Samsung 883 DCT 960GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Internal SSD

The Samsung MZ-7LH960NE is a 960GB solid state drive that installs in a standard 2.5-inch 7 mm SATA bay and connects through a SATA 6 Gb/s link. Engineered for data center workloads, it uses Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC flash and a MARU controller to reach up to 560 MB/s sequential read speed and 520 MB/s sequential write speed. Random performance scales to 98,000 IOPS on reads and 28,000 IOPS on writes, giving virtual machines, database instances, and web applications the throughput they need to stay responsive.

Reliability sits at the core of the design. End-to-end data protection verifies every bit that travels through the drive, while power loss protection preserves in-flight data if a server loses power unexpectedly. Hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption safeguards sensitive information without adding measurable overhead. The drive is rated for 1,366 terabytes written and an expected mean time between failures of two million hours, so it stands up to continuous operation in a busy rack. A 1 GB low-power DDR4 cache helps maintain consistent output under heavy queues, and administrators can fine-tune or monitor the drive with the included Samsung SSD DC Toolkit software.

This model fits naturally in servers or storage arrays where a mix of read-intensive and moderate write tasks occur, such as content delivery nodes, virtualization hosts, and cloud gateways. It is also a practical upgrade path for IT teams that want to replace spinning disks with solid state media while keeping the existing SATA infrastructure.

Highlights:

• 960GB capacity built on Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC flash
• Sequential throughput up to 560 MB/s read and 520 MB/s write
• Random performance up to 98,000 IOPS read and 28,000 IOPS write
• End-to-end data protection and power loss protection architecture
• AES 256-bit hardware encryption for secure storage
• 1,366 TBW endurance rating and 2 million hours MTBF
• 1 GB low-power DDR4 cache memory
• Installs in any 2.5-inch 7 mm SATA bay
• Ships with Samsung SSD DC Toolkit management software