Samsung 2.5 inch Enterprise SSD PM863 Series SATA600

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Classleading performance in random read and sequential workloads, excellent mixed workload performance, cost, endurance, power consumption
Overall fantastic application performance Strong featureset, Wide range of capacity offerings

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No guidance on expected endurance increases via overprovisioning tuning.

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Last revision on November 21, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Classleading performance in random read and sequential workloads, excellent mixed workload performance, cost, endurance, power consumption
Overall fantastic application performance Strong featureset, Wide range of capacity offerings

Reviewers Didn't Like

No guidance on expected endurance increases via overprovisioning tuning

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To help reach a conclusion let's have a look at how the Samsung PM863 compares to what are arguably its closest competitors, that we have thus far tested in the ‘Read Intensive' arena. The following table especially focuses on characteristics that are...

By MyCE on March 14, 2016

Samsung is the biggest player in the SSD market with over 30% market share. By leveraging Samsung's latest TLC and MLC V-NAND the PM863 and SM863 continue to solidify their lead by delivering fast and consistent performance. Not only that, but it allows...

By thessdreview.com on September 09, 2015

The Samsung PM863 sets the new benchmark for performance, consistency and efficiency in the read-centric enterprise SSD segment, and at a lower cost and comparable endurance to many competing...

By tomsitpro.com on November 24, 2015

Next to the SM863 Samsung has also launched the PM863 series. This drive is equipped with TLC 3D-V-NAND flash memory chips and therefore it's suitable for read-intensive workloads, preserving precious write cycles. Nevertheless, compared to the...

By Ocaholic on October 01, 2015

Last year we reviewed the Samsung 845DC EVO and the Samsung 845DC PRO , which at the time was two of Samsung's newest SSDs designed for the rapidly growing datacenter/cloud/hyperscale market. At the time, both drives were very special for not only...

By custompcreview.com on August 23, 2015

Targeting read-intensive use cases such as streaming services, content delivery networks, web servers, and cloud services, Samsung's powerful and performance-driven PM863 enterprise SSD certainly leverages the company's Samsung's 3-bit MLC V-NAND...

By StorageReview on August 21, 2015

High potential capacities (up to 1.9TB and 3.9TB) and a renewed focus on lower queue depth performance.Still limited to a SATA III interface.If you need large SATA III drives, the SM863 and PM863 perform extremely well.Recently we covered the launch of...

By servethehome.com on August 11, 2015