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ThinkSystem M.2 Drives and M.2 Adapters

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Summary of Contents for ThinkSystem M.2

Page 1: ...ch supports one or two M 2 drives available as the ThinkSystem M 2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit Tip The M 2 adapters are also referred to as enablement kits In the product publications they are referred to as M 2 backplanes These terms are interchangable A Dual M 2 Adapter with one 128GB M 2 drive partially inserted is shown in the following figure The second M 2 drive is installed on the other s...

Page 2: ... Adapter and a 32 GB M 2 drive Features Features of the ThinkSystem M 2 solution Hardened boot media that does not use a drive bay Both mechanically electronically designed to be more robust than any prior implementation Design provides hardware mirroring of two M 2 SSDs M 2 SSDs have higher mean time between failures MTBF than SD cards or USB keys Tool less patented clip design that supports back...

Page 3: ...47A00129 7N47A00130 7SD7A05703 Recommended use Boot drive Boot drive Boot drive Read intensive applications Interface 6Gb SATA 6Gb SATA 6Gb SATA Flash Type MLC NAND TLC NAND 3D TLC NAND Endurance total bytes written 37 92TB 63 9 TB 1300 TB Endurance drive writes per day 0 66 DWPD 0 28 DWPD 1 5 DWPD 4KB random read performance 25 000 IOPS 72 000 IOPS 93 000 4KB random write performance 10 500 IOPS ...

Page 4: ...on rules For use with the SN550 The ThinkSystem M 2 Enablement Kit 7Y37A01092 cannot be installed into the SN550 as a field upgrade option It is only supported configure to order For use in the SR630 and SR850 The use of the 480GB drive requires the ThinkSystem M 2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit 7Y37A01093 Not supported with ThinkSystem M 2 Enablement Kit 7Y37A01092 For use in the SR650 The use of ...

Page 5: ... When the drives and adapters are installed in a supported server these drives assume the server s base warranty and any warranty upgrades Solid State Memory cells have an intrinsic finite number of program erase cycles that each cell can incur As a result each solid state device has a maximum amount of program erase cycles to which it can be subjected The warranty for Lenovo solid state drives SS...

Page 6: ...Lenovo ThinkSystem product publications http thinksystem lenovofiles com help index jsp Quick Start Rack Installation Guide Setup Guide Hardware Maintenance Manual Messages and Codes Reference Memory Population Reference ServerProven hardware compatibility http www lenovo com us en serverproven Related product families Product families related to this document are the following Drives ThinkSystem ...

Page 7: ...nt are not intended for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons The information contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications or warranties Nothing in this document shall operate as an express or implied license or indemnity under the intellectual property rights of Lenovo or third partie...

Page 8: ...rademarks of Lenovo in the United States other countries or both Lenovo ServerProven ThinkSystem The following terms are trademarks of other companies Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both Microsoft Windows Server and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may ...

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