Dell Solid State Drives

Dell SATA, SAS and NVMe SSDs for PowerEdge servers, rated by DWPD

About Solid State Drives

Dell solid state drives state their endurance directly on the listing as DWPD - drive writes per day. That figure, not the capacity, is what tells you whether a drive suits your workload.

Reading the DWPD rating

A 1 DWPD drive is warranted to absorb its full capacity in writes once per day for the warranty term. A 3 DWPD drive absorbs three times that. Dell pairs the number with a workload label:

Read Intensive - typically 1 DWPD, for content, streaming and mostly-read databases
Mixed Use - typically 3 DWPD, for virtualisation and general transactional work

Choosing on capacity alone is how a drive ends up consuming its endurance budget years early.

Interfaces in stock

SATA 6Gb/s - the broadest selection, 2.5-inch
SAS 12Gb/s and 24Gb/s - dual-ported, including the newer 24G parts
NVMe over PCI Express, including PCIe 4.0 - the highest throughput tier

Terms you will see on Dell listings

Hot-plug - supplied in a carrier for a hot-swap bay, often noted as shipping with tray
ISE - Instant Secure Erase, a controller-level cryptographic erase
512e - 4K physical sectors presented to the host as 512-byte sectors
14G, 15G - the PowerEdge generation the drive was qualified against

Generation matters for the carrier as much as the electronics: PowerEdge tray designs changed between generations. NVMe also needs a backplane wired for PCI Express, which not every PowerEdge has.

Send us the PowerEdge model and your write profile and we will match capacity, DWPD class and tray together.

Featured Solid State Drives Products

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Most-searched Solid State Drives part numbers

The Dell SSDs that US buyers look up most often on Google, from our own Search Console data. Every part listed is priced, photographed and in stock as of 10 October 2026.

Part number	Description	Price
KHRJ3	Dell 480GB SATA 6Gb/s Read Intensive 2.5-inch Solid State Drive	$4,292.93
400-AOZS	Dell 800GB Multi-Level Cell SATA 6Gb/s Hot-Swappable 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive	$180.00
0RVYD5	Dell 7.68TB TLC SAS 12Gb/s Read Intensive Hot-Pluggable 2.5-inch Solid State Drive	$2,024.50
YXD33	Dell Enterprise 1.92TB NVMe Read Intensive Solid State Drive	$976.00
5M4YX	Dell 3.84TB Triple-Level Cell SAS 12Gb/s 2.5-inch Solid State Drive for PowerEdge C6420 Server	$1,617.60
031Y1M	Dell 960GB MLC SATA 6Gb/s Read Intensive Hot-Pluggable 2.5-inch Solid State Drive	$406.95
345-BCRO	Dell 345-BCRO 960GB Triple-Level Cell SAS 12Gb/s Hot-Pluggable Read Intensive 2.5-Inch (512e) Solid State Drive with Tray for PowerEdge C6420/R640/R740/R740xd/R7525	$550.00
400-ATGI	Dell 400GB Multi-Level Cell (MLC) SAS 12Gb/s Hot-Swappable Write Intensive 2.5-inch Solid State Drive with 3.5-inch Hybrid Carrier	$1,013.50
54D6F	Dell 54D6F Dell 054D6F / 54D6F 960GB SATA 6Gb/s Triple-Level Cell Read Intensive 512e M.2 2280 Solid State Drive	$1,046.40
9D3P8	Dell 9D3P8 800GB SAS 12Gb/s Hot-Pluggable Mixed Use (512e) 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive with Tray for PowerEdge Mx5016s	$304.00
400-BGGP	Dell 400-BGGP 7.68TB PCI Express NVMe 4.0 SFF 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive	$3,956.00
345-BGQV	Dell 345-BGQV 480GB PCI Express NVMe 4.0 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive	$985.60

Solid State Drives in stock, by capacity

Live count of Dell SSDs that are priced, photographed and ready to ship, taken from our own catalogue on 10 October 2026. Prices are what you pay, not a list price.

Capacity	Drives available	Price range	Average
128GB	192	$84.00 – $2,735.43	$270.03
200GB	248	$68.00 – $12,028.18	$846.89
256GB	230	$73.60 – $6,130.48	$376.88
400GB	385	$97.60 – $7,084.26	$928.11
480GB	353	$112.00 – $4,796.96	$747.32
512GB	169	$102.53 – $2,681.12	$552.19
800GB	464	$118.40 – $11,795.78	$1,318.28
960GB	558	$161.60 – $8,742.91	$906.71
1TB	1,024	$143.73 – $12,221.17	$1,516.79
3TB	606	$443.87 – $12,894.11	$2,340.02
7TB	245	$1,372.00 – $9,628.00	$4,484.83
15TB	91	$3,460.00 – $11,725.00	$6,068.30

Need several of one capacity? Paste the part numbers into the quick order pad, or ask for a bulk quote.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does DWPD mean on a Dell SSD?

Drive writes per day. A 1 DWPD drive is warranted to absorb its entire capacity in writes once per day across the warranty term; a 3 DWPD drive three times that. Dell labels roughly 1 DWPD parts as read intensive and roughly 3 DWPD parts as mixed use. Matching DWPD to your actual write volume is more important than capacity.

Will a Dell SSD come with the tray?

Many hot-plug Dell SSDs are listed as shipping with a tray, but not all, and tray designs changed between PowerEdge generations. A drive supplied in a 13th generation carrier will not necessarily mount in a 14th generation chassis. Tell us the server model and we will confirm.

Can I put an NVMe SSD in any PowerEdge?

No. NVMe connects over PCI Express, so the chassis needs a backplane wired for it. A PowerEdge built only for SAS and SATA cannot take an NVMe drive in a hot-plug bay even though it physically fits the same 2.5-inch slot.

What is ISE on a Dell drive?

Instant Secure Erase. The drive holds an internal encryption key, and erasing that key renders the stored data unreadable immediately rather than requiring a full overwrite pass. It is a decommissioning convenience, not the same thing as a self-encrypting drive used for at-rest protection under a key manager.