
Technical specifications
Table 2 presents technical specifications for the S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs.
Table 2. S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications (Part 1)
Feature
80 GB
120 GB
240 GB
400 GB
Part number
00AJ040
00AJ000 00AJ020 00AJ460 00AJ045 00AJ005 00AJ025 00AJ465
00AJ050
Hot-swap drive
Yes§
Yes
No
Yes
Yes§
Yes
No
Yes
Yes§
Form factor
1.8-inch
2.5-inch
2.5-inch
3.5-inch
1.8-inch
2.5-inch
2.5-inch
3.5-inch
1.8-inch
Interface
6 Gbps
SATA
6 Gbps SATA
6 Gbps SATA
6 Gbps
SATA
Capacity
80 GB
120 GB
240 GB
400 GB
Endurance
45 TB TBW
70 TB TBW
140 TB TBW
225 TB TBW
Data reliability
< 1 in 10
bits read
< 1 in 10 bits read
< 1 in 10 bits read
< 1 in 10
bits read
MTBF, hours
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
IOPS reads*
70,000
75,000
75,000
75,000
IOPS writes*
7,000
4,600
7,500
11,000
Sequential read
rate†
340 MBps
445 MBps
500 MBps
500 MBps
Sequential
write rate†
100 MBps
135 MBps
260 MBps
380 MBps
Read latency
50 ?s
50 ?s
50 ?s
50 ?s
Write latency
65 ?s
65 ?s
65 ?s
65 ?s
Shock,
operating
1000 g, 0.5
ms
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
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
3.13 g rms 5-
800 Hz
Typical power
5 W
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
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S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs for System x
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