- Price of Solidigm’s monster 122.88TB SSD has increased by almost 200% in just nine months
- The drive was originally listed at $12,399 and now costs $37,128 at Tech-America.
- U.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD is designed for enterprise servers, storage arrays and cloud data centers
Originally announced in November 2024, Solidigm’s 122.88TB D5-P5336 SSD officially went on sale in May 2025.
Early estimates suggested it would cost close to $14,000, but as we reported, the enterprise drive became available through Tech-America for “only” $12,399, seriously undercutting market expectations.
However, Tech-America is selling the exact same drive for $37,128, an increase of almost 200%. That’s a huge jump in about nine months. Sure, discounted prices are available, but buy more than 100 monster SSDs and you’re still only saving $853 per drive.
$302 per terabyte
The D5-P5336 in question is a 2.5-inch U.2 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, designed for servers, storage arrays, cloud storage and data centers. It packs 122.88 TB into a 15mm chassis weighing approximately 5.87 ounces.
Sequential performance is rated at up to 6.84 GB/s read and 2.93 GB/s write. 4KB random reads reach 900,000 IOPS, while random writes top out at 19,000 IOPS, indicating heavy read workloads.
Endurance is set at 0.6 disk writes per day, with total bytes written listed at 137,523.20 TB. Mean time between failures is estimated at 228.2 years (a statistical projection rather than a literal lifespan).
The drive comes with a five-year warranty and connects via U.2, an interface common in enterprise racks although absent from most consumer systems.
As for price developments, several factors could come into play. Ultra-high capacity NAND is not produced at the same scale as consumer flash, and supply can tighten quickly if ultra-large scale customers place large orders.
Pricing for enterprise SSDs also often revolves around contracts rather than public listings. Retail sales figures may reflect limited inventory, distributor adjustments or even past price corrections.
At $37,128, the cost per terabyte now stands at around $302. That’s well above what most buyers are used to seeing, even in enterprise storage.
High-capacity consumer NVMe drives often range from $40 to $80 per TB. Many enterprise SSDs between 7.68 TB and 30.72 TB can cost less than $150 per TB when purchased in volume.
On a per terabyte basis, Solidigm’s SSD monster the cost is now two to six times that of smaller alternatives.
At its previous listing of $12,399 in May 2025, the price per TB stood at around $101, much closer to the mainstream enterprise flash price and arguably easier for buyers to justify.
This comparison is of course not perfect. A 122.88 TB SSD allows for much higher storage density in a single 2.5-inch U.2 slot, which can reduce the number of drives, ports, and cables needed in a rack.
For operators constrained by space or energy budgets, this consolidation offers real added value.
Despite this, the move from around $101 to around $302 per TB significantly changes the economic situation. Buyers aren’t just paying for flash capacity, they’re paying a huge premium to package it into a single device.
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