SAS SSD vs SATA SSD vs PCIe vs. NVMe
Search Storage, Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
A SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive) is a NAND flash memory-based storage or caching device designed to fit in the same slot as a hard disk drive (HDD) and use the SAS interface to connect to the host computer.
The most common drive form factors for a SAS SSD are 2.5 inches and 3.5 inches. SAS SSD bandwidth options include 3, 6 and 12 gigabits per second (Gbps). These features make it easy to hot swap drives and ease device provisioning, configuration, maintenance and management.
How are SAS SSDs used?
SAS SSDs are primarily used in enterprise servers and storage arrays with application workloads requiring high availability (HA), high input/output (I/O) and low latency. Use cases for SAS SSDs include server virtualization, online transaction processing, high-performance computing and data analytics.