Kingston SSD DC series (Data Center)

2020: DC1000B

On January 15, 2020 the Kingston Technology company announced DC1000B exit - SSD for data processing centers. The boot drive of DC1000B in a form factor of M.2 with the NVMe interface is suitable for the servers equipped with one or two slots of the M.2 NVMe. Thus, there is an opportunity to save frontal 2.5-inch compartments for additional tanks for data storage.

According to the company, DC1000B is developed in a form factor 2280, includes the built-in protection against power failure and has endurance 0.5 DWPD that prolongs the term of its service. Kingston DC1000B differs in performance, the speed of work up to 3.2 GB / with and 205 thousand IOPS, and is intended for loading and also for caching and maintaining magazines of applications.

Though the form factor of M.2 was initially developed for client computers, the small physical sizes and high performance do it attractive and for use on servers. DC1000B is created especially for modern servers as white box, and from OEM manufacturing of servers of category Tier 1 who use SSD drives of the NVMe format M.2 for loading. Model it is also possible to configure as local a cache drive. Keith Schimmenti, the head of corporate SSD Kingston told

DC1000B is the solid-state NVMe-drive in a form factor of M.2 (2280) using the PCIe Gen interface 3.0 x 4 with 3D TLC of NAND. This model will become the economic boot drive for data processing centers as it is intended for use on the server. The disk is suitable for use in rack servers of large volume as the internal boot drive and also in the specialized systems where high-performance SSD M.2 with the built-in protection against power failure (PLP) is required.

DC1000B is issued in the tanks of 240 GB and 480 GB, is followed by the limited five-year warranty, a free technical support.

Features and technical characteristics of corporate SSD Data Center 1000B:

• Performance is M.2 (2280) NVMe: speed is up to 2.6 GB / with and 200 thousand IOPS.
• The boot drive optimized for servers: is suitable for workloads when loading and also for caching and maintaining magazines of applications.
• Built-in protection against power failure (PLP): probability of loss and/or damage of data at unexpected power off is reduced.
• Optimization of compartments: transfer of a boot drive inside releases front compartments for an extra space for data storage.
• Form factor: M.2 — 22 mm x 80 mm (2280).
• Interface: PCIe NVMe Gen 3 x 4.
• The self-ciphered disk (SED): 256-bit AES enciphering.
• Quantity of cycles of rewriting (TBW): 240 GB – 248 TBW, 480 GB – 475 TBW.
• Corporate SMARTS tools: tracking of reliability, statistics of use, the remained SSD resource, alignment of wear, temperature.^[1]

2019

DC450R

On October 29, 2019 the Kingston Digital company, division on production a flash memory of Kingston Technology company, world developer and producer of devices for data storage, announced the beginning of deliveries of solid state drives of a corporate class, Data Center 450R (DC450R).

DC450R — high-performance SSD with the SATA interface (6 Gbps) on a basis a flash memory 3D TLC NAND which was developed for use in environments with a large number of read operations of data. This device optimized for servers differs in good working indicators and high predictability of number of input-output operations and delays that is one of the major criteria when choosing SSD for DPC. DC450R is created in strict accordance with requirements of Kingston to QoS therefore provides steadily high level of performance during the work with the different tasks connected with reading and caching of data.

The drive is intended for 24/7 smooth operation in the environments connected, for example, with CDN networks (content delivery network), peripheral calculations and software-defined architecture of data storage. DC450R has specialized feature set which will allow data centers to pick up the most economic and suitable solid state drives for their type of loadings. Clients who are engaged in production of products and solutions and also signing of SLA (the agreement on the service level) need stable results therefore DC450R can become for collectors of systems and suppliers of cloud services the standard highly productive, inexpensive and, the main thing, reliable solid state drives.

For modern data centers and workloads solid state drives which have specialized feature set are necessary and are suitable for work in environments with a large number of read operations. Our DC450R model meets all these requirements and will give to the management of DPC the chance to pick up the drives suitable under their loadings, without overpaying for writing rate. The high number of input-output operations and predictably a low delay allow to achieve stable performance, and it both concerns applications on the server, and the speed of operation of the user interface. Keith Schimmenti, the head SSD for a corporate segment in Kingston

The DC450R solid state drive is issued in versions with a capacity of 480 and 960 GB and also 1.92 and 3.84 TB and is protected by the limited five-year warranty with a free technical support.

