00YK227 | Lenovo 1600GB (1.6TB) 2.5" SATA-III 6Gbps SSD w. Gen3 Hot-Swap

Overview

Abstract

• The Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) for System x are advanced data center SSDs optimized for mixed read-write performance, endurance and strong data protection. The drives are available in either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive form factor.
• This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the S3610 SSD offerings and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about S3610 SSDs and consider their use in IT solutions.

Introduction

• The Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) for System x are advanced data center SSDs optimized for mixed read-write performance, endurance and strong data protection. The drives are available in either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive form factor.
• The Intel SSD S3610 drives with 3 full drives writes per day (DWD) are an excellent choice as cache in transactional application and high-speed storage for enterprise databases.
• The Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA solid-state drive is shown in the following figure.

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• By combining the latest 20 nm MLC NAND flash memory technology with Intel’s latest controller technology, the design of Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA SSDs delivers consistent performance, reduced power consumption, and end-to-end data protection, as well as being optimized for endurance and IOPS/watt. Rigorous testing of Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA SSDs by Lenovo through the ServerProven® program ensures a high degree of storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under Lenovo warranty.
• Rigorous testing of Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA SSDs by Lenovo through the ServerProven program ensures a high degree of storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under Lenovo warranty.

Part number information for 2.5-inch drives with G3HS hot-swap tray

 The part numbers include the following items:

• One SSD (HS and G3HS part numbers have a hot-swap tray attached)
• Support Flyer for SSDs
• Warranty flyer and Important Notices document

Features

The Intel S3610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA SSDs have the following features:

• Industry-standard 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch form factors
• Cost-effective Intel 20 nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash memory
• Endurance of 3 drive writes per day (DWPD) for 5 years, using Intel High Endurance Technology (HET). This equates to a total bytes written (TBW) value of:
  • 1.6 TB drive: 10.7 PB
• SATA MLC solid-state drive with high read performance and consistently low latencies to fulfill client needs in the enterprise space
• High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
• Energy saving, with 6.8 W typical power consumption per drive
• Absence of moving parts to reduce potential failure points in the server
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Advanced Encrypting Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption
• Full end-to-end data path protection
• Thermal throttling to extend the life of the drive
• Enhanced power loss data protection

The key difference between Enterprise Performance SSDs such as the S3710 SSDs, Enterprise Mainstream SSDs such as the S3610 SSDs, and Enterprise Entry SSDs, such as the S3510 SSDs, is their endurance (life expectancy). SSDs have a huge, but finite, number of program/erase (P/E) cycles, which determines how long the drivescan perform write operations and thus their life expectancy. Enterprise Mainstream SSDs have better endurance than the Enterprise Entry SSDs,but at a higher cost/IOPS ratio.

SSD write endurance is typically measured by the number of program/erase cycles that the drive can incur over its lifetime, which is listed as TBW in the device specification. The TBW value that is assigned to a solid-state device is the total bytes of written data that a drive can be guaranteed to complete. Reaching this limit does not cause the drive to immediately fail; the TBW simply denotes the maximum number of writes that can be guaranteed.

A solid-state device does not fail upon reaching the specified TBW, but at some point after surpassing the TBW value (and based on manufacturing variance margins), the drive reaches the end-of-life point, at which time the drive goes into read-only mode. Because of such behavior, careful planning must be done to use SSDs in the application environments to ensure that the TBW of the drive is not exceeded before the required life expectancy.

For example, the Intel S3610 800GB Enterprise Mainstream SATA G3HS 2.5" SSD has an endurance of 5,300TB (5.3 PB) of total bytes written (TBW) over five years. This means that for full operation over five years, write workload must be limited to no more than 2.4 TB of writes per day (the equivalent of 3 full drive writes per day). For the device to last in three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 4.0 TB of writes per day.

Specifications