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IBM United States Hardware Announcement 113-137 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

• MLC SAS drive with industry-leading read and write performance to fulfill client

needs in the Enterprise space

• High endurance to withstand applications with moderate read-write workloads

• Power Back-up Circuitry that ensures that user data in transit is committed to

flash in the event of a power failure

• Temperature management, which ensures that the drive does not overheat and

operate out of spec

• The absence of moving parts, which reduces potential failure points in the server

Warranty

S3500 80 GB, 240 GB, and 400 GB SATA 1.8-inch, 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and

800 GB SATA 2.5-inch Enterprise Value, and 200 GB, 400 GB, and 800 GB SAS 3.5-

inch MLC Enterprise SSDs offer a 1-year limited warranty

Solid-state memory cells have an intrinsic, finite number of program/erase cycles

that each cell can incur. As a result, solid-state storage has a maximum amount

of program/erase cycles to which it can be subjected. IBM's warranty for the

solid-state storage is limited to devices that have not reached the maximum

guaranteed number of program/erase cycles, as documented in the Official

Published Specifications for the product. A drive that reaches this limit may fail to

operate according to its specifications.

For information on the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, visit

http://www.ibm.com/servers/support/machine_warranties/

Alternatively, this information is available through your IBM representative or

reseller. Copies are available upon request.

With respect to on-site service, IBM sends a technician after attempting to diagnose

and resolve the problem remotely.

Key prerequisites

IBM System x or BladeCenter® system with SATA or SAS capability depending on

drives selected

Planned availability date

August 27, 2013

Description

S3500 80 GB, 240 GB, and 400 GB SATA 1.8-inch, 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and

800 GB SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value, and 200 GB, 400 GB, and 800 GB SAS

3.5-inch MLC Enterprise SSDs

These new drives bring solid-state reliability and low-power capabilities to System

x storage. These new options are available as single 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SATA, or

3.5-inch SAS MLC drives.

Product positioning

These high-performance SAS MLC Enterprise and SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSD

options are positioned in the family of IBM SATA and SAS SSDs based on solid-state

technology.