DC3000ME Enterprise NVMe U.2 Solid-State Drive 3.84TB-30.72TB

DC3000ME PCIe 5.0 NVMe U.2 SSD

Kingston’s DC3000ME U.2 data center SSD features a high-speed PCIe 5.0 NVMe interface and utilizes 3D eTLC NAND, making it well suited for a wide range of server applications such as AI, HPC, OLTP, databases, cloud infrastructure and edge computing. DC3000ME includes on-board power loss protection to safeguard data in the event of sudden power loss and AES 256-bit encryption for ultimate data security. DC3000ME utilizes the latest high-speed PCIe 5.0 interface and is backward-compatible with PCIe 4.0 servers and backplanes. Like all of Kingston’s data center SSDs, DC3000ME is designed to deliver I/O consistency and low latency as the key design criteria that system integrators, hyperscale data centers and cloud service providers can depend on. DC3000ME is offered in 3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB and 30.72TB{{Footnote.N37130}} capacities and is backed by Kingston's legendary technical support and a 5-year limited warranty.

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Applications and workloads
DC3000ME is ideal for running a wide range of server applications and workloads including:

AI
HPC
Cloud services
Edge computing
Software defined storage
RAID
General server use

Specifications

Form factor	U.2, 2.5” x 15mm
Interface	PCIe NVMe Gen5 x4 (backward compatible with Gen4)
Capacities{{Footnote.N37130}}	3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB, 30.72TB
NAND	3D eTLC
Sequential read/write{{Footnote.N75936}}	3.84TB – 14,000MB/s / 5,800MB/s 7.68TB – 14,000MB/s / 10,000MBs 15.36TB – 14,000MB/s / 9,700MB/s 30.72TB - 14,000MB/s / 9,700MB/s
4k random read/write (IOPS){{Footnote.N75936}}	3.84TB – 2,700,000 / 300,000 7.68TB – 2,800,000 / 500,000 15.36TB – 2,700,000 / 400,000 30.72TB - 2,600,000 / 350,000
Latency quality of service (QoS){{Footnote.N75936}}, {{Footnote.N47723}}, {{Footnote.N78402}}	3.84TB-15.36TB 99% - Read/Write: <70 µs / < 10 µs 30.72TB 99% - Read/Write: <175 µs / < 12 µs
Static and dynamic wear levelling	Yes
Power loss protection (power caps)	Yes
Encryption	Yes - TCG Opal 2.0, AES 256-bit encryption
Namespace management support	Yes - 128 namespaces supported
Enterprise diagnostics	Telemetry, media wear, temperature, health, etc.
Endurance (TBW/DWPD){{Footnote.N63869}}	3.84TB – 7,008TB, 1DWPD (5 years) 7.68TB – 14,016TB, 1DWPD (5 years) 15.36TB – 28,032TB, 1DWPD (5 years) 30.72TB - 56,064TB, 1DWPD (5 Years)
Power consumption	Idle(3.84TB-15.36TB): 8W Idle(30.72TB): 9W Max Read(3.84TB-15.36TB): 8.2W Max Read(30.72TB): 9.5W
Operating temperature	0℃ ~ 70℃
Dimensions	100.50mm x 69.8mm x 14.8mm
Weight	3.84TB – 146.2g 7.68TB – 151.3g 15.36TB – 152.3g 30.72TB - 160.5g
Vibration non-operating	10G peak (10–1000Hz)
MTBF	2 million hours
Warranty/support{{Footnote.N57503}}	Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

Features

Enterprise PCIe 5.0 performance
Optimal storage and efficiency
On-board power loss protection (PLP)
AES 256-bit encryption

Resources

Awards and Reviews

The DC3000ME 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

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Enterprise PCIe 5.0 performance

Delivers I/O consistency and low latency with sustained speeds of up to 14,000MB/s read and 2,800,000 read IOPS{{Footnote.N75936}}.

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Optimal storage and efficiency

High-capacity options available offering an exceptional balance of consistent I/O delivery and ultra-high performance. Optimised to handle a wide range of server workloads efficiently.

On-board power loss protection (PLP)

Enterprise-class protection to reduce the possibility of data loss or corruption on ungraceful power fails, including NVMe-MI 1.2b out-of-band management, end-to-end data protection and TCG Opal 2.0.