The Samsung PM9A3 960GB U.2 NVMe is a 0.96TB NVMe-PCIe4 SSD in new condition. It is in stock at $798.75 - $832.03/TB.
Part number: MZQL2960HCJR — decoded, with sibling variants and the warranty check.
U.2 and U.3 drives need a backplane wired for NVMe or an adapter carrying PCIe lanes to the bay - a SAS backplane will not do it. Check your chassis supports NVMe in the slot you plan to use before ordering. NVMe drive prices and form factors
Part of the Samsung line we track.
The Samsung PM9A3 960GB U.2 NVMe delivers enterprise NVMe performance at $832.03/TB. Suited to read-intensive cloud workloads and mixed enterprise applications. Verify U.2/U.3 backplane compatibility before ordering.
Against every other drive we have an in-stock price for today, this one is cheaper per tb than 21% of them (5 of 24). The cheapest we can currently buy is $125.00/TB; the middle of the market is $341.81/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 PM9A3 960GB U.2 NVMe is designed for mixed enterprise workloads including virtualization, databases and analytics. Rated 1 DWPD endurance.
The PM9A3 960GB U.2 NVMe uses a U.2 form factor with NVMe-PCIe4 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 0.96TB capacity 1 time(s) per day over the 5-year warranty period, totaling approximately 1752TB written.