Samsung MZ-7LH960A 960 GB PM883 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 inch Read Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Samsung
Model	PM883
Capacity	960 GB
Usage Class	Read Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	SATA 6Gb/s
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	Samsung V-NAND 3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1.3
Total Bytes Written	1366 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	550 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	98000
Random Write IOPS	28000
Average Latency	40 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Part Number

MPN	MZ-7LM960E

Engineer's Note

Compared with the MZ-7LM960E, the MZ-7LH960A PM883 moves to Samsung V-NAND 3D TLC, giving you higher usable density and stronger endurance economics in the same SATA 6Gb/s deployment class while sustaining near-interface-limit performance at 550/520 MB/s. With 1.3 DWPD, 1366 TBW, and up to 98,000/28,000 IOPS, it is the more balanced choice for scale-out virtualization, boot-from-SAN, and read-centric database or content-serving tiers that need enterprise reliability without moving to SAS or NVMe.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 1,366 TBW and 1.3 DWPD, the MZ-7LH960A is designed to handle sustained daily write activity far beyond typical client or general server boot-drive usage. In practical terms, under normal system-disk and mixed enterprise workloads, this level of endurance supports many years of reliable operation and can comfortably serve as a system drive for up to 10 years in write-light to moderate use scenarios. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes Power Loss Protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 and 2 million-hour MTBF indicate a very low uncorrectable bit error rate and strong long-term dependability, giving buyers confidence in data integrity and stable operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface with near–bus-limit sequential read performance enables a drop-in upgrade for legacy enterprise servers and storage arrays, accelerating bulk data access without requiring PCIe infrastructure changes.
2. High random read capability translates into faster response for metadata-heavy workloads such as virtualization, OLTP databases, and boot storms, where small-block access dominates real production traffic.
3. A 1.3 DWPD endurance rating supports sustained daily overwrite activity in mixed-use environments, giving enterprises the write headroom needed for steady-state application workloads over the drive’s service life.
4. Samsung V-NAND 3D TLC combines flash density with enterprise-tuned reliability, helping organizations scale capacity efficiently while maintaining predictable performance and power characteristics.
5. Typical latency of 40 µs helps reduce storage wait time at the transaction level, improving application responsiveness and supporting tighter QoS targets in latency-sensitive business systems.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 480 GB Higher capacity reference: 1.92 TB Capacity positioning analysis: Within this enterprise SSD family, the 960 GB model sits in the sweet spot between entry density and larger-scale consolidation. Compared with the 480 GB version, it gives substantially more headroom for OS images, application stacks, logs, and growth buffers, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with the 1.92 TB model, it typically delivers a better balance of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and standard enterprise performance consistency. It is especially well suited for mid-sized virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40 to 60 general-purpose virtual machines.

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