Are Samsung PM961 NVMe enterprise drives?

[SRussell]

I am looking at the Samsung 1TB PM961 NVMe drive: Amazon.com: Samsung 1TB PM961 Single Sided 80mm (2280/2280SS) M.2 PCI Express 3.0 x4 (PCIe Gen3 x4) OEM NVMe SSD - MZVLW1T0HMLH: Computers & Accessories

Reading the item description it says this a client drive. Would that mean these are consumer drives? I had thought the PM961 were enterprise drives but given it only has a three year warranty and the verbiage in the description I believe I am incorrect.

The Samsung website says these are workstation drives.

 

[BlueLineSwinger]

The PM961 is the OEM version of the 960 Evo.

 

[BlueFox]

It's an OEM version of the 960 Evo. It's definitely not an enterprise drive. Don't expect any warranty on them either.

 

[Evan]

Amazon link I assume auto inserted, as said they are essentially an OEM client drive version of EVO 960
what price did you see them for ?
what you may be more interested in is PM963 but they are 22110 size, but enterprise drive.

 

[SRussell]

Amazon link I assume auto inserted, as said they are essentially an OEM client drive version of EVO 960
what price did you see them for ?
what you may be more interested in is PM963 but they are 22110 size, but enterprise drive.

The Amazon price is $149. Ebay sellers are selling refurbished for $137-145. CamelCC has a historical low of 114.

 

[Octopuss]

The PM961 is the OEM version of the 960 Evo.

I am not entirely sure, but I believe I read somewhere they were not the same drives at all, as in not being just OEM version, but having some hardware differences.

 

[SRussell]

@BlueLineSwinger @BlueFox @Evan

Thanks for your help!

 

[T_Minus]

If you have room for 2.5" I have a boatload of Intel m2 to u2 converters

Checking for your other parts too.

This is why I ended up wtih so many random NVME parts before I got NVME backplane\chassis was to run M2 HBA to U2 with converters, and SM NVME HBA to NVME drive cages.

 

[Evan]

I could probably use a couple, send you a PM