Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

Cat. no. storage-samsung-990-pro-2tb

Curator note

Fast enough that model load time stops being the bottleneck: a model loads once per session, then runs from VRAM. 2 TB holds a working set of large quantised models. A Gen4 drive runs cool enough without a heatsink in most boards.

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Specifications

Capacity 2,000 GB Source
PCIe gen 4 Source
Seq. read 7,450 MB/s Source
Endurance 1,200 TBW Source

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