Samsung Enterprise SSDs — Data Center Grade Storage

SATA and NVMe SSDs trusted by the world's largest data centers

About Enterprise SSDs

Samsung manufactures more enterprise NAND flash than any other company on earth. Their data center SSDs power hyperscale cloud providers, enterprise data centers, and everything in between. We stock the full Samsung enterprise SSD lineup from SATA read-intensive models to NVMe write-intensive drives.

Samsung's vertical integration — they design the NAND, controller, DRAM cache, and firmware — delivers consistency and reliability that mix-and-match competitors can't match. When you buy a Samsung enterprise SSD, every component was designed to work together.

Samsung Enterprise SSD Lineup

  • PM893 (SATA) — The read-intensive workhorse. 0.3-1 DWPD, available 240 GB to 7.68 TB. Perfect for boot drives, read caches, and content delivery.
  • PM897 (SATA) — Mixed-use endurance at 3 DWPD. For databases and VMs on SATA-only platforms.
  • PM9A3 (NVMe U.2/M.2) — The data center NVMe standard. 1 DWPD, PCIe Gen4, available 960 GB to 7.68 TB. Dominates cloud and enterprise storage.
  • PM1733 / PM1735 (NVMe) — High-performance 3 DWPD write-intensive NVMe. For logging, analytics, and write-heavy databases.

Ordering for a fleet? Samsung SSDs are available in bulk quantities with matched firmware revisions — critical for RAID array consistency. Request volume pricing on 10+ drives.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Samsung PM893 and PM9A3?

The PM893 is a SATA SSD (max 550 MB/s, 98K IOPS) for legacy servers and read-heavy workloads. The PM9A3 is an NVMe SSD (max 6,800 MB/s, 1M IOPS) for modern servers needing high performance. PM9A3 offers roughly 10x the throughput and IOPS of PM893, but requires an NVMe-capable drive bay or PCIe slot.

How long do Samsung enterprise SSDs last?

Samsung enterprise SSDs are warrantied for 5 years or their rated DWPD endurance limit, whichever comes first. A PM893 3.84 TB at 1 DWPD can write 3.84 TB daily for 5 years — that is 7,008 TB total writes. In typical server workloads, Samsung enterprise SSDs commonly exceed their rated endurance by 2-3x.

Are Samsung SSDs compatible with HP and Dell servers?

Yes. Samsung PM893 (SATA) and PM9A3 (NVMe) are standard-compliant drives that work in any server with the appropriate interface. They are used extensively in HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge, and Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. Many OEM-branded drives are actually Samsung SSDs with a different label.

Which Samsung SSD is best for VMware ESXi?

For VMware ESXi datastores, the Samsung PM9A3 (NVMe, 1 DWPD) in 1.92 TB or 3.84 TB is the top choice. NVMe latency under 100 microseconds ensures snappy VM performance even under heavy consolidation. For SATA-only servers, the PM893 in 3.84 TB provides excellent read performance for VM templates and ISO libraries.

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