Samsung MZ7KH480HAHQ-00005 480 GB SM883 SATA 6.0 Gbps 2.5" Write Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Samsung
Model	SM883
Capacity	480 GB
Usage Class	Write Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	SATA 6.0 Gbps
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5"

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	Samsung V-NAND 2-bit MLC
Drive Writes Per Day	3
Total Bytes Written	2628 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	550 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	98000
Random Write IOPS	28000
Average Latency	100 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-7KH4800

Engineer's Note

Compared with the earlier MZ-7KH4800, the Samsung SM883 MZ7KH480HAHQ-00005 delivers a clear generational upgrade in endurance and sustained mixed-workload consistency, combining 3 DWPD, 2,628 TBW, and Samsung V-NAND 2-bit MLC in a 480 GB SATA 6.0 Gbps form factor. For read-intensive databases, virtualization boot/storage tiers, and write-active enterprise edge servers that still require SATA compatibility, it stands out with 550/520 MB/s throughput and up to 98,000/28,000 IOPS, giving it a stronger balance of longevity and predictable performance than typical same-class SATA SSDs.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 2,628 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MZ7KH480HAHQ-00005 is built for sustained enterprise write workloads, allowing the full 480 GB capacity to be written three times per day across its rated service life. In typical use, this means it can easily serve as a highly reliable OS, boot, or application drive for many years, and under lighter mixed-workload conditions it can operate with comfortable endurance headroom for up to a decade. For enterprise reliability, this model includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and protects mapping tables and metadata if power is suddenly interrupted. Its UBER specification of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low uncorrectable bit error rate, supporting high data integrity and dependable operation in business-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA interface lets this drive drop into mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays with broad compatibility, while delivering near-bus-limit sequential read speed for faster boot, imaging, and large-file retrieval.
2. Its strong random-read capability accelerates small-block access patterns, helping databases, virtual machines, and metadata-heavy applications respond faster under concurrent workloads.
3. The endurance profile supports multiple full-drive rewrites every day, making it a practical fit for write-intensive enterprise use such as logging, OLTP, and cache tiers.
4. Samsung V-NAND based on 2-bit MLC provides a reliability-focused flash foundation, balancing sustained performance, tighter endurance consistency, and lower long-term replacement risk in datacenter deployments.
5. With typical latency in the sub-millisecond class, the drive helps reduce storage wait time and improves application responsiveness for latency-sensitive transactional environments.

Capacity Sweet

For MZ7KH480HAHQ-00005, the nearest lower capacity in the same enterprise SSD family is typically 240 GB, and the next higher capacity is 960 GB. Across these capacities, sequential read/write performance and random IOPS are generally very close, which is normal for this class of enterprise SATA SSD. At 480 GB, this model sits in the sweet spot of the lineup. Compared with 240 GB, it offers much better headroom for OS growth, patching, logs, and application overhead. Compared with 960 GB, it delivers a more efficient cost-to-capacity balance while keeping essentially the same enterprise-grade performance. It is well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 30 to 50 general-purpose virtual machines.

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