Dell Unity: What are the throughput thresholds for Unity Disk Drives

Summary: Dell Unity: What are the throughput thresholds for Unity Disk Drives.

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Dell Unity Drives maximum throughput:

Here are the throughputs maximum capabilities for Dell Unity drives.

SAS Flash 2 or 3 --->20,000 IOPS
SAS 15K  ---> 350 IOPS
SAS 10K  ---> 250 IOPS
NL-SAS  --->150 IOPS

Additional Information

Note: 

SAS Flash 3 is the drives used for all-Flash pools, however SAS FLASH 2 drives are used for mixed tier pools and for FAST VP and FAST CACHE features.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell EMC Unity Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000022779
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
Version:  4
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