Where are SSDs over 4tb size?

[tarmiricmi]

In the past two years we have seen announcements of various companies (Samsung, Sandisk etc) of 8,12, even 16 tb SSDs. I can't find those drives on main hardware vendors' sites, they are not yet available. Precisely, I'm looking for 2.5" (M2 yet better) 8 tb SSD - my whole life
Can that be purchased at the moment?

I have a feeling that the SSD development has somewhat stuck - similar with the HDDs.

 

[Sakkura]

Well they're not for the consumer market, so you don't see them on shelves much. But they are out there:

http://www.disctech.com/Samsung-PM1633a-Series-MZILS15THMLS-MZILS15THMLS-00003-15-36TB-12Gbps-SAS-SSD

 

[Colif]

16tb isn't the biggest they made so far - https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/233358-seagate-unveils-the-worlds-largest-ssd-60tb but for regular people who don't run server rooms, they do appear to be hard to find. The biggest regular sata drive is 4tb at the moment - http://www.pcworld.com/article/3093462/storage/samsung-announces-the-largest-sata-ssd-4tb-850-evo.html so you looking for something that doesn't exist yet.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Well they're not for the consumer market, so you don't see them on shelves much. But they are out there:

http://www.disctech.com/Samsung-PM1633a-Series-MZILS15THMLS-MZILS15THMLS-00003-15-36TB-12Gbps-SAS-SSD

Only $11,299! Maybe I should buy a bunch before they sell out at that bargain basement price.

 

[fluffa]

https://www.novatech.co.uk/products/samsung-850-evo-basic-4tb-solid-state-hard-drive-2-5-inch-basic-kit-with-data-migration-software-retail/mz-75e4t0beu.html

4TB

 

[Colif]

Seagates 60tb drive has estimated cost of 40k so the samsung price is on par with it.

The 60TB from Seagate has an estimated cost of around $40,000 for just one unit. Which means for the 48U rack mentioned above, the cost to fill that up with the 60TB drives would be around $11,520,000, not including tax, installation, and other fees. Wattage is also something of a concern as well. A typical SSD consumes between 1-3 watts while active. Seagate’s 60TB SSD reportedly consumes around 15 watts while active. While a server storage node should still be able to handle the increase in power consumption, it is still an extra cost.

https://exxactcorp.com/blog/seagates-60tb-ssd-exxact-review/

 

[tarmiricmi]

I'm looking for retail, not wholesale SSD
There is none available over 4 TB.

 

[Sakkura]

As I said, those SSDs aren't for consumers yet, so they're not available in retail.

The announcements so far have all been about enterprise SSDs.

I don't think it'll take ages before larger consumer SSDs arrive, but it doesn't seem likely right now in the middle of this NAND supply shortage.

 

[Colif]

I'm looking for retail, not wholesale SSD
There is none available over 4 TB.

They don't exist yet, I would expect that to change in the next few years or so. There isn't a great demand for them yet as I expect the price of 4tb ssd isn't small enough still. Best you can do is get 2x4tb. You can get 8tb sshd right now but then they are cheats and as I can see plenty of 8tb hdd, I know where most of storage is in them.