Samsung launches enterprise 3-bit SSD drives
Samsung Electronics have said today that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first high-performance, three bit NAND-based SSD for servers and data centers. Installations of the 3-bit MLC (multi-level-cell) NAND SSDs, initially in large-scale data centers, are expected to begin in the next few months.
The new PM853T SSD, available in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities, claims high levels of random IOPS, performance and quality of service. The new drive promises a sequential read speed of 530 megabytes per second, while writing sequentially at 420MB/s. It also will read data randomly at 90,000 IOPS and handle sustained random writes at 14,000 IOPS, through a SATA 6Gb/sec interface.
The big advantage of 3-bit MLC is a lower cost per bit. Samsung says the new drives deliver a 30 percent increase in manufacturing efficiency compared to SSDs that use 2-bit NAND flash components.
Samsung’s first 3-bit NAND-based 840 EVO SSD, introduced in 2012, has been successful in and powers many of our existing customers. We will be running a test install soon!