Western Digital has launched its WD Red SN700 NVMe SSD as a caching solution to complement its WD Red HDDs in a high-capacity NAS environment.

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Key features of the WD Red SN700 NVMe SSD drive include:

  • High performance – Delivers up to 3 430 Mbps performance (500GB and 1TB models) – more than five-times the sequential read capability of SATA drives.
  • High reliability and endurance – Optimised for 24/7 NAS workload environments offering high reliability and endurance of up to 5 100 TBW (4Tb model) to handle the constant caching of read and rewrite cycles.
  • High capacity – Offered in capacities from 250Gb to 4Tb to help cover present and future caching needs.