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Datacenter drives tend to have a bit more overprovisioning (ie. 960GB usable capacity rather than 1000GB). They also don't usually do SLC caching. They also gra
by wtallis 4y ago
Datacenter drives tend to have a bit more overprovisioning (ie. 960GB usable capacity rather than 1000GB). They also don't usually do SLC caching. They also grade write endurance based on different criteria: consumer SSDs are supposed to be able to retain their data for a full year after reaching the end of their write endurance, but enterprise SSDs only need to have 3 months data retention at end of life (albeit at a higher temperature).
But mostly, it's a matter of the consumer drives having low-balled ratings so that they don't cannibalize sales of the enterprise drives. Because the write endurance ratings are more about when the warranty expires than about when the memory itself is actually worn out.