118000839 EMC PM1733 SSD 3.84TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive

Overview of EMC 118000839 PM1733 3.84TB SSD

The EMC PM1733 3.84TB enterprise-grade solid state drive is engineered for high-speed data processing, mission-critical workloads, and advanced storage environments. Built with PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe technology, this internal SSD delivers ultra-fast responsiveness, reliable endurance, and consistent performance for modern data centers, virtualization platforms, and enterprise servers.

Technical Specifications

• Model: EMC PM1733
• Part Number: 118000839
• Drive Type: Internal Solid State Drive

Technical Specifications

• Storage Capacity: 3.84TB
• Form Factor: 2.5-inch
• Interface: PCI Express 4.0 x4 NVMe
• Drive Writes Per Day: 1 DWPD
• Sequential Read Speed: 7000 MB/s
• Sequential Write Speed: 3800 MB/s
• Random Read: 1500K IOPS
• Random Write: 135K IOPS

Performance

• Up to 7000 MB/s sequential read speed
• Sequential write performance reaching 3800 MB/s
• Random read capability up to 1500K IOPS
• Random write speed up to 135K IOPS
• Optimized for intensive enterprise computing tasks

Capacity

• Large-capacity enterprise storage solution
• Efficient handling of massive workloads
• Suitable for data analytics and server infrastructure
• Consistent performance under continuous operation

Data Centers

• PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe interface
• Enhanced data transfer efficiency
• Reduced latency for critical applications
• Improved multitasking and parallel processing
• High-speed communication between storage and system

Infrastructure

• Enterprise-focused reliability and endurance
• Supports continuous heavy workloads
• Compatible with 2.5-inch drive bays
• Ideal for cloud computing and virtualization
• Designed for high-availability systems

Compatible ProLiant Server Series

• BL Series: BL420c, BL460c, BL465c, BL660c (Gen8/Gen9)
• DL Series: DL20, DL60, DL80, DL120, DL160, DL180, DL320e, DL360, DL380, DL560, DL580
• ML Series: ML110, ML150, ML310e, ML350 variants
• SL Series: SL230s, SL250s, SL270s
• XL Series: XL170r, XL190r, XL220a, XL230a, XL250a

Details of EMC 118000839 PM1733 Solid State Drive

The EMC 118000839 PM1733 SSD 3.84TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive is engineered for enterprise-level workloads that demand exceptional speed, low latency, advanced reliability, and consistent throughput. Built on PCIe Gen4 architecture with NVMe protocol support, this enterprise SSD is designed for modern data centers, virtualization environments, cloud computing infrastructure, analytics platforms, AI-driven applications, transactional databases, and high-performance enterprise servers.

Enterprise storage environments continue to evolve rapidly, and organizations now require storage devices capable of handling millions of input/output operations while maintaining stability under continuous workloads. The PM1733 enterprise SSD category addresses these requirements with advanced NAND flash architecture, optimized firmware, thermal management capabilities, and enterprise-grade endurance ratings suitable for mission-critical infrastructure.

With a 3.84TB storage capacity, the EMC PM1733 SSD provides a balanced combination of high-capacity storage and ultra-fast NVMe performance. This makes it suitable for organizations seeking to accelerate application responsiveness while maintaining scalable storage architecture for future expansion. PCIe 4.0 technology doubles bandwidth compared to PCIe Gen3, enabling substantially improved sequential and random read/write performance.

Storage Architecture

PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD technology represents a major advancement over previous SATA and SAS-based storage solutions. Traditional hard disk drives and even older SATA SSDs often become bottlenecks in enterprise environments due to interface limitations and mechanical constraints. The EMC 118000839 PM1733 SSD eliminates these performance barriers through direct PCIe connectivity and NVMe optimization.

NVMe, or Non-Volatile Memory Express, is specifically designed for flash storage and parallel processing environments. Unlike legacy AHCI protocols that were optimized for spinning disks, NVMe takes full advantage of modern NAND flash architecture. This enables lower latency, reduced CPU overhead, improved queue management, and dramatically higher throughput.

PCIe Gen4 x4 connectivity provides significantly increased data transfer rates compared to PCIe Gen3 interfaces. In enterprise server deployments, this additional bandwidth becomes essential for virtualization clusters, large-scale databases, AI model training, distributed computing systems, and real-time analytics platforms where storage performance directly affects application efficiency.

Storage

The 3.84TB storage capacity of the EMC PM1733 SSD is optimized for enterprise applications requiring a balance between density, performance, and operational efficiency. Enterprise organizations often deploy storage systems that must support large databases, virtual machine clusters, containerized workloads, and enterprise applications simultaneously. A 3.84TB NVMe SSD offers sufficient capacity for demanding workloads without sacrificing high-speed performance characteristics.

Higher-capacity SSDs also help reduce server storage footprint requirements. By consolidating workloads onto fewer drives, businesses can simplify infrastructure management, lower power consumption, reduce cooling demands, and improve overall rack density efficiency within data centers.

The storage density offered by the PM1733 category is particularly valuable in hyper-converged infrastructure environments where compute and storage resources are tightly integrated. Organizations deploying cloud-native applications can benefit from fast storage access combined with scalable capacity for data-intensive operations.

