Description
Samsung PM883 1.92TB SATA 2.5" SSD
The PM883 is Samsung's 1.92TB enterprise drive in the 2.5-inch size, running SATA with triple-level cell flash. The listing gives the interface as SATA/600, which trips people up. It's the same thing as SATA 6Gb/s, written in megabytes per second instead of gigabits. Six gigabits per second comes out at roughly 600 megabytes, so both figures describe one interface. This is an internal drive aimed at servers and storage nodes rather than desktops.
Key Features
- 1.92TB per drive, a capacity sized for building arrays rather than filling one bay
- SATA/600 interface, the same standard written elsewhere as SATA 6Gb/s
- Triple-level cell flash, three bits held in every memory cell
- 2.5-inch internal body for SFF bays in servers and storage enclosures
- Listed by Samsung as an enterprise drive under the PM883 name
- RoHS and WEEE compliant, and marked eco-friendly
Performance and Applications
Buying drives for an array works differently from buying one for a desktop. Controllers behave best when every member of a RAID group runs the same model and firmware, so order the full set together instead of filling gaps over several months. 1.92TB makes a good building block for that.
Six of them give you around 11.5TB raw before parity takes its share. Keeping one spare from the same batch on the shelf saves a scramble later. General storage, virtual machine images, file services, and database volumes all suit a drive at this level.
Compatibility and Installation
You'll need a 2.5-inch SFF bay and a SATA connection on the backplane or controller. Server chassis want their own carrier tray, matched to the generation of the machine. Check that your controller reports SMART data properly for a Samsung-coded drive, because monitoring an array gets much easier when the health figures come through cleanly.
Samsung PM883 1.92TB SSD for Enterprise SATA Arrays
For a RAID group built from matched drives, the PM883 at 1.92TB gives you a repeatable block at a workable price per terabyte.
