Samsung MZ7KH480HAHQ-00AH3 480 GB SM883 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 inch Mixed Use Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Samsung
Model	SM883
Capacity	480 GB
Usage Class	Mixed Use

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 MLC
Drive Writes Per Day	3
Total Bytes Written	2628 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	97000
Random Write IOPS	29000
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	MZ7KM480HMHQ-00005

Engineer's Note

Compared with MZ7KM480HMHQ-00005, the SM883 (MZ7KH480HAHQ-00AH3) delivers a clear generational step up in endurance and sustained enterprise consistency, combining 3 DWPD and 2,628 TBW with Samsung V-NAND 3D MLC for mission-critical write-heavy workloads. Its 540/520 MB/s throughput and 97K/29K random IOPS make it an excellent SATA choice for mixed-use server and storage platforms that need higher reliability and longer service life than the previous generation.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 2,628 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MZ7KH480HAHQ-00AH3 is built for sustained write-intensive enterprise use rather than light client workloads. In practical terms, this level of endurance is more than sufficient for a typical OS or boot drive over many years, and it also provides strong headroom for databases, virtualization, caching, and other daily high-write scenarios. For enterprise reliability, power loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protect metadata integrity if power is unexpectedly interrupted, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER rating of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, indicates extremely low uncorrectable read error probability and a robust design suitable for business-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables drop-in deployment across mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, making performance upgrades straightforward without changing existing backplanes or software stacks.
2. With sequential reads up to 540 MB/s, this drive accelerates boot storms, database scans, and VM image loading so shared infrastructure reaches usable state faster.
3. Its random read capability of 97,000 K IOPS supports highly concurrent OLTP, VDI, and metadata-heavy workloads by keeping small-block access responsive under pressure.
4. Rated for 3 DWPD, it is built for write-intensive enterprise use, giving operators the endurance headroom needed for logging, caching, and frequently updated transactional datasets.
5. Samsung V-NAND 3D MLC combined with a typical latency of 100 µs provides the consistency and low response time required for latency-sensitive applications where predictable service levels matter more than peak burst speed.

Capacity Sweet

Lower-capacity reference: 240 GB Higher-capacity reference: 960 GB In this Samsung enterprise SSD family, the 480 GB model sits at the practical sweet spot. Compared with the 240 GB version, it gives noticeably better headroom for OS growth, logs, swap, and application updates, reducing early capacity pressure in real deployments. Compared with the 960 GB option, it usually preserves nearly the same enterprise SATA performance profile while keeping acquisition cost and per-node storage budgets more controlled. This makes 480 GB especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and utility volumes for roughly 40 to 60 virtual machines.

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