Features and technical characteristics of the Data Center 450R solid state drive

• Applications with a large number of read operations: steadily high performance at application in peripheral calculations and CDN networks.
• Reduction of a delay at operation of applications: stable and predictable indicators of number of input-output operations and a delay are important for effective work of databases and web applications.
• Protection of integrity of data: the ECC function with the improved management of readings/failures provides a comprehensive protection of data and prevents their damage.
• Strategic optimization: specialized functions of drives allow data centers to select the most economic and suitable under their specific types of loadings drives.
• Form factor: 2.5"
• Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6 Gbps).
  • Backward compatibility with SATA Rev. 2.0 (3 Gbps)

• Yomkost1: 480 GB, 960 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB.
• NAND flash memory: 3D TLC.
• The self-ciphered disk (SED): 256-bit enciphering of AES.
• Speed of consecutive reading / record:
  • 480 GB – 560 Mbps / 510 Mbps
  • 960 GB – 560 Mbps / 530 Mbps
  • 1.92 TB - 560 Mbps / 530 Mbps
  • 3.84 TB - 560 Mbps / 525 Mbps

• Speed of reading/record of blocks on 4 CBs at permanent loads:
  • 480 GB – 99 000/17,000 IOPS
  • 960 GB – 98 000/26,000 IOPS
  • 1.92 TB – 99 000/28,000 IOPS
  • 3.84 TB – 99 000/26,000 IOPS

• QoS (delay) 234: standard at reading/record: < 500 мкс / <2 мс.
• Support of "hot" connection.
• Static and dynamic alignment of wear.
• Protection against shutdown of power supply (Power Caps): no.
• SMART tools of the corporate level: tracking of reliability of the drive, collection of information about intensity of use, assessment of a remaining balance of service life of SSD, alignment of wear, tracking of temperature.
• Operation life of the drive DC450R:
  • 480 GB — 285 TB (0.3 DWPD/5 years)
  • 960 GB — 582 TB (0.3 DWPD/5 years) 5
  • 1.92 TB — 1301 TB (0.3 DWPD/5 years) 5
  • 3.84 TB — 2823 TB (0.3 DWPD/5 years) 5

• Energy consumption:
  • 480 GB: in standby mode — 1.05 W / an average when reading — 1.25 W / an average at record — 3.03 W / maximum when reading — 1.25 W / maximum at record — 4 W.
  • 960 GB: in standby mode — 1.15 W / an average when reading — 1.3 W / an average at record — 3.18 W / maximum when reading — 1.3 W / maximum at record — 4.25 W.
  • 1.92 TB: in standby mode — 1.22 W / an average when reading — 1.42 W / an average at record — 3.44 W / maximum when reading — 1.42 W / maximum at record — 4.5 W.
  • 3.84 TB: in standby mode — 1.3 W / an average when reading — 1.48 W / an average at record — 3.93 W / maximum when reading — 1.48 W / maximum at record — 5.5 W.

• Storage temperature: from -40 °C to 85 °C.
• Working temperature: from 0 °C to 70 °C.
• Sizes: 69.9 x 100 x 7 mm
• Weight: 92.34 g.

DC500R

The company Kingston Digital, Inc., division on production a flash memory of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced in March, 2019 release of Data Center 500 – lines of corporate SSD. The DC500R model is optimized for intensive reading, and DC500M – for the mixed workloads. Both solid state drives of DC500 series meet the strict requirements of Kingston to service quality (QoS) to provide the predictable performance of any input-output and also predictably a low delay with the broad range of the workloads connected with a read and write of data.

The disk DC500R is ideal for use in situations where the set of read operations – is supposed when loading programs, in Web servers, infrastructure of virtual desktops, operational databases and in analytics in real time. Suppliers of cloud services and founders of software-defined networks of storage can use advantages of stability of input-output and level of a delay to provide compliance to requirements of QoS in the environments focused on reading. At 0.5 DWPD (number of the written disks in day) DC500R allows IT administrators to optimize investments into the equipment for data storage: the disk provides performance, firmness and reliability.