Performance

Enterprise storage performance is critical in environments where application responsiveness, transaction speed, and user experience directly impact productivity and revenue generation. The EMC 118000839 PM1733 SSD category is designed to deliver high sequential throughput and exceptional random IOPS performance suitable for enterprise operations requiring intensive data access patterns.

Sequential read and write speeds enable rapid movement of large datasets across enterprise infrastructure. This is particularly beneficial for backup operations, multimedia processing, analytics pipelines, virtualization migrations, and large-scale data transfers.

Random read/write performance is equally important for transactional databases, cloud applications, and multi-user enterprise environments. NVMe SSD technology significantly improves response times during simultaneous access operations, ensuring consistent performance under demanding workloads.

The PM1733 SSD category is engineered for low latency operations, which is essential in financial services, telecommunications, healthcare systems, and cloud hosting environments where microsecond-level delays can affect overall application performance.

Reliability and Data Integrity

Enterprise SSD deployments require significantly higher reliability standards compared to consumer storage devices. The EMC PM1733 SSD category is built with enterprise-grade endurance and data protection technologies to ensure long-term operational stability in mission-critical environments.

Data integrity is essential in enterprise infrastructure where corruption, unexpected power loss, or storage failures can result in operational downtime and financial impact. Enterprise NVMe SSDs typically include advanced ECC algorithms, power-loss protection mechanisms, thermal throttling intelligence, wear-leveling technologies, and firmware-level reliability enhancements.

Consistent endurance performance is another defining characteristic of enterprise SSD categories. Unlike consumer SSDs designed for intermittent workloads, enterprise drives are optimized for continuous operation under sustained heavy write activity. This makes them suitable for databases, logging systems, virtualization hosts, and enterprise analytics environments.

The PM1733 category is also designed to maintain stable performance over time, even as drive utilization increases. This consistency is essential for predictable infrastructure planning and workload balancing in enterprise IT environments.

Data Center Optimization and Infrastructure Efficiency

Modern data centers prioritize performance efficiency, energy optimization, and scalability. The EMC 118000839 PM1733 SSD category contributes to these goals by providing high storage density combined with reduced power consumption compared to traditional hard disk arrays.

NVMe SSD technology enables organizations to consolidate infrastructure resources more effectively. Servers equipped with PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSDs can handle larger workloads using fewer physical drives, resulting in improved rack utilization and simplified storage management.

Reduced latency and improved throughput also contribute to lower CPU wait times, allowing enterprise applications to process workloads more efficiently. This helps maximize hardware investment and improve overall system responsiveness.

In large-scale cloud deployments, infrastructure scalability is critical. Enterprise NVMe SSDs provide the high-speed storage foundation necessary for software-defined storage platforms, virtualization clusters, and distributed computing environments.

Server Compatibility and Enterprise Integration

The EMC PM1733 SSD category is intended for integration into enterprise servers and storage systems supporting PCIe Gen4 NVMe interfaces. Compatibility with modern enterprise hardware platforms ensures simplified deployment across various infrastructure environments.

Enterprise organizations often deploy mixed hardware ecosystems involving blade servers, rack-mounted systems, virtualization clusters, and software-defined storage platforms. High-performance NVMe SSDs provide flexible deployment options across these environments.

Storage administrators benefit from improved scalability when integrating enterprise NVMe SSDs into existing infrastructure. NVMe architecture also supports modern management frameworks and enterprise monitoring solutions for proactive maintenance and operational visibility.

Integration with enterprise RAID configurations, high-availability storage architectures, and clustered server environments enables organizations to build resilient storage ecosystems capable of supporting mission-critical applications.

Advantages Over SATA and SAS SSD Technologies

PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD technology offers substantial advantages over traditional SATA and SAS SSD interfaces. SATA SSDs are limited by older interface architectures that restrict maximum throughput and queue depth efficiency. While SAS SSDs improve enterprise reliability and scalability, they still cannot match the bandwidth potential of PCIe Gen4 NVMe storage.

The EMC 118000839 PM1733 SSD category leverages direct PCIe communication pathways to minimize latency and maximize data transfer performance. This allows enterprise applications to process workloads more efficiently while reducing storage-related delays.

NVMe architecture also supports significantly more simultaneous command queues than AHCI-based SATA storage systems. This parallelism is critical for modern enterprise workloads involving virtualization, distributed databases, and cloud-native applications.

Organizations upgrading from SATA or SAS environments to PCIe Gen4 NVMe infrastructure often experience dramatic improvements in application responsiveness, backup efficiency, and overall server utilization.

Security and Data Protection

Enterprise organizations increasingly prioritize data security and compliance when deploying storage infrastructure. The PM1733 enterprise SSD category supports secure storage operations designed to protect sensitive business information and maintain compliance with industry regulations.

Enterprise storage security often includes secure erase functionality, encryption compatibility, access control integration, and advanced firmware protection mechanisms. These capabilities help organizations safeguard confidential data while supporting secure decommissioning procedures.

Secure storage infrastructure is particularly important for healthcare providers, financial institutions, government agencies, and cloud service providers handling regulated information and customer data.

Modern enterprise storage systems also support monitoring and predictive maintenance features that help IT administrators identify potential issues before they affect operational continuity.