
Dell Express Flash PM1725b
Technical Specications and Information

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2019 - 03
Rev. A00

Dell Express Flash PM1725b Specications and
Use these specications and model-specic information to ensure proper application of your PM1725b.
Table 1. PM1725b technical specications
Features Description
Media type 3D TLC NAND
Capacities/form factors 1.6 TB U.2
1.6 TB HHHL low prole AIC
3.2 TB U.2
3.2 TB HHHL low prole AIC, qualied, not shipped (QNS)
6.4 TB U.2 (QNS)
6.4 TB HHHL low prole AIC
12.8 TB U.2 (QNS)
User-addressable 512-byte sectors 1.6 TB: 3,125,627,568
Information
3.2 TB: 6,251,233,968
6.4 TB: 12,502,446,768
12.8 TB: 25,000,148,992
Host bus interface PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, U.2
PCIe Gen 3.0 x8, AIC
Device protocol NVM Express 1.2.1
Bootable device Yes, U.2 only, UEFI mode only
Hot-swap support Yes U.2 only
I/O operations per second, 4K random read up to 800K IOPS, U.2
up to 930K IOPS, AIC
I/O operations per second, 4K random write up to 150K IOPS, U.2
up to 170K IOPS, AIC
Endurance rating (TBW) 1.6 TB: 8.76 PB, 3 DWPD
3.2 TB: 17.52 PB, 3 DWPD
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Features Description
6.4 TB: 35.04 PB, 3 DWPD
12.8 TB: 70.08 PB, 3 DWPD
Data retention at end of life 3 months at 40°C
Power 12V, 3.3V aux, supply rail
8 W idle, typical
23 W active, max
Operating temperature 0°C to 70°C, U.2
0°C to 55°C, AIC
Physical dimensions 100.2 mm x 69.9 mm x 14.8 mm, U.2
167.7 mm x 69.9 mm x 18.7 mm, AIC
Shock 1,500 G/0.5 ms
Vibration 20 Gpeak, 10 ~ 2000 Hz
Minimum supported operating systems
NOTE
: Supported on all operating systems using the included native drivers
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• VMware ESXi 6.5 U2
• VMware ESXi 6.7 U1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
• Ubuntu 18.04.2
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Dell Express Flash PM1725b Specications and Information