Samsung SSD MZQL23T8HCLS-00A07 PM9A3 3.84 TB U.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Enterprise SSD

The MZQL23T8HCLS-00A07 is an enterprise-class 3.84TB PM9A3 Series NVMe Internal SSD manufactured by Samsung. It is specifically engineered for enterprise data centers, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale architectures, and read-intensive server pools requiring high I/O consistency, low latency, and robust hardware security.

Below are the complete, comprehensive technical specifications for this model:

⚙️ Performance & Core Architecture

• Storage Capacity: 3.84 TB (3,840 GB / Raw LBA: 7,501,476,528 sectors)

• Form Factor: 2.5-Inch / U.2 (Slim 7mm enterprise height)

• Host Interface: PCIe Gen 4.0 x4

• Protocol Standard: NVMe 1.4

• NAND Flash Memory Type: Samsung 128-Layer 3D V-NAND TLC

• Maximum Sequential Read Speed: Up to 6,900 MB/s

• Maximum Sequential Write Speed: Up to 4,100 MB/s

• Steady-State Random 4K Read: Up to 1,000,000 IOPS

• Steady-State Random 4K Write: Up to 180,000 IOPS

🛡️ Enterprise Reliability & Endurance

• Endurance Target Workload: Read-Intensive (RI)

• Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 1.0 DWPD over a 5-year deployment window

• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): 2,000,000 hours

• Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER): < 1 sector per 10¹⁷ bits read

• Data Security & Self-Encryption: Onboard hardware-accelerated AES 256-bit encryption engine with TCG Opal 2.0 / TCG Enterprise policy management support.

• Enhanced Power Loss Data Protection (PLP): Integrated hardware-based capacitance circuitry designed to completely flush volatile flight cache allocations safely down into non-volatile NAND blocks during sudden server power disruptions.

• Data Path Integrity: Full End-to-End Data Protection routines augmented with DIX/DIF support matrices and extended sector configuration size selections.

⚡ Power Consumption & Operational Limits

• Input Voltage Allowance: 12V ± 5%

• Active Read Power Consumption: 11.0 Watts

• Active Write Power Consumption: 13.5 Watts

• Typical Idle Mode Baseline: 4.0 Watts

🌡️ Environmental & Physical Specs

• Operating Temperature Range: 0°C to 70°C

• Non-Operating Storage Range: -40°C to 85°C

• Vibration Resistance (Non-Operating): 20 G peak-to-peak threshold

• Physical Dimensions (W x L x H): 69.85 mm x 100.20 mm x 7.00 mm

• Net Module Weight: Approximately 90 grams

📦 Suffix Designation

• Configuration Note: The "-00A07" suffix identifier indicates a specific OEM firmware version or standard hardware configuration profile intended for universal enterprise server vendor qualification pools.