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The advantages of SSD compared to rotating hard drives are obvious: not only are they robust and have a low mechanical wear, they convince with their speed as well. SSD provide unbeatable pace when it comes to reading, writing or accessing data processes and are therefore mainly the first choice these days.
We have taken a look at various types of SSD that are produced by Samsung.
Samsung currently offers the following server SSDs:
- PM16532.5″ SAS 4
- PM8972.5″ SATA 6.0 Gbps – Mixed workloads
- PM893, PM893a2.5″ SATA 6.0 Gbps SATA – Read intensive workloads
- PM1733, PM1733aPCIe 4.0 – U.2 Interface
- PM9A3PCIe 4.0 – E1.S, M.2 & U.2 Interface
- PM1743PCIe 5.0 – E1.S, M.2 & U.2 Interface
- PM9D3aPCIe 5.0 – E1.S & U.2 Interface
- BM1743PCIe 5.0 – E1.S & U.2 Interface
What are the differences between the evaluated types of SSD? Which are the significant criteria and – even more important – which Samsung SSD server is the most suitable one for your personal requirements and purposes?
For better comparison, you’ll find two HDD listed, one each for the interfaces SATA and SAS. This emphasizes the differences between the storage types SSD and HDD, besides the comparable criteria among SSD.
| Interface | SAS | PCIe | SATA | ||||||||
| Design | 2,5″ | E1.S | E3.S | M.2 | 2,5″ U.2 | 2,5″ | |||||
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| Model | PM1653 | PM9A3 E1.S | PM1743 E3.S | PM9A3 M.2 | PM9A3 U.2 | PM1733 U.2 | PM9D3a U.2 | PM1743 U.2 | BM1743 U.2 | PM893a PM893 | PM897 |
| Standard | SAS 4 / 24G | PCIe Gen4 | PCIe Gen5 | PCIe Gen4 | PCIe Gen5 | SATA 6.0 Gbps | |||||
| Flash memory type | TLC 3D V-NAND | QLC V-NAND | TLC 3D V-NAND | ||||||||
| Max. sequential write rate* (MB/s) | 3.700 | 4.000 | 3.000 – 7.100 | 2.000 | 4.000 | 3.500 | 1.700 – 6.800 | 3.000 – 7.100 | 1.400 – 2.100 | 530 | 470 |
| Max. sequential read rate* (MB/s) | 4.200 | 6.800 | 14.000 | 5.500 | 6.800 | 7.000 | 6.800 | 14.000 | 14.200 | 560 | 550 |
| Random Read | 800K IOPS | 1.000K IOPS | 2.000K – 2.500K IOPS | 800K IOPS | 1.000K IOPS | 1.500K IOPS | 1.050K – 2.000K IOPS | 2.000K – 2.500K IOPS | 850K – 1.780K IOPS | 98K IOPS | 97K IOPS |
| Random Write | 140K IOPS | 180K IOPS | 150K – 360K IOPS | 85K IOPS | 180K IOPS | 135K IOPS | 75K – 400K IOPS | 150K – 360K IOPS | 30K – 115K IOPS | 31K IOPS | 32K IOPS |
| Manufacturer’s warranty | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years |
| DWPD** | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.26 | 1 | 3 |
| Release date | 04/2022 | 05/2022 | 01/2024 | 01/2021 | 01/2021 | 01/2020 | 05/2024 | 01/2024 | 09/2024 | 01/2021 | 01/2021 |
| Data sheet | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ | PDF ↓ |
| Suitable for | Mixed workloads | Read intensive workloads | Mixed workloads | Read intensive workloads | Read intensive workloads | Mixed workloads | Read intensive workloads | Mixed workloads | Read intensive workloads | Read intensive workloads | Mixed workloads |
| Successor | PM9D3a | PM1743 | |||||||||
| Hint | Provides the best of U.2 and M.2 | for extremely high storage demands application | Affordable alternative to PM897 | ||||||||
* The sequential write/read rate increases with the SSD capacity.
**Drive Writes Per Day
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