for that at low capacities (it would be quite literally half the speed...)

 

It's a bad idea imho to ever buy 120gb or smaller ssds... 

[CommandMan7]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Nand isn't parallel enough for that at low capacities (it would be quite literally half the speed...)

 

It's a bad idea imho to ever buy 120gb or smaller ssds... 

yeah, that's my problem. I know that from a technical standpoint it's not doable, but I wish it was.

[Curufinwe_wins]

2 minutes ago, CommandMan7 said:

yeah, that's my problem. I know that from a technical standpoint it's not doable, but I wish it was.

Just go full SSD instead... clearly that would be a more efficient and less annoying solution (assuming all things equal including price).