DELL 345-BFVM internal solid state drive 1.6 TB 2.5" SAS

Product Overview

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At £3,089.42 ex‑VAT for a 2.5" SAS SSD, this isn’t a “buy it because it’s fast” drive—it’s a “buy it because Dell told your server it wants SAS and your budget can handle it” kind of purchase. The upside is simple: if you’ve got a Dell server that’s picky about drive types/firmware and you specifically need an internal SAS SSD for reliability, latency, and predictable performance under load, this can be a clean drop-in. For mission‑critical environments (virtualisation hosts, database workloads, storage tiers) where you’re trying to avoid weird compatibility issues and keep vendor support straightforward, the price can be easier to justify.

That said, if you’re just looking to improve general storage performance or you’re not constrained by a SAS backplane / Dell platform requirements, this is hard to recommend on value alone. In many UK SMB and mid-market builds, you can get similar practical benefits by choosing a more cost-effective SSD option that fits your controller (often SATA/NVMe depending on the server), without paying a premium for a form factor you don’t actually need. My honest take: only buy this if your hardware ecosystem and workload truly warrant a Dell-branded 2.5" SAS SSD; otherwise, you’ll likely be overpaying.