Double the capacity
We've come a long way since solid state drive makers tried pushing paltry 64GB and even 32GB capacity SSDs on consumers. Sure, you can still find them, but these days, much higher storage options are available. Such is the case with Samsung's 850 Pro and 850 Evo lines, both of which are now offered in up to 2TB capacity. Previously, both lines topped out at 1TB.
Using Samsung's 3D Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory, these 2TB drive options come with lengthy warranties -- 10 years or 300TB of written data for the 850 Pro, and five years or 150TB of written data for the 850 Evo.
This is the beginning of bigger things to come.
"Samsung experienced a surge in demand for 500GB and higher capacity SSDs with the introduction of our V-NAND SSDs. The release of the 2TB SSD is a strong driver into the era of multi-terabyte SSD solutions," said Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Branded Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. "We will continue to expand our ultra-high performance and large density SSD product portfolio and provide a new computing experience to users around the globe."
The new 2TB options remain in the same 7mm, 2.5-inch aluminum case as the lower capacities models in each line. However, they sport an upgraded MHX controller that allows for the higher capacity, along with 128 individual 32-layer 128Gb 3D V-NAND chips.
There are obvious benefits to having more storage capacity in a single drive, though Samsung's main pitch is that we're in the 4K era. With 4K video en route to becoming mainstream, video editing and viewing is going to require more space.
Looking ahead, Samsung also plans to release 2TB SSD options in both the mSATA and M.2 form factors.
We've reached out to Samsung for pricing information and will update this article when hear back.
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