U.3 NVMe Tri-Mode 2.5-inch Enterprise SSD

U.3 NVMe SSDs

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A tri-mode backplane needs a tri-mode HBA or RAID controller behind it too, since the backplane alone cannot present SAS, SATA and NVMe drives without matching controller support.
U.3 drives can rely on NVMe-MI enclosure signaling rather than the SES protocol a SAS drive uses, so bay LEDs and management tools depend on the backplane matching that protocol.
A U.3 bay auto-detects whether the inserted drive is SAS, SATA or NVMe through the backplane's side-band signaling, so the same physical bay can host any of the three without rewiring.

U.3 is the successor to U.2, built for tri-mode backplanes that accept SAS, SATA and NVMe drives in the same bay. A U.3 drive works in a U.2 bay, but a U.2 drive does not work in a U.3 bay wired for tri-mode, which is the ordering mistake to avoid.

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HP P48217-001 1.6TB PCI Express NVMe x4 2.5-inch Solid State Drive

$2,514.60$2,958.35

$1,571.62 per TB

HP P50970-001 6.4TB PCI Express NVMe x4 Triple-Level Cell 2.5-inch SSD

$8,373.42$9,851.08

$1,308.35 per TB

Micron MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC15ABYYR 7450 MAX SSD 800GB U.3 PCIe 4.0

$2,940.30

Micron MTFDKCB960TFR-1BC15ABYYR 7450 PRO SSD RI 960GB U.3 PCIe

$1,534.50

$1,598.44 per TB

HPE P41518-001 1.6TB PCI Express NVMe x4 Mixed Use U.3 2.5-In SSD

$730.62

$456.64 per TB

Micron MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC15ABYY 800GB PCIe NVMe 4.0 TLC U.3 SSD

$2,940.30

$3,675.38 per TB

Kioxia KCM6XRUL7T68 7.68TB PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 2.5-Inch SSD

$2,791.80

$363.52 per TB

HP P48226-001 7.68TB PCI Express NVMe x4 2.5-in Solid State Drive

$2,694.78$3,170.33

$350.88 per TB

Toshiba KCD6XLUL15T3 15.36TB PCIe NVMe 4.0 TLC 2.5-in SSD

$9,654.48

$628.55 per TB

KIOXIA KCM6XRUL1T92 1.92TB PCI Express x4 NAND NVMe 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive

$1,415.70$1,665.53

$737.34 per TB

Micron MTFDKCC15T3TFR-1BC15ABYYR 7450 PRO SSD RI 15.36 TB U.3

$12,082.95

Micron MTFDKCC12T8TGQ-1BK1DABYY 12.8TB PCIe NVMe U.3 SSD

$16,099.38

$1,257.76 per TB

How to choose solid state drives

Interface first: SATA drives work on a SAS backplane, SAS drives do not work on a SATA-only controller, and NVMe connects over PCIe lanes in U.2, U.3, M.2, E1.S or add-in-card form factors that are not interchangeable with each other. Then the endurance class the workload needs, stated as drive writes per day. Then whether the listing includes the hot-swap tray, which every listing name states.

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