Samsung MZ-QLB1T9NE 1.92 TB 983 DCT PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 22110 Read Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Samsung
Model	983 DCT
Capacity	1.92 TB
Usage Class	Read Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4
Total Interface Bandwidth	8 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	M.2 22110

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	Samsung V-NAND 3-bit TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1.3
Total Bytes Written	2733 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	3000 MB/s
Sequential Write	1900 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	540000
Random Write IOPS	50000
Average Latency	85 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-QLB1T9N

Engineer's Note

Compared with the earlier MZ-QLB1T9N, the MZ-QLB1T9NE is the later 983 DCT enterprise revision, giving architects a more deployment-stable lifecycle option while retaining the proven balance of 1.92 TB capacity, 2,733 TBW endurance, and PCIe 3.0 x4 performance. With up to 3,000/1,900 MB/s sequential throughput and 540K/50K IOPS on Samsung 3-bit TLC V-NAND, it is a strong fit for read-centric virtualized infrastructure, content delivery, and scale-out data services that need better endurance-per-dollar than typical mixed-use NVMe drives.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 2,733 TBW and 1.3 DWPD, the MZ-QLB1T9NE is built to sustain heavy daily write activity over its service life, making it well suited for always-on business and data-intensive environments. In typical enterprise or workstation use, this level of endurance means it can comfortably serve as a system or application drive for many years without endurance becoming a practical concern. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million-hour MTBF, indicates a very low probability of unrecoverable read errors and supports dependable operation in professional storage deployments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe 3.0 x4 interface provides enough host bandwidth to keep enterprise applications fed efficiently, reducing storage-side bottlenecks in mainstream servers and virtualization platforms.
2. Its strong sequential read performance accelerates large-block data movement, shortening backup restores, analytics scans, and dataset loading for business-critical workloads.
3. The high random read capability enables fast access to massive volumes of small files and records, which is especially valuable for OLTP databases, VDI, and heavily consolidated virtual machines.
4. Built with Samsung V-NAND 3-bit TLC and backed by enterprise-grade write endurance, it offers a practical balance of capacity, cost efficiency, and sustained reliability for read-centric mixed workloads.
5. The low typical latency helps applications respond more consistently under load, improving user experience in latency-sensitive services such as real-time databases and transaction systems.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 960 GB Higher capacity reference: 3.84 TB Capacity positioning analysis: Within this enterprise SSD family, 1.92 TB sits at the practical sweet spot. Compared with the 960 GB model, it provides much better space headroom for OS images, logs, hot data, and growth over the drive lifecycle, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with the 3.84 TB option, it usually delivers a more attractive cost-to-usable-capacity balance while keeping mainstream enterprise performance characteristics essentially in line. This makes 1.92 TB especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40 to 60 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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