Dell 1.6TB SSD up to SAS 24Gbps FIPS SED Mixed Use 512e 2.5in with 3.5in Hybrid Carrier 3WPD
This Dell enterprise SSD pairs a 1.6TB capacity with Dell's 24Gbps SAS interface and the Mixed Use (MU) endurance class — the middle tier between Read Intensive and Write Intensive, built for workloads with a genuine mix of read and write activity such as general-purpose virtualization, transactional databases, or caching tiers. It carries a 3 DWPD (drive writes per day) endurance rating, three times the write durability of a Read Intensive drive of the same generation, reflecting the heavier write load these workloads generate.
What sets this specific drive apart is FIPS SED — a Self-Encrypting Drive validated to FIPS 140-2/140-3 standards, meaning all data is encrypted at the hardware level with a controller-managed key, and the encryption implementation itself has passed formal US federal cryptographic certification. That makes it suitable for regulated environments (government, finance, healthcare) where data-at-rest encryption compliance is a hard requirement, not just a nice-to-have; a lost or decommissioned drive is cryptographically unreadable without the key. Like its Read Intensive sibling, it uses the 512e sector format and ships as a 2.5-inch drive in Dell's 3.5-inch Hybrid Carrier for large-form-factor server bays. Its 1.6TB capacity and 3 DWPD rating make it a sensible fit for a virtualization host or database server that writes and rewrites data regularly, rather than a pure archive or backup target where a cheaper Read Intensive drive would do the job just as well.
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Capacity & Interface
- Capacity: 1.6TB
- Interface: SAS, up to 24Gbps (SAS-4)
- Sector Format: 512e
Endurance & Class
- Endurance Tier: Mixed Use (MU)
- Endurance Rating: 3 DWPD
- Encryption: FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated Self-Encrypting Drive (SED)
Physical
- Native Form Factor: 2.5-inch
- Carrier: 3.5-inch Hybrid Carrier (HYB CARR)