Kingston 3840 GB SEDC500M Mixed-Use 2.5" Enterprise SATA SSD Solid State Drive

Kingston’s Data Center 500 series (DC500R / DC500M) of solid-state drives are high-performance 6Gbps SATA SSDs that use the latest 3D TLC NAND, designed for read-centric and mixed-use server workloads. They implement Kingston's strict QoS requirements to ensure predictable random I/O performance, as well as predictable low latencies across a wide range of read and write workloads. They can boost productivity in AI, machine learning, big data analytics, cloud computing, software-defined storage, operational databases (ODB), database applications, and data warehousing. Capacities from 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB.

Performance, Reliability, and Consistency

Data Center 500 Series
Kingston’s Data Center 500 Series (DC500R / DC500M) SSDs are high-performance 6Gbps SATA solid-state drives that use the latest 3D TLC NAND, designed for read-centric and mixed-use server workloads. They implement Kingston’s strict Quality of Service (QoS) requirements to ensure predictable random I/O performance, as well as predictable low latencies across a wide range of read and write workloads. They can boost productivity in AI, machine learning, big data analytics, cloud computing, software-defined storage, operational databases (ODB), database applications, and data warehousing. Capacities from 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB ****

Enterprise Data Center SSD
Meeting the continuous uptime and reliability demands of enterprise businesses, Kingston Enterprise SSDs deliver storage that combines predictable performance with rigorously tested and proven reliability. Kingston’s DC500 series SSDs feature capabilities that enable data centers to select the most cost-effective SSD for their workloads. Businesses require results to deliver on products, solutions, and meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Kingston’s DC500 series SSDs are designed to meet these expectations.

DC500R: Read-centric SSDs
The DC500R is a highly optimised SSD designed for read-centric workloads, allowing data centers to select SSDs tailored for such, rather than investing in more expensive write-intensive SSDs. It delivers I/O speeds and response times (latency) that a data center can deploy with confidence to ensure high-performance in the working application through the user interface. These are typically defined by applications that require real-time results. Dealing with large volumes of data, delivering various databases and web-based applications allows the DC500R's responsive performance to be utilised.

DC500M: Mixed-use SSDs
The DC500M is a powerful SSD designed for mixed-use workload applications where the demand is a more balanced mix of read and write operations. It features higher write endurance across a broader range of workloads, while maintaining the strict operational consistency built into all Kingston Data Center SSDs. Data centers hosting databases and various web-based applications can leverage the I/O and latency predictability, controlling infrastructure costs.

End-to-End Data Protection
The DC500 series SSDs incorporate end-to-end data path protection to help ensure that all user data transferred to the SSD is protected against transient errors. DC500R / DC500M drives include power loss protection (PLP) (via power capacitors and firmware). This ensures that data-in-flight is written to the NAND Flash in the event of an unexpected power loss. Additionally, PLP ensures that the drive's mapping table (FTL) is updated prior to power loss. These power loss protection methods reduce the likelihood of data loss and ensure that the drive reinitialises correctly when power is restored.

Quality of Service (QoS)
The DC500 series drives provide Quality of Service (QoS) (*,**,***) for consistent and predictable latency (response time) and IOPS (I/O per second) performance when processing read and write workloads. Performance predictability is essential for web-hosted applications that must meet agreed customer SLAs. The efficiency of the DC500 series enables reliability for web server applications requiring read-centric or mixed-use workload drives when uptime is critical.

Application examples
Designed for service providers running a variety of applications, namely:
- Virtualisation
- High-speed databases
- High-bandwidth media streaming
- SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
- SAP
- BI, ERP, CRM, GL, OLAP, OLTP, ERM, and EDW workloads
- Cloud service providers

The DC500R and DC500M drives feature enterprise-grade reliability, with end-to-end data path protection, SMART health monitoring, and robust ECC cryptography. They are backed by Kingston's legendary pre and post-sales technical support, plus a 5-year limited warranty *****

- Predictable random I/O performance and latencies across a wide range of workloads
- Read-centric design for high performance in read-intensive workloads (DC500R)
- Mixed-use design for balanced performance in read/write-intensive workloads (DC500M)
- Configurable overprovisioning
- Built-in Power Loss Protection (PLP)

* 4KB QD=1 random workload based on FIO, measured as the time required for 99.9% of commands to complete their round trip from host to drive and back to host.
** Measured once the workload has reached a steady state, including all background activities necessary for normal operation and to ensure data reliability.
*** Based on a 960GB capacity.
**** Some of the listed capacities on a Flash storage device are used for formatting and other functions and are therefore not available for data storage. For this reason, the actual data storage capacity is less than that indicated on the products. For more detailed information, please refer to Kingston's Flash Memory Guide at kingston.com/flashguide.
***** Limited warranty based on five years or "Remaining Life" of SSD, which can be found using Kingston's SSD Manager (kingston.com/SSDManager). A new, unused product will show a wear value of one hundred (100), while a product that has reached the erase cycle limit will show a wear value of one (1). For detailed information, see kingston.com/wa.