The drive is mostly branded with Samsung elements, although there is reference to Seagate with the Momentus branding off to the side.
The label on top is standard and closely resembles the labels of other Samsung drives, including basic information about the drive such as capacity, model and serial numbers, as well as power requirements. The Spinpoint M9T looks and feels like a typical 2.5-inch, 9.5mm height drive. The Samsung M9T comes in 1.5TB and 2TB capacity points and carries a 2 year warranty. The Spinpoint M9T also comes equipped with standard head load/unload technology to keep it protected from internal physical damage, which is a consideration with any HDD. features to keep the drive protected from anyone but the intended user. It comes equipped with both ATA Security Mode and ATA S.M.A.R.T. The M9T is highlighted by its capacity and physical size, but there’s plenty of other engineering inside. The drive is notably quiet thanks to its use of NoiseGuard and SilentSeek technologies it reportedly maintains 25 decibels while idle and 27 decibels during performance. While it’s easy to forget that Samsung, now a Seagate company, is still cranking away at the hard drive business, they’ve certainly come back with a bang with the M9T. The Samsung M9T accomplishes its massive storage by solving the density problem, utilizing three 667GB platters within its confines. The z-height makes the WD drive too tall though for notebooks, due to its use of a 4 platter design.
There are other 2TB drives out there, WD announced a 2TB 2.5″ drive two years ago, but with a drive height of 15mm, WD was going after the portable hard drive market, which had stagnated with the rest of the notebook hard drive market that stalled out at 1TB. This innovative drive, which provides the largest storage available in a standard drive height, is ideal for the consumer wishing to greatly supplement the storage of their notebook, game system or other unique application.Ī quick glance at the portable hard drive space shows why this drive is so special. The Samsung Spinpoint M9T hard drive for portable and space constrained devices provides a massive 2TB of storage in a standard 9.5mm, 2.5” form factor.