The 870 QVO is the next generation of Samsung SSDs. Just introduced by the Korean brand, the storage units will arrive in stores from June 30. But apart from the speed improvements that we can find, what is really interesting is the capacity. For the first time, Samsung offers up to 8TB of storage on a consumer SSD.
The 870 QVO is actually the successor to the Samsung 860 QVO introduced in November 2018. Inside it uses a 4-bit multi-level cell (QLC) architecture and it is a 2.5-inch SATA disk.
If we talk about speeds, the new 870 QVO achieves a reading speed of 560 MB / s while writing remains at 530 MB / s. This represents a minimum of 10 MB / s extra compared to what the 860 QVO achieved two years ago.
The most interesting fact about this SSD is not the speed, but it's capacity. 8 TB is almost unheard of, except for Sandisk, which presented only a prototype with the same capacity.
Samsung promises a resistance to write up to 2880 TB in the lifespan of the SSD.
Samsung's 870 QVO arrives with a starting price of $ 129.99 on June 30. So far no prices have been disclosed in. That $ 129.99 doesn't actually correspond to the 8TB model, but the 1TB model. They will also offer a 2TB model for $ 249.99 and a 4TB model for $ 499.99.
How about the 8TB model? Not many details, since they have not revealed their final price. As a rule of three, the price is most likely to be between $ 900 and $ 1,000. However, there is nothing confirmed at the moment.
At CES 2020 Western Digital blew us up with their 8 TB tiny SSD prototype, but it is no more than that, a prototype.
Western Digital, which bought SanDisk for $16bn in 2016, announces their SSD as the one with the highest capacity, 8 TB while being pocket-sized.
With so much capacity Data transfer speed is important and SanDisk delivers with a speed of 20 Gbps using the SuperSpeed USB protocol.
It's worth mentioning that the SanDisk is a prototype and therefore we are not sure about the speed, although we do expect a huge jump like that when it comes to reality.