Samsung MZILT15THMLA PM1643 Series 15.36TB SAS 12Gb/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive. Refurbished. In Stock Brand: Samsung Part Number: MZILT15THMLA Condition: Refurbished Category: SSD Key Specs: 15.36TB Availability: In Stock Shipping: Fast US-based shipping Order the Samsung MZILT15THMLA today from ProDisk Network — your trusted source for enterprise IT hardware. All products are quality-tested and backed by our support team.
The MZILT15THMLA is a Samsung ssds component with capacity 15.36 TB, form factor 2.5-inch, interface SAS. Pro Disk Network sells the MZILT15THMLA for $3,047.37 with same-day US shipping and a 30-day return guarantee.
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Quick Answer: Will the MZILT15THMLA work with my RAID controller?
The MZILT15THMLA operates with any standard SAS/SATA/NVMe-compatible RAID controller (Dell PERC, HPE Smart Array, LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID, Adaptec, IBM ServeRAID, Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID). Mixing this drive in the same RAID volume with drives of different speed/capacity is supported but never recommended.
How fast does the MZILT15THMLA ship?
MZILT15THMLA orders placed before 3 pm ET ship the same business day from US warehouses. Delivery is next business day to most metro ZIPs via FedEx/UPS overnight; ground delivery covers remaining US in 1-4 business days.
The MZILT15THMLA is deployed by US enterprises, MSPs, government, and education customers across multiple infrastructure scenarios. Below are the most common deployment patterns Pro Disk Network sees in real-world orders.
VMware Datastore — ESXi 7/8 datastores hosting 30–80 VMs per drive. RAID 10 for write-intensive, RAID 5 for read-leaning VM mixes.
Citrix / Horizon VDI — Linked-clone master images and write-cache disks. Lower DWPD acceptable since VDI write patterns are bursty.
NoSQL & Real-Time Analytics — MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Druid hot-tier nodes. NVMe variant strongly preferred over SAS/SATA for query latency.
Hypervisor Boot — ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox boot drives. Read-intensive (1 DWPD) is sufficient. Mirror two drives for redundancy.
What is the MZILT15THMLA?
The MZILT15THMLA is a Samsung enterprise solid-state drive with capacity 15.36 TB and form factor 2.5-inch, manufactured by Samsung. Pro Disk Network ships this part new and certified-refurbished from our US warehouse with same-day dispatch on orders placed before 3 PM ET, backed by a 30-day return guarantee.
Pros & Cons of MZILT15THMLA
Pros
Direct-to-rack shipping on multi-pack orders
Sequential serial-number bundling for cluster builds
Cons
Not enterprise NVMe — sub-100 µs latency workloads need a different SKU
Bulk capacity is the value play, not raw IOPS
Larger orders may ship via LTL freight (signature required)
Frequently Asked Questions about MZILT15THMLA
Is the MZILT15THMLA a genuine Samsung part?
Yes. Pro Disk Network sources every MZILT15THMLA as factory-original Samsung inventory. New units arrive sealed in OEM packaging; refurbished units are pulled from decommissioned Samsung servers, surface-tested, and re-warranted by Pro Disk Network for 90 days.
Will the MZILT15THMLA work with my RAID controller?
The MZILT15THMLA operates with any standard SAS/SATA/NVMe-compatible RAID controller (Dell PERC, HPE Smart Array, LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID, Adaptec, IBM ServeRAID, Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID). Mixing this drive in the same RAID volume with drives of different speed/capacity is supported but never recommended.
How fast does the MZILT15THMLA ship?
MZILT15THMLA orders placed before 3 pm ET ship the same business day from US warehouses. Delivery is next business day to most metro ZIPs via FedEx/UPS overnight; ground delivery covers remaining US in 1-4 business days.
What is the warranty on the MZILT15THMLA?
New MZILT15THMLA units carry the full Samsung manufacturer warranty (typically 1 to 5 years depending on product line). Refurbished and bulk-OEM units include a Pro Disk Network advance-replacement warranty (90 days refurbished). DOA replacement is free within 30 days of receipt.
Do you offer bulk pricing for the MZILT15THMLA?
Email sales@prodisknetwork.com with the quantity and target ship date for a quote within one business day.
Other parts that share the MZILT1 series prefix — useful when sourcing matched lots, hot-spare pools, or capacity-tier expansions.
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How to Pick the Right Drive Capacity for Your Use Case
For VMware vSAN deployments, the MZILT15THMLA is best deployed in the capacity tier with NVMe cache drives in front. Size the cache layer at 10% of usable capacity for write-intensive workloads and 5% for read-leaning workloads. For Veeam backup repositories, plan around 1.5× the size of your protected estate to allow for incremental forever chains plus synthetic fulls. Splunk warm tier sizing should follow the daily ingest rate × retention days × 1.6 compression overhead.
Drive Health Monitoring: SMART, Workload Rating, and Predictive Failure
For VMware ESXi 8 hosts, enable vSphere's predictive-failure analysis on the MZILT15THMLA via the host's storage device list. The host queries SMART on a regular cadence and surfaces yellow/red warnings in vCenter before the drive fails outright. On Linux, use smartctl piped to your monitoring system; on Windows Server, Storage Spaces exposes health state directly in Server Manager.