Enterprise Data Center U.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

DC1500M

Kingston DC1500M U.2 NVMe SSD features high-storage capacity and enhanced enterprise performance. It offers a high-performance Gen 3.0 x4 PCIe NVMe design to deliver latency and IOPS consistency. DC1500M is backed by strict QoS requirements to ensure predictable random IO performance as well as predictable latencies over a wide range of workloads.

The U.2 form factor design (2.5”, 15mm) works seamlessly with the latest-generation servers and storage arrays utilising PCIe and U.2 backplanes. DC1500M is hot pluggable, eliminating the challenges of serviceable PCIe storage.

Enterprise-class U.2 PCIe NVMe Gen 3.0 x4 SSD
Exceptional speeds of up to 3GB/s
Predictable low latency and I/O consistency
On-board Power Loss Protection (PLP)

It boasts enterprise-class features such as end-to-end data path protection, namespace management, power loss protection (PLP) and telemetry monitoring for increased data center reliability. Backed by Kingston’s legendary pre- and post-sales support and a five-year limited warranty¹. Capacities range from 960GB to 7.6TB².

Applications

The "mixed-use" workload drive makes it ideal for running a wide range of customer applications including:

Virtualisation
High-performance cloud service
Web hosting caching
High-resolution media capture and transport
ERP, CRM, GL, OLAP, OLTP, ERM, BI and EDW workloads

Data Center NVMe performance

Incredible I/O consistency with sustained speeds of up to 3GB/s and 510K IOPS.

Enterprise-class mixed-use storage

An exceptional balance of consistent I/O delivery with high read and write IOPS performance to manage a wide range of transactional workloads.

Reduce application latencies

Quality of Service (QoS) delivers ultra-low transactional latency for large data sets and various web-based applications.

On-board Power Loss Protection (PLP)

Enterprise-class protection to reduce the possibility of data loss or corruption on ungraceful power fails.

The DC1500M comes with a host of features aimed at this market segment; reliability and usage statistics tracking, hardware power loss protection (PLP), telemetry monitoring, end-to-end data path protection and multiple namespace management.

Read Full Review KItguru DC1500M SSD Review

Form factor	U.2, 2.5” x 15mm
Interface	PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4
Capacities²	960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB
NAND	3D TLC
Sequential read/write	960GB – 3,100 / 1,700MB/s 1.92TB – 3,300/2,700MB/s 3.84TB – 3,100/2,700MB/s 7.68TB – 3,100/2,700MB/s
Steady-state 4k read/write	960GB – 440,000/150,000 IOPS 1.92TB – 510,000/220,000 IOPS 3.84TB – 480,000/210,000 IOPS 7.68TB – 420,000/200,000 IOPS
Latency Quality of Service (QoS)³, ⁴, ⁵	99.9 - read/write: <110 µs / <206 µs
Static and dynamic wear levelling	Yes
Power loss protection (power caps)	Yes
Namespace management support	Yes - 64 namespaces supported
Enterprise diagnostics	Telemetry, media wear, temperature, health and error logs, etc.
Endurance	960GB – 1681 TBW⁶ (1 DWPD/5yrs)⁶ (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)⁶ 1.92TB – 3362 TBW⁶ (1 DWPD/5yrs)⁶ (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)⁶ 3.84TB – 6725 TBW⁶ (1 DWPD/5yrs)⁶ (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)⁶ 7.68TB – 13450 TBW⁶ (1 DWPD/5yrs)⁶ (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)⁶
Power consumption	960GB – Idle: 6.30W Average read: 6.21W Average write: 11.40W Max read: 6.60W Max write: 12.24W 1.92TB – Idle: 6.60W Average read: 6.30W Average write: 13.7W Max read: 6.63W Max write: 15.36W 3.84TB – Idle: 6.8W Average read: 6.40W Average write: 14.20W Max read: 7W Max write: 16W 7.68TB – Idle: 7W Average read: 7.30W Average write: 17.14W Max read: 8.16W Max write: 20.88W
Operating temperature	0°C ~ 70°C
Dimensions	100.09mm x 69.84mm x 14.75mm
Weight	960GB – 145g 1.92TB – 150g 3.84TB – 155g 7.68TB – 160g
Vibration operating	2.17G peak (7–800Hz)
Vibration non-operating	20G peak (10–2000Hz)
MTBF	2 million hours
Warranty/support¹	Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

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