The disk DC500M is intended for the mixed workloads in situations where there is more uniform balance of read operations and record. It is ideal for suppliers of cloud services and software-defined networks of storage who need flexible infrastructure for effective adaptation and management of transaction workloads. These workloads include work with artificial intelligence, the analysis of Big Data, cloud computing, applications of databases, the data warehouse, machine learning and operational databases. DC500M with an indicator of endurance 1.3 DWPD is ideal for the market of rack servers of large volume for upgrade of drives, for servers of large-scale data processing centers and suppliers of cloud services for which inexpensive high-performance subsystems of storage are required.

2016: DC400

DC400 is the solution of initial level for data centers.

On September 5, 2016 the Kingston Digital company provided the corporate solid state drive of the initial Data Center 400 (DC400) level.

The device supplements a line of solid state drives of a corporate class and is held for use in servers of data centers. SSD is focused on exacting applications, for example, of loading of a system, Web servers, operational databases with small capacity and analysts – especially in data centers with the mixed workloads where reliability and durability are significant.

DC400, (2016)

The expanded cache for DRAM memories provides high and steady input-output operations (IOPS) for performance improvement with the broad range of workloads of reading record. The standard and also configured reserve area (over-provisioning) increases performance of accidental IOPS (number of operations per second) and endurance while the microcode of the corporate level (enterprise firmware) optimizes delays and provides steadily quick access to data at established workloads. SSD DC400 has reliability of the corporate level with security blanket of a path of passing of data, the protection against power failures (pFAIL) which is built in a firmware.

Several versions of capacity are supported: 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1.6 TB and 1.8 TB. Models with a capacity of 400, 800 and 1600 GB are optimized from the point of view of IOPS and provide the increased processing speed of applications at reduced delays. the 1.8-terabyte device is optimized for intensive reading.

Technical characteristics of DC400

• Form factor: 2.5 ″
• Interface: SATA 3.0 (6 GB / c) – backward compatibility with SATA 2.0 (3 GB / c)
• Capacity: 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1.6 TB, 1.8 TB

Speed of consecutive reading / record:

• 400 GB – up to 555/535 Mbps
• 480 GB – up to 555/535 Mbps
• 800 GB – up to 555/530 Mbps
• 960 GB – up to 555/520 Mbps
• 1600 GB – up to 555/510 Mbps
• 1800 GB – up to 555/500 Mbps

Maximum speed of reading/record of accidental blocks of 4 CBs in size:

• 400 GB – to 99000/90000 IOPS
• 480 GB – to 99000/90000 IOPS
• 800 GB – to 99000/89000 IOPS
• 960 GB – to 99000/88000 IOPS
• 1600 GB – to 100000/88000 IOPS
• 1800 GB – to 99000/86000 IOPS

Stable speed of reading/record of blocks of 4 CBs in size:

• 400 GB – to 85000/35000 IOPS
• 480 GB – to 85000/11000 IOPS
• 800 GB – to 78000/32000 IOPS
• 960 GB – to 78000/11000 IOPS
• 1600 GB – to 78000/32000 IOPS
• 1800 GB – to 67000/18000 IOPS

Waiting time:

• Reading/record: <400 µs / <4 мс (99.9%)
• Support of hot connection
• Static and dynamic alignment of wear

SMART tools: stability tracking, statistics of use, service life, alignment of wear, temperature

Resource:

• 480 GB: 257 TB (0.30 DWPD)
• 960 GB: 564 TB 5 (0.32 DWPD) 6
• 400 GB: 422 TB 5 (0.57 DWPD) 6
• 800 GB: 860 TB 5 (0.58 DWPD) 6
• 1600 GB: 1678 TB 5 (0.57 DWPD) 6
• 1800 GB: 1432 TB 5 (0.43 DWPD) 6

Energy consumption:

• At idle time: 1.5 W
• Average: 1.6 W
• Maximum when reading: 1.8 W
• Maximum at record: 4.86 W

Storage temperature: from-40 to +85 °C

• Working temperature: from 0 to +70 °C

Dimensions: 69.9 x 100 x 7.0 mm

Weight: 92.34 g

Vibration during the work: peak 2.17 g (7 – 800 Hz)

• Vibration in the switched-off status: peak 20 g (10 – 2000 Hz)

Average time between failures: 2 million hours

Guarantee/support: the limited 5-year warranty with a free technical support.

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