SanDisk is bringing back budget-tier SATA SSDs (the 320 and 520 models) to address sustained pricing pressure and supply constraints in the SSD market. The move caters to cost-sensitive builders and enterprises where NVMe is not a hard requirement and capacity is the priority.
For infrastructure buyers managing total-cost-of-ownership, the return of competitive SATA pricing offers relief in storage tiers below premium NVMe—useful for archival, backup, and non-latency-critical workloads.