Dell Kioxia PM5-M 400GB 12Gb/s 2.5″ Write-Intensive SAS SSD Datasheet

Product Overview

The Dell WGP72 (0WGP72) is an enterprise-class, ultra-high-endurance Solid State Drive (SSD) co-engineered with Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) under the PM5-M Series (OEM Model: KPM5XMUG400G). Built using 64-layer BiCS FLASH™ 3D TLC memory, this drive is explicitly classified as Write-Intensive (WI). It is designed to handle exceptionally heavy enterprise write streams, high-frequency logging, and aggressive transaction caching within mission-critical storage frameworks.

Technical Specifications

Performance Metrics

• Sustained 128KiB Sequential Read: Up to 2,100 MB/s (via Dual-Port/MultiLink SAS mode)

• Sustained 128KiB Sequential Write: Up to 1,260 MB/s

• Sustained 4KiB Random Read: Up to 270,000 IOPS

• Sustained 4KiB Random Write: Up to 150,000 IOPS

Extreme Endurance & Reliability

• Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 10 DWPD (The entire 400GB capacity can be completely overwritten 10 times a day for a full 5-year cycle under a 100% random write workload).

• Mean Time to Failure (MTTF): 2.5 million hours

• Operating Power Consumption: 5.0W (Typical)

• Data Protection Features: Full End-to-End Data Protection (T10 DIF support) and highly reliable hardware-based Power Loss Protection (PLP) via internal capacitors.

Platform & Server Compatibility

This drive is optimized with Dell customized enterprise firmware, offering full lifecycle health monitoring, safe array synchronization, and thermal metrics reporting through Dell OpenManage and iDRAC.

Primary Server Compatibility (Dell PowerEdge 14th to 16th Generation Enclosures):

• Rack Servers: R340, R440, R640, R740, R740xd, R840, R940, R650, R750, R660, R760

• Blade & Modular Nodes: M640, FC640, MX740c, MX750c, MX840c

• Storage Trays: Frequently bundled with the hot-swap DXD9H (G14/G15/G16 Gen) or G176J (G13 Gen) 2.5″ drive sled caddies.