Specifications
Model
Samsung PM9A3 1.92 TB
MPN
MZQL21T9HBLT
Manufacturer
Samsung Electronics
Capacity
1.92 TB (1920 GB)
Form Factor
2.5-inch U.2 / M.2 22110 (per SKU variant)
Interface
PCIe Gen4 x4, NVMe 1.4
NAND
Samsung 6th-generation TLC V-NAND
Sequential Read
Up to 6,900 MB/s
Sequential Write
Up to 4,100 MB/s
Random Read
Up to 1,000K IOPS
Random Write
Up to 170K IOPS
Endurance
1 DWPD (5-year rating)
Power (active)
Up to 14 W
Operating Temp
0 °C to +70 °C
UBER
1 in 10^17 bits read
Encryption
TCG Opal 2.0 / eDrive SED
MTTF
2 million hours
RoHS
Compliant
Overview
The Samsung PM9A3 is Samsung's PCIe Gen4 data-centre NVMe SSD family, built on 6th-generation TLC V-NAND with a 1 DWPD endurance rating. It is the Gen4 counterpart to the widely deployed PM983 Gen3 line.
MZQL21T9HBLT is the 1.92 TB part — the second point in the capacity ladder, above the 960 GB model already widely used in OEM server builds. The 1.92 TB capacity is a common vSAN, SQL and OLTP datastore size because it balances cost per GB against per-bay throughput.
Key Benefits
PCIe Gen4 x4 with up to 6,900 MB/s read, 1 DWPD endurance for sustained write duty, TCG Opal SED option for data-at-rest compliance, and firmware compatibility with the PM9A3 capacities already deployed.
Applications
Enterprise database and OLTP storage, vSAN and software-defined datastores, server boot and cache volumes, analytics clusters, and AI inference data staging.
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