Datasheet

S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs for IBM System x 4
Technical specifications
Table 2 and Table 3 present technical specifications for the S3500 SATA 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch MLC
Enterprise Value solid-state drives respectively.
Table 2. S3500 SATA 1.8-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications
Feature 80 GB 240 GB 400 GB
Part number 00AJ040 00AJ045 00AJ050
Hot-swap drive Yes§ Yes§ Yes§
Interface 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA
Form factor 1.8-inch 1.8-inch 1.8-inch
Capacity 80 GB 240 GB 400 GB
Endurance 5-year lifetime
(45 TB TBW)
5-year lifetime
(140 TB TBW)
5-year lifetime
(225 TB TBW)
Data reliability
< 1 in 10
17
bits read < 1 in 10
17
bits read < 1 in 10
17
bits read
MTBF, hours 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
IOPS reads* 70,000 75,000 75,000
IOPS writes* 7,000 7,500 11,000
Sequential read rate† 340 MBps 500 MBps 500 MBps
Sequential write rate† 100 MBps 260 MBps 380 MBps
Read latency 50 μs 50 μs 50 μs
Write latency 65 μs 65 μs 65 μs
Shock, operating 1000 g, 0.5 ms 1000 g, 0.5 ms 1000 g, 0.5 ms
Vibration, operating 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz
Vibration, non-operating 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz
Typical power 5 W 5 W 5 W
§ 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