19VGM: Dell 15.36TB 2.5in SSD Kioxia KPM7XRUG15T3

19VGM is a Dell 15.36TB 2.5 inch SSD tied to the Kioxia KPM7XRUG15T3. It is formatted 512e, runs firmware C10E, works in MD1400 and MD1420 storage enclosures, and is a non-SED drive.

KPM7XRUG15T3 belongs to the Kioxia PM7-R Series, the 7th generation of KIOXIA enterprise SAS SSDs for read intensive applications. The X in the prefix identifies the Sanitize Instant Erase model, which supports the standard Crypto Erase feature. At 15,360 GB it sits in the middle of a range that covers 1.92 TB up to 30.72 TB.

Flash is 112-layer BiCS FLASH TLC. The interface is 24G SAS (SAS-4) with single and dual-port operation and fallback speeds of 22.5, 12.0, 6.0, 3.0 and 1.5 Gbit/s. In dual-port mode the series reaches up to 720K IOPS on sustained 4 KiB random reads. Endurance is 1 DWPD under a 100 percent random write workload, and MTTF is 2,500,000 hours.

Data safety features are Power Loss Protection plus End-to-End Data Protection with T10 DIF. The body is a 2.5 inch form with 15.0 mm thickness, 69.85 mm width, 100.45 mm maximum length and 130 g maximum weight, powered from 12 V and 5 V rails at 5 W typical when ready.