Introduction

IBM 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB SATA MLC Entry SSDs are new solid-state drives for System x® that are designed to deliver very fast and consistent performance to read-heavy workload demands at the best cost efficiency of any data-center-class SSD.

Benefits include:

- 2.5-inch standard form factor in 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB densities.
- Efficient 3-bit MLC flash memory technology with fast sustained 4K random read performance of up to 87,000 IOPS.
- High-performance sequential throughput of 530 MBps read and 410 MBps write.
- Designed to deliver high performance and low latency to read-intensive, high-density data center workload requirements in a low-cost solid-state drive.
- Enterprise features for power-loss data protection and end-to-end data path protection.

Features

Security algorithms

Not supported

SSD form factor

2.5"

SSD capacity

960 GB

Interface

Serial ATA

Memory type

MLC

Data transfer rate

6 Gbit/s

Read speed

530 MB/s

Write speed

410 MB/s

Random read (4KB)

87000 IOPS

Random write (4KB)

15000 IOPS

Hot-swap

Y

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 70 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

8 - 85%

Maximum operating altitude

3050 m

Other features

Internal

Y