💎 Dell 200GB SAS 12Gb/s Enterprise SSDModel: K41XJ | Toshiba PX02SMF020 | eMLC | 2.5" SFF

The Dell K41XJ (manufactured by Toshiba as the PX02SMF020) is a high-endurance, Enterprise Mixed-Use (MU) solid-state drive designed for heavy data center workloads. This drive was the first in the industry to feature a 12Gb/s SAS interface, offering double the bandwidth of previous 6Gb/s models. Built with 24nm eMLC (Enterprise Multi-Level Cell) NAND, it is specifically engineered for I/O intensive applications like database management, virtualization, and high-performance computing.

📊 Technical Specifications

• Capacity: 💾 200 GB

• Interface: ⚡ SAS 12Gb/s (Backwards compatible with 6Gb/s SAS)

• NAND Type: 🧩 24nm eMLC (Enterprise MLC)

• Sequential Read: 🚀 Up to 900 MB/s

• Sequential Write: ✍️ Up to 400 MB/s

• Random Read/Write: ⚡ 130,000 / 27,000 IOPS

• Endurance: 🛡️ 10 DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) / 3.7PB TBW

• Form Factor: 📏 2.5-inch x 7mm (SFF)

✅ Why This Drive Rocks

• Condition: ✨ Refurbished - Excellent. Professionally audited and secure-erased to NIST 800-88 standards. This drive is verified for enterprise-grade stability and health.

• Mixed-Use Endurance: With a 10 DWPD rating, this drive can be completely rewritten 10 times a day for 5 years. This makes it significantly more durable than standard "Read Intensive" or consumer SSDs.

• Dual-Port SAS: Features a dual-port interface for multipath I/O and failover redundancy, ensuring continuous data availability in mission-critical server environments.

• Advanced Error Correction: Utilizes Toshiba’s proprietary Quadruple Swing-By Code (QSBC) technology, providing superior error correction to protect data integrity at high speeds.

• Power Loss Protection: Equipped with integrated capacitors that safeguard data-at-rest, preventing corruption during sudden power failures.

📦 Compatibility & Use Case

• Target Systems: Optimized for Dell PowerEdge servers (R-series, T-series, and C-series) and PowerVault storage arrays. It fits any 2.5" hot-swap tray (e.g., G176J).

• Workloads: Perfect for SQL/NoSQL databases, transactional processing, and as a high-speed caching tier in vSAN environments.

• VMware Ready: Specifically classified for vSAN All-Flash and Hybrid Caching Tiers (Performance Class D).