Intel SSD DC P3700 Series SSDPEDMD020T401 Usable Space

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I am purchasing a 7 of these for a new server build. My question thus is simple, what is the total USABLE space of this particular device? Not RAW space, but after mounting what is presented to the RAID controller?

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Hello BishopZulu,

We understand you would like to know the real space of the Intel® SSD DC P3700 2TB once it is already mounted in the RAID controller.First of all we would like to know what is the operating system you will be installing on these drives?Now, if for example the drives will be installed in a Windows* environment, the approximate size will be around: 1.819 TB.Please let us know if you can provide the information and if this is basically what you needed to know.Regards,NC

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It will be used on ESXi, as a storage device, passed through to a windows virtual machine does this change usable?

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Hello BishopZulu,

After checking your request and knowing that the drive will be used as storage drive and with ESXi, we can confirm the size presented will be the full size of the disk.Let us know if you have any other question.Regards,NC

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Hello BishopZulu,

We are following up and we'd like to know if the information provided was enough or if you have any other question. We'll be waiting for your response.Regards,NC