XP7680SE70065 Seagate Nytro 5350s 7.68TB PCI-E Gen4 3d eTLC SFF SSD

Seagate XP7680SE70065 Nytro 5350s SSD

General Specifications

• Manufacturer: Seagate
• Part Number: XP7680SE70065
• Product Series: Nytro 5350s
• Product Category: Solid State Drive

Key Features

• Storage Capacity: 7.68TB
• NAND Flash Technology: 3D eTLC
• Form Factor: 2.5 Inches x 15mm
• Product Title: Nytro 5350s 7.68TB PCI-E Gen4 x4 NVMe 3D eTLC SFF 15mm

Performance

• Sustained Sequential Read Speed: 7400 MB/s (128KB)
• Sustained Sequential Write Speed: 7200 MB/s (128KB)
• Sustained Random Read IOPS: 1,700,000 IOPS (4KB)
• Sustained Random Write IOPS: 195,000 IOPS (4KB)
• Average Read Latency: 75 μs (4KB QD1)
• Average Write Latency: 12 μs (4KB QD1)

Durability and Reliability

• Lifetime Endurance: 1 Drive Write Per Day (DWPD)
• Total Bytes Written (TBW): 14,000 TB
• Nonrecoverable Read Errors: 1 per 10^17 bits read
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): 2,500,000 hours

Power

• Average Active Power: 21 Watts (12V)
• Average Idle Power: 6 Watts

Physical Attributes

• Height: 14.9 mm (0.587 in)
• Width: 70.1 mm (2.760 in)
• Depth: 100.4 mm (3.953 in)
• Weight: 205 g (0.45 lb)

Seagate Nytro 5350s SSD Overview

The Seagate XP7680SE70065 Nytro 5350s 7.68TB PCI-E Gen4 x4 NVMe solid state drive represents a purpose-built storage solution for demanding data center workloads. Designed to combine the high throughput and low latency of PCI-E Gen4 x4 NVMe with the endurance and cost-efficiency of 3D eTLC flash, this SFF 15mm drive brings a balanced approach to persistent storage: it targets mixed-use application acceleration, read-intensive caching tiers, and capacity-dense NVMe arrays where both performance and density matter. The Nytro 5350s family emphasizes consistent quality-of-service, enterprise-grade data protection features, and integration flexibility for modern server and storage architectures.

Form Factor

Mechanically the drive conforms to a small form factor (SFF) 15mm height that enables dense packing in enterprise servers, hyperconverged nodes, and storage expansion trays. Electrically and logically, the XP7680SE70065 leverages PCI-E Gen4 x4 lanes to expose NVMe protocol performance with significantly higher bandwidth than previous generations. The Gen4 x4 interface unlocks aggregate sequential and random throughput improvements that reduce application bottlenecks and improve I/O responsiveness. For system architects, the Nytro 5350s PCI-E Gen4 x4 NVMe design allows leveraging modern CPU and platform ecosystems that support NVMe over PCI-E while maintaining backward compatibility at the NVMe command level.

Capacity

At 7.68TB raw capacity, this model is aimed at workloads that require both high capacity and the operational benefits of SSDs. Whether used as part of a high-performance NVMe pool, a caching tier in front of larger HDD capacity, or as persistent storage for latency-sensitive virtualized environments, the 7.68TB capacity point is a sweet spot for consolidating many virtual machines, databases, or container images on fewer drives. High-density deployment becomes straightforward: multiple 15mm SFF Nytro 5350s drives installed in a single chassis deliver terabytes of low-latency storage without consuming the space or power of equivalent spinning media.

Optimizing

Because the Nytro 5350s maintains a compact height while providing multi-terabyte capacity, systems integrators can design dense storage enclosures that maximize rack-level usable capacity. The reduced drive count needed to reach target capacity reduces per-IOPS overhead, simplifies RAID and erasure coding configurations, and decreases the number of connectors and backplane resources required. For cloud providers and large-scale enterprises concerned with TCO, the model reduces ancillary costs associated with air flow, cabling, and drive trays while preserving enterprise-grade performance characteristics.

3D eTLC Flash

The Seagate Nytro 5350s series, including this 7.68TB model, employs 3D eTLC (extended TLC) flash memory to strike a balance between cost per gigabyte and sustained endurance. eTLC delivers improved program/erase cycle lifetime relative to baseline TLC through firmware-level wear management, error mitigation, and optimized media conditioning.

Performance

With PCI-E Gen4 x4 NVMe connectivity, the Nytro 5350s 7.68TB drive delivers substantial sequential and random performance improvements compared to older interfaces. The architecture is optimized to minimize I/O latency at both the protocol and controller levels, ensuring quick response times for small random reads and writes that are typical of database and virtualization workloads. High parallelism within the NVMe command set allows the drive to maintain throughput under concurrent multi-threaded access patterns, which is critical for modern multi-core server environments.

Enterprise Features

Seagate equips the Nytro 5350s drives with a suite of enterprise-oriented data protection and management features. End-to-end data path protection guards against in-flight data corruption by ensuring integrity from the host interface through the controller to NAND and back. Power-loss protection mechanisms, whether internal capacitive reservoirs or firmware-managed flushing, help prevent data loss during abrupt power events by committing pending writes to non-volatile media. These protections help meet the expectations for business-critical systems where data consistency and integrity are non-negotiable.

Integration

Enterprise SSDs must be manageable at scale. The Nytro 5350s exposes NVMe management interfaces that integrate with platform monitoring tools, providing telemetry on temperature, wear, namespace utilization, and health indicators. These metrics enable predictive maintenance, automated replacement workflows, and capacity planning. Standard NVMe commands and vendor-specific SMART attributes make it possible to incorporate the drive into orchestration systems, enabling dynamic allocation, firmware updates, and compliance audits across large fleets.

Use cases

The Seagate XP7680SE70065 Nytro 5350s 7.68TB drive is well suited to a wide spectrum of enterprise use cases. In virtualized infrastructure, it serves as a performant primary tier for VM images and ephemeral data. In database servers, both OLTP and mixed analytical workloads benefit from the drive’s low-latency characteristics and consistent random I/O performance. As a caching or acceleration tier in storage hierarchies, Nytro 5350s can offload hot data from HDD arrays to deliver fast access without a large increase in cost per terabyte. Content delivery, streaming, and web-scale object stores use such drives to accelerate metadata and small-object retrievals, improving end-user experience while maintaining capacity efficiency.

Compatibility

Before deploying the Seagate XP7680SE70065 Nytro 5350s, validate host platform compatibility for PCI-E Gen4 lanes, NVMe boot support if required, and BIOS/UEFI firmware compatibility for NVMe drives. Many server platforms now support NVMe drives natively, but some older systems may require BIOS updates or specific NVMe driver stacks to fully exploit Gen4 performance. Planning also includes ensuring that the backplane and cabling support appropriate signal integrity for Gen4 speeds, and that any RAID or software-defined storage layers are configured to leverage NVMe namespaces and queue depth capabilities.