Kingston Digital DC500M 2.5-Inches SATA Enterprise SSD Up to 3.84TB

Kingston Digital, Inc., flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology, Inc., is shipping the Data Center DC500M enterprise SSD optimized for mixed-use workloads.

This is the second drive in the DC500 series that implements the company’s QoS requirements to ensure predictable random I/O performance as well as predictable low latencies over a range of read and write workloads. Recently, the company began shipping its DC500R SSD optimized for read-centric applications.

DC500M is designed for mixed-use workloads in applications that have a more even balance of read and write I/O demands on the SSD. It is for cloud service providers and SDS architects who need a flexible infrastructure to effectively adapt and manage transactional workloads. These workloads include AI, big data analytics, cloud computing, database applications, data warehousing, ML and operational databases.

At 1.3 DWPD (drive writes per day), DC500M is for the high-volume rack-mount server market for internal drive bay upgrades, hyperscale data center servers and cloud service providers requiring low-cost, high-performance storage subsystems.

“80% of all enterprise SSDs deployed in data centers require less than 1 DWPD,” said Gregory Wong, president and principal analyst, Forward Insights. “As data centers seek the optimal balance between application-required endurance, capacity and cost, this trend is expected to continue.“

“QoS in an enterprise SSD is essential for Cloud computing applications that require predictable storage performance levels and meet customer SLAs. The new DC500 Series SSDs deliver excellent performance to intensive data center applications from the development stage of the application to the end-user customer experience downstream,” said Keith Schimmenti, manager, enterprise SSD business, Kingston. “To ensure the security of user data, DC500 incorporates end-to-end data path protection and power-loss protection to safeguard data in-flight in the event of sudden power loss. This is the optimal data center storage solution when you combine its enterprise reliability and strict QoS requirements along with Kingston’s legendary pre- and post-sales support.“

DC500M is available in 480, 960GB, 1.92 and 3.84TB capacities. It joins the DC500R enterprise SSD optimized for read-intensive applications such as boot up, web servers, VDI, operational databases and real-time analytics.

Data Center DC500 enterprise SSD features and specs:

• Optimized for read-intensive applications (DC500R): Responsiveness from low latency and consistent I/O performance delivers businesses the QoS needed in read-centric workloads.

• Optimized for mixed-use applications (DC500M): A balance of consistent I/O delivery and high read and write IO/s performance to manage a range of transactional workloads.

• Reduce application latencies: Data center’s hosting databases and various web-based applications can leverage the predictable I/O and latency performance.

• Data integrity protection: ECC protection with advanced read/disturb management safeguards against data corruption for end-to-end data protection.

• On-board (PLP) Power Loss Protection: Reduce the possibility of data loss and/or corruption on power fails via power capacitors and firmware.

• Form factor: 2.5-inches

• Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb)

• Capacities ⁽¹⁾: 480, 960GB, 1.92, 3.84TB (DC500M 3.84TB capacity available in later 2Q19)

• NAND: 3D TLC

• Self-Encrypting Drive (SED): AES 256-bit Encryption

• Sequential R/W: (DC500R)

  • • 480GB – 555MB/s-500MB/s

    • 960GB – 555MB/s-525MB/s

    • 1.92TB – 555MB/s-525MB/s

    • 3.84TB – 555MB/s-520MB/s

• Steady-state 4k R/W: (DC500R)

  • • 480GB – 98,000/12,000 IO/s

    • 960GB – 98,000/20,000 IO/s

    • 1.92TB – 98,000/24,000 IO/s

    • 3.84TB – 98,000/28,000 IO/s

• Sequential R/W: (DC500M)

  • • 480GB – 555MBs/520MBs

    • 960GB – 555MBs/520MBs

    • 1.92TB – 555MBs/520MBs

    • 3.84TB – 555MBs/520MBs

• Steady-state 4k R/W: (DC500M)

  • • 480GB – 98,000/58,000 IO/s

    • 960GB – 98,000/70,000 IO/s

    • 1.92TB – 98,000/75,000 IO/s

    • 3.84TB – 98,000/75,000 IO/s

• QoS (latency) ^{(2) (3) (4)}: TYP R/W: <500 µs/<2 ms

• Hot-plug capable

• Static and dynamic wear leveling

• Enterprise SMART tools: Reliability tracking, usage statistics, life remaining, wear leveling, temperature

• Endurance:

• • • DC500R:

    • 480GB – 438TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (0.5 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • 960GB – 876TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (0.5 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • 1.92TB – 1752TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (0.5 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • 3.84TB – 3504TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (0.5 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • DC500M:

    • 480GB – 1139TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (1.3 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • 960GB – 2278TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (1.3 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • 1.92TB – 4555TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (1.3 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

    • 3.84TB – 9110TBW ⁽⁵⁾ (1.3 DWPD) ⁽⁶⁾

• Power consumption:

  • • Idle: 1.56W average: 1.6W max read: 1.8W max write: 7.5W

• Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C

• Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C

• Dimensions: 69.9x100x7mm

• Weight: 92.34g

• Vibration operating: 2.17G peak (7-800H)

• Vibration non-operating: 20G peak(10-2000Hz)

• MTBF: 2 million hours

• Warranty/support ⁽⁷⁾: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

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27 March 27, 2019 | Press Release