Samsung Pm863 960 Gb 2.5 Internal Solid State Drive 520 Mb/s Maximum Read & 475 Mb/s Maximum Write Transfer Rate

I bought these to use in a commercial server my company uses. Installed vmware and 3 virtual servers, using the two drives in a raid configuration.Getting drives of this quality for this price seemed too good to be true. I ordered them and waited anxiously for some 'sketchiness' but nada. Had the drives drop shipped to our warehouse with absolutely no issues whatsoever. I assure you the next time I need premium server-quality SSDs, I'll be looking for this seller/product first...

I'm using two of these in a RAID 1 mirror on a SuperMicro server and they are very well performing drives. Samsung also has a nice utility for updating the firmware of the drives but a bootable ISO is not downloadable from Samsung so you have to create it from the desktop software. This is necessary for systems running Server Core, vmware ESXi, or some flavors of Linux.

This listing is deceptive at best. I purchased 2 drives that sold from "goHardDrive" and shipped from Amazon. These are clearly Hewlett Packard Enterprise Branded drives with a sticker covering the HPE Logo in the top left.When trying to find warranty status, the HPE site says that the serial number is not recognized. Typically their S/Ns are on a separate sticker. I have included screenshots from both HPE warranty site and Samsung's Product registration site. Neither site will recognize the drives.Also, firmware updates seem like a joke... I attempted to use Samsung's Enterprise Updater. It would not see the drive (see picture). I then downloaded the HPE Drive updater for the Model on the Sticker. It shows an error about "inconsistent combination of count, buffer and size parameter values. A fatal error occurred." (See Image)This feels to me like one of those old flash drives that would show more space than it actually had memory chips for. (Fake USB Drive scam)I have added a picture showing that the drive has no hours on it, so either it has been reset or is new/fake.I called goHardDrive's customer support number (1-626-593-9927) and it just rang and rang. I called twice and let it ring until it went to a busy tone (Service unavailable)I am unfortunately in a situation where I have to install these drives (at least right now) because of an extreme company need. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND considering a different seller to acquire this product.