DELL 345-BFWC internal solid state drive 1.6 TB 3.5" SAS

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

At £3,089.42 ex‑VAT for a 1.6TB 3.5" SAS SSD, this is **not** a “buy it if you want a bit more speed” drive — it’s an **enterprise capacity upgrade** where the budget is already signed off and the workload genuinely benefits from low-latency, high IOPS storage. In practice, that means it’s for **existing Dell server environments that are already SAS‑centric** (or teams standardising on Dell parts) and where you’re trying to push databases, virtualisation or storage-heavy apps without playing compatibility roulette. If you’re in that lane and you trust your chassis/backplane/firmware match, it can be a sensible fit.

That said, I’d be cautious if you’re buying this for generic “faster than HDD” gains. At this price, you should compare it against cheaper enterprise SSD options (including NVMe where your platform supports it) and consider whether you actually need SAS SSD characteristics versus simply adding enough performance elsewhere in the stack. Also, the biggest risk with drives like this isn’t performance—it’s **value**: if you don’t have a clear utilisation reason for a 3.5" SAS SSD specifically, the money will usually go further on a platform-appropriate alternative. Bottom line: **buy it when you’re Dell/SAS-locked for a reason**; otherwise, **don’t**—you’re likely paying a premium you won’t feel.