S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs for IBM System x

Abstract

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value solid-state drives (SSDs) for IBM® System x® employ MLC NAND flash memory and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance. They are targeted at workloads that require high I/O performance in random read operations, including content delivery, streaming video, and big data analytics.

Introduction

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value solid-state drives (SSDs) for IBM® System x® employ MLC NAND flash memory and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance. They are targeted at workloads that require high I/O performance in random read operations, including content delivery, streaming video, and big data analytics. The 1.8-inch SSDs can also be used in the IBM eXFlash solution for maximum capacity and performance.

Figure 1 shows the S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD.


Figure 1. S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD

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Did you know

Unlike client solid-state drives, S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs are designed to operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (24x7), and they are equipped with a robust suite of enterprise features, including SMART attributes, hot-plug support, high reliability, enhanced ruggedness, thermal throttling, and enhanced power loss protection. They also leverage full end-to-end data path protection to protect the integrity of the data that is transferred to and from the NAND flash memory or stored in the memory.

S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs provide outstanding IOPS/watt and cost/IOPS for for read-intensive enterprise applications like web serving, content delivery, streaming video, and big data.

Rigorous testing of S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs by IBM through the IBM ServerProven® program assures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing an additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under IBM warranty.

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Part number information

Table 1 lists the information for ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes

The part numbers include the following items:

• One SSD without a drive tray (1.8-inch SSDs) or one SSD with a 2.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap drive tray (2.5-inch SSDs) or one SSD with a 3.5-inch hot-swap drive tray (3.5-inch SSDs)
• Support Flyer for SSD
• Warranty Flyer
• Important Notices document

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Features

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SDDs have the following features:

• Industry standard 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, or 3.5-inch form factors
• Support for a conventional 2.5-inch drive bay (2.5-inch SSDs), 3.5-inch drive bay (3.5-inch SSDs), eXFlash drive bay (1.8-inch SSDs), or SSD drive bay (1.8-inch SSDs) on selected System x, IBM iDataPlex®, IBM BladeCenter®, and IBM Flex System™ servers
• Cost-effective Intel 20 nm MLC NAND flash memory
• 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 as little as 5 W 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

Enterprise Value SSDs and Enterprise SSDs have similar read IOPS performance, but the key differences between them is their endurance (or life expectancy) and write IOPS performance. SSDs have a huge but finite number of program/erase (P/E) cycles, which affect how long they can perform write operations and thus their life expectancy. Enterprise Value SSDs have a better cost per read IOPS ratio but lower endurance and write IOPS performance compared to Enterprise SSDs. 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, for the S3500 240GB SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD to last in five years inside of the 140 TB of TBW, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 77 GB of writes per day. For the device to last in three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 128 GB of writes per day.

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Technical specifications

Table 2 presents technical specifications for the S3500 SATA 1.8-inch and 3.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSDs. Table 3 presents technical specifications for the S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSDs.

Table 2. S3500 SATA 1.8-inch and 3.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications

§ This SSD can be a hot-swap or non-hot-swap drive depending on the server in which it is installed.
* 4 KB block transfers
† 128 KB block transfers

Table 3. S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications

* 4 KB block transfers
† 128 KB block transfers

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Supported servers

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs and supported RAID controllers can be installed in the System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers that are listed in Table 4 and the BladeCenter and Flex System servers that are listed in Table 5.

Table 4. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 1)

Part number

Description

1.8" SSDs

00AJ040

S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

00AJ045

S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

00AJ050

S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

2.5" SSDs

00AJ000

S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

00AJ020

S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

00AJ005

S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

00AJ025

S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

00AJ010

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

00AJ030

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

00AJ330

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ015

S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

00AJ035

S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

3.5" SSDs

00AJ460

S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ465

S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ470

S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ475

S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Table 4. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 2)

Part number

Description

1.8" SSDs

00AJ040

S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

00AJ045

S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

00AJ050

S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

2.5" SSDs

00AJ000

S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

00AJ020

S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

00AJ005

S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

00AJ025

S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

00AJ010

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

00AJ030

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

00AJ330

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ015

S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

00AJ035

S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

3.5" SSDs

00AJ460

S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ465

S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ470

S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

00AJ475

S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Table 5. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility

Part number	Description
1.8" SSDs
00AJ040	S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
00AJ045	S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
00AJ050	S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
2.5" SSDs
00AJ000	S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
00AJ020	S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
00AJ005	S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
00AJ025	S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
00AJ010	S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
00AJ030	S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
00AJ330	S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
00AJ015	S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
00AJ035	S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
3.5" SSDs
00AJ460	S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
00AJ465	S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
00AJ470	S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
00AJ475	S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N

For the latest compatibility information for System x, BladeCenter, iDataPlex, and Flex System servers, see the IBM ServerProven® website: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

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Supported storage controllers

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs require a supported disk controller. Tables 6 and 7 list the System x, BladeCenter, and Flex System controllers that support the SSDs that are installed in a supported server.

SSD Caching support: The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs do not support MegaRAID CacheCade feature of the supported IBM ServeRAID controllers.

Table 6. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 1)

Part number

Product description

Onboard

ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

46C9110

ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

00AE882

ServeRAID F5115-200GB SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AE886

ServeRAID F5115-800GB SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Onboard

ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

81Y4481

ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

81Y4448

ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

81Y4492

ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

90Y4304

ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

46M0829

ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

46M0916

ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

46M0831

ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Onboard

ServeRAID C105

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Onboard

ServeRAID C100

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

46M0912

IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

46C8988

N2115 SAS/SATA HBA

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

47C8675

N2215 SAS/SATA HBA

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Table 6. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 2)

Part number

Product description

Onboard

ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

46C9110

ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

00AE882

ServeRAID F5115-200GB SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

00AE886

ServeRAID F5115-800GB SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Onboard

ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

81Y4481

ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

81Y4448

ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

81Y4492

ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

90Y4304

ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

46M0829

ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

46M0916

ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

46M0831

ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Onboard

ServeRAID C105

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Onboard

ServeRAID C100

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

46M0912

IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

46C8988

N2115 SAS/SATA HBA

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

47C8675

N2215 SAS/SATA HBA

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Table 7. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility

Part number	Description
90Y4390	ServeRAID M5115 SAS/SATA Controller	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
90Y4750	ServeRAID H1135 Controller	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Onboard	ServeRAID C105	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Onboard	Integrated LSI SAS2004	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Onboard	Integrated SATA Controller (Intel C600 chipset)	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
46C7167	ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Controller	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Onboard	Integrated LSI SAS1064e	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
46M6908	SSD Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter HX5	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N

For the latest information about the adapters that are supported by each System x server type, see the IBM ServerProven website: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/