Samsung Announces Data Center SSDs – 860 DCT, 883 DCT, 983 DCT and 983 ZET

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Samsung Electronics Unveils Comprehensive Data Center SSD Line Up for Enterprise and Business Big Data Applications

Comprehensive New Lineup Designed to Address Super Computing Trends of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things

Ridgefield Park, N.J. September 4, 2018 Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today unveiled the Samsung Data Center solid-state drive (SSD) lineup to address current and future trends in high performance computing storage in the big data era for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Samsungs new family of Data Center SSD solutions, which consists of the 860 DCT, 883 DCT, 983 DCT and the 983 ZET, are engineered to meet the evolving needs of SMBs, including faster, sustained performance, higher capacities and enterprise-class reliability and security.

Samsungs Data Center SSD portfolio will raise the bar for efficiency compared to legacy storage systems, requiring fewer servers and reduced power and cooling for a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). The new lineup delivers better Quality of Service (QoS) for SMBs by reducing latency and lowering data delays. The entire line provides enhanced reliability and endurance for 24/7 operation backed by a 5-year limited warranty and impressive Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD) ratings.

Samsungs Data Center SSD portfolio provides SMBs with a future-proof lineup to fit their unique business needs in the incredibly diverse market, said Richard Leonarz, director of product marketing for Samsung Electronics. Samsung leveraged years of memory product engineering expertise to deliver a simple, yet optimized SSD lineup that addresses todays super computer trends.

The comprehensive SSD lineup includes the following solutions to meet the widest range of SMB data storage needs:

  • The 860 DCT is designed for servers requiring SSD-levels of sustained performance and is suitable for read-intensive workloads. It allows for a lower TCO compared to hard disk drives (HDDs) and offers high capacities up to 3.84 TB. The 860 DCT is the perfect solution for content delivery network systems and comes with a 0.20 DWPD rating.
  • The 883 DCT is designed for servers used to safeguard critical data, including power loss protection and end-to-end data protection. It offers a high QoS under the SATA interface and will be available in a number of capacities ranging from 240GB up to 3.84TB at a 0.8 DWPD rating.
  • The 983 DCT is a high-performance solution for servers using an NVMe interface, which allows for blazing-fast speeds and high responsiveness. It comes in two form factors U.2 and M.2 and will deliver jaw-dropping sequential read/write speeds of up to 3,000/1,900 MB/s (U.2) and 3,000/1,400 MB/s (M.2). The 983 DCT is ideal for real-time big data analytics applications and comes with a 0.8 DWPD rating.
  • The 983 ZET is a powerful cache memory solution that offers a new level of performance with ultra-low latency, high level of QoS, breakthrough speeds and high reliability. It is the perfect storage solution for NoSQL DB such as application workload case, and it comes with a 10 DWPD rating.

All of Samsungs new Data Center SSDs integrate with the advanced Samsung SSD Toolkit, which allows for efficient and simple maintenance, such as firmware updates, data erasure, over-provisioning setup and disk status. The 860 DCT, 883 DCT and 983 DCT are available now and the 983 ZET will be available September 24th. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com/us/business.

Key Specifications:

860 DCT 883 DCT 983 DCT 983 ZET
Interface SATA 6Gbps SATA 6Gbps PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.2b PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.2b
Form Factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch U.2 (2.5-inch 7mmT) , M.2 (22110) HHHL (half height, half length)
Hardware NAND Samsung V-NAND Samsung V-NAND Samsung V-NAND Samsung Low Latency V-NAND
CTRL MJX MJX Phoenix Phoenix
DRAM 4GB LPDDR4 (3.84TB)

2GB LPDDR4 (1.92TB)

1GB LPDDR4 (960GB)

4GB LPDDR4 (3.84TB)

2GB LPDDR4 (1.92TB)

1GB LPDDR4 (960GB)

512MB LPDDR4 (480GB, 240GB)

3GB LPDDR4 (1.92TB)

1.5GB LPDDR4 (960GB)

1.5GB LPDDR4
Capacity1 3.84TB, 1.92TB, 960GB 3.84TB, 1.92TB, 960GB, 480GB, 240GB 1.92TB, 960GB 960GB, 480GB
Seq. Read/Write2 Up to 550/520 MB/s Up to 550/520 MB/s Up to 3,000/1,900 MB/s (U.2 1.92TB)
Up to 3,000/1,050 MB/s (U.2 960GB)
Up to 3,000/1,400 MB/s (M.2 1.92TB)
Up to 3,000/1,100 MB/s (M.2 960GB)
Up to 3,400/3,000 MB/s
Power Loss Protection Not provided Provided Provided Provided
Data encryption Class 0 (AES 256) Class 0 (AES 256) Class 0 (AES 256), TCG/Opal Class 0 (AES 256), TCG/Opal
Total Bytes Written3 Up to 1,396TB (3.84TB)
Up to 698TB (1.92TB)
Up to 349TB (960GB)
Up to 5,466TB (3.84TB)
Up to 2,733TB (1.92TB)
Up to 1,366TB (960GB)
Up to 683TB (480GB)
Up to 341TB (240GB)
Up to 2,733TB (1.92TB)
Up to 1,366TB (960GB)
Up to 17,520TB (960GB)

Up to 7,440TB (480GB)

Warranty Up to 5-year limited warranty Up to 5-year limited warranty Up to 5-year limited warranty Up to 5-year limited warranty
  1. 1MB = 1,000,000 Bytes, 1GB = 1,000,000,000 Bytes, Unformatted Capacity. User accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
  2. For detail test conditions, please refer to each products respective data sheet.

*860 DCT, 883 DCT: Performance measured using FIO 2.18 with queue depth 32, Z270 Intel SATA 6G port. Measurements are performed on whole LBA range. Write cache enabled. Performance vary depending on capacity.

*983 DCT: Based on PCI Express Gen3 x4, Random performance measured using FIO 2.7 in CentOS6.6 (kernel 3.14.29) with 4KB (4,096 bytes) of data transfer size in queue depth 32 by 4 workers and Sequential performance with 128KB (131,072 bytes) of data transfer size in queue depth 32 by 1 worker. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and environment. 1 MB/sec = 1,000,000 bytes/sec was used in sequential performance

*983 ZET: Based on PCI Express Gen3 x4, Random performance measured using FIO in CentOS 7.0 with queue depth 32 by 4 workers and Sequential performance with queue depth 32 by 1 worker. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and environment. 1 MB/sec = 1,000,000 bytes/sec was used in sequential performance

  1. TBW(Total byte written) is measured while running 100 % random 4 KB writes across the entire SSD (TBW = DWPD x 365 x 3 x User capacity)

*All documented endurance test results are obtained in compliance with JESD218 Standards. Please visit www.jedec.org for detailed information on JESD218 Standards

  1. For 5-years warranty case, please contact your local Samsung sales representative.

*The NVM Express design mark is a registered trademark of NVM Express, Inc.

About Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

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