IBM 50GB and 200GB SATA 1.8-inch MLC SSDs

The new IBM 50 GB and 200 GB SATA 1.8-inch MLC SSDs provide solid state technology for IBM Corp.‘s System x and IBM BladeCenter.

They will each be available as a single 1.8-inch mulitlevel cell (MLC) drive.

Features and benefits include:

• Low power requirements (2.3 watts per drive) help you better manage the power envelope of the datacenter.
• Uptime is up to three times that of conventional hard drives without compromising application performance or availability.
• Durability helps withstand challenging environmental conditions.
• These drives are ideal local boot usage and web serving applications, and in environments where application data is accessed in external storage.
• 50 GB performance characteristics include:
• Formatted capacity: Up to 50,000 MB
• Drive to host interface that supports 3.0 Gb/s burst rate
• Internal transfer read rate: Up to 140 MB/s
• Internal transfer write rate: Up to 18 MB/s
• Random read (4K blocks): Up to 20,000 IOPS

200 GB performance characteristics include:

• Formatted capacity: Up to 200,000 MB
• Drive to host interface that supports 3.0 Gb/s burst rate
• Internal transfer read rate: Up to 150 MB/s
• Internal transfer write rate: Up to 35 MB/s
• Random read (4K blocks): Up to 20,000 IOPS

Reliability

• The absence of moving parts reduces potential failure points in the blade server.
• SATA compliance enables the drive to connect directly into an IBM BladeCenter.
• S.M.A.R.T Technology allows software utilities to alert you of certain impending drive failures so replacements can be made before a problem occurs.
• Testing through the ServerProven program instills confidence that your storage subsystem is compatible and will function reliably.
• These SSD drives come with a one-year, limited warranty.

Key prerequisites

• IBM System x or BladeCenter system with SATA capability

Planned availability date

• April 25, 2011