Sandisk’s new NAS SSDs bring 7.68TB capacities and 14 PBW endurance to storage systems needing constant operation
- Sandisk’s new NAS SSD lineup reaches a massive 7.68 TB capacity
- The flagship NAS 800 carries an unusually high 14 PBW endurance rating
- Sandisk offers SATA and PCIe 5.0 options for NAS systems
Sandisk has introduced two SSD families designed specifically for network-attached storage systems, with capacities reaching 7.68TB.
The company says the NAS 600 SATA and NAS 800 NVMe drives are designed for prosumers, creative professionals, and small businesses.
The NAS 600 reaches 4TB through SATA connectivity, while the NAS 800 uses PCIe 5.0 and extends capacity to 7.68TB.
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Sandisk builds separate storage options for NAS workloads
The NAS 600 uses a 2.5-inch, 7mm SATA design that fits compatible NAS systems supporting 2.5-inch solid-state drives, and comes in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities, with sequential read speeds of up to 560 MB/s across the range.
Its endurance ratings range from 350 TBW on the 500GB model to 2,500 TBW on the 4TB version, and Sandisk also rates the NAS 600 at up to 2.25M hours MTTF, based on internal testing and statistical calculations.
On the other hand, the NAS 800 uses an M.2 2280 form factor with PCIe 5.0 connectivity for higher-performance NAS configurations.
Its available capacities are 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, and 7.68TB, with sequential read speeds up to 14,900 MB/s.
The 3.84TB version reaches 2.3M IOPS for random reads and 2M IOPS for random writes under Sandisk’s testing conditions.
Sandisk lists databases, virtualization, content creation, storage tiering, caching, and agentic AI among potential NAS 800 workloads.
The company says both families were engineered for multi-user environments where storage systems can remain active continuously.
“The way users employ NAS has fundamentally changed,” said Anil Moolchandani, vice president, product management at Sandisk, announcing the products.
The endurance figures separate these drives from ordinary consumer SSDs, particularly where NAS systems continuously write and rewrite stored data.
Sandisk rates the 7.68TB NAS 800 at 14 PBW, equivalent to 14,000 TBW across the drive’s stated endurance specification.
That rating corresponds to approximately 7.67 TB of writes each day over five years if the workload remains evenly distributed.
The NAS 800 also uses TLC 3D NAND, although the company has not disclosed its specific controller or detailed internal architecture.
Capacity and endurance come with substantial prices
Sandisk prices the NAS 600 lineup at $179.99 for 500GB, $279.99 for 1TB, $499.99 for 2TB, and $999.99 for 4TB.
The NAS 800 series opens at $309.99 for 960GB, then rises to $559.99 for 1.92TB, $1,099.99 for 3.84TB, and $2,199.99 for 7.68TB.
At $2,199.99, the 7.68TB flagship model carries a price tag considerably steeper than typical consumer-oriented SSDs offering comparable storage capacity.
Both drives will become available in September and will be sold via Sandisk’s official website and other select e-commerce platforms globally.
The company claims that the NAS 600 offers an accessible upgrade path away from hard drives, with support for solid-state caching and storage tiering.
It also notes that compatibility with individual NAS systems can vary, particularly where drive bays or M.2 implementations differ significantly.
For buyers weighing hard drive alternatives, these caveats matter as much as the speed and endurance figures.
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