How Does the Embodied Carbon Dioxide Equivalent of Flash Compare to HDDs?
Pure Storage
JUNE 11, 2024
A 30.72TB SSD pulls between 9 and 13 watts depending on activity level. We will be shipping a 150TB DFM by the end of 2024 and have plans to introduce a 300TB DFM by 2026. A 12TB HDD pulls about 6 watts in average usage, yielding a TB/watt of 2.0. If we use an 11 watt assumption, that SSD yields a TB/watt of 2.8,
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