The Samsung PM1643A 1.92TB SAS SSD is a 1.92TB SAS-12G SSD in new condition. It is in stock at $2,199.00 - $1,145.31/TB.
Part number: MZILT1T9HBJR — decoded, with sibling variants and the warranty check.
SAS drives do not plug into a normal SATA motherboard port. You need a SAS host bus adapter or a backplane that speaks SAS - an LSI/Broadcom HBA in IT mode is the usual answer. A SATA drive will run on a SAS controller, but not the other way round. HBA and IT-mode guide
| Drive | Interface | Cond | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9A3 1.92TB U.2 NVMe | NVMe-PCIe4 | New | $1093.23 | $2099.00 | Buy |
| Samsung PM1643a 1.92TB SAS SSD | SAS-12G | New | $1143.23 | $2195.00 | Buy |
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The Samsung PM1643A 1.92TB SAS SSD is a 1.92TB SAS-12G enterprise drive at $1145.31/TB - Verify recording technology before use in RAID. New unit with full 5-year warranty.
Against every other drive we have an in-stock price for today, this one is cheaper per tb than 0% of them (0 of 27). The cheapest we can currently buy is $125.00/TB; the middle of the market is $353.64/TB.
These are third-party figures about the retail market as a whole, quoted and dated. They are not our own measurements and they do not describe this specific drive.
The PM1643A 1.92TB SAS SSD is designed for mixed enterprise workloads including virtualization, databases and analytics. Rated 1 DWPD endurance.
The PM1643A 1.92TB SAS SSD uses a 2.5" form factor with SAS-12G interface. Compatible with servers featuring U.2 or U.3 backplanes including Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant Gen10+, and Supermicro with appropriate NVMe backplane.
1 DWPD means you can write the full 1.92TB capacity 1 time(s) per day over the 5-year warranty period, totaling approximately 3504TB written.