Data Center DC500 Enterprise Solid-State Drives (SSDs)
Performance, Reliability and Consistency
Data Center 500 Series
Kingston’s Data Center 500 (DC500R / DC500M) Series of solid-state drives are high performance 6Gbps SATA
SSDs using 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 over a wide range of read and write workloads. They can increase productivities within AI, machine
learning, big data analytics, cloud computing, software-dened storage, operational databases (ODB), database
applications, and data warehousing. Capacities from 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB
Enterprise Data Center SSD
Delivering on business demands for 24/7 uptime and reliability, Kingston Enterprise SSDs oer performance
storage that combines performance predictability as well as rigorously tested reliability. Kingston’s DC500 Series
SSDs oer features that enable data centers to select the most cost eective SSD for their workload(s). Businesses
require results as they deliver on products, solutions and service level agreements (SLA’s). Kingston’s DC500 Series
SSDs are designed to deliver on these expectations.
DC500R: Read-centric SSD
DC500R is a highly optimized SSD designed for read-centric workloads enabling data centers to select SSDs tailored
for workloads without overspending on more expensive write intensive SSDs. It delivers I/O speeds and response
times (latency) that a data center can deploy with condence to ensure high levels of performance in the working
application and downstream at the user interface. These are typically dened by applications requiring real-time
results. Serving large amounts of data, delivering responsive results from a variety of databases and web-based
applications can leverage the receptive performance of the DC500R.
DC500M: Mixed-use SSD
DC500M is powerful SSD designed for mixed-use workload applications where the demand has a more balanced
mix of read and write operations. It delivers greater write endurance over a wide range of workloads all while
maintaining the strict performance consistency requirements designed into all of Kingston’s Data center SSDs.
Data centers hosting databases and various web-based application=s can leverage the predictable I/O and latency
performance while controlling infrastructure costs.
End-to-end Protection
The DC500 Series SSDs incorporate end-to-end data path protection to help guarantee that all user data transferred
into the SSD is protected against transient errors. DC500R / DC500M both include on-board (PLP) power loss
protection (via power capacitors and rmware). This ensures data-in-ight is written to the NAND Flash memory in
the event of unexpected power loss. Additionally, PLP ensures that the drives mapping table (FTL) is updated prior
to power being removed from the drive. These power loss safeguards reduce the chance for data loss and ensure
that the drive will successfully re-initialize on the next power-up of the system.
Quality of Service (QoS)
The DC500 Series delivers on QoS (
Second) performance while servicing balanced read and write workloads. Performance predictability is essential
for web hosting applications that must deliver on SLA’s promised to customers. The DC500 series eciency
produces the reliability for web server applications requiring read centric drives or mixed-use intensive workloads
where uptime is mission critical.
Application use cases
Designed for service providers running a wide range of customer applications including:
- Virtualization
- 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
Both DC500R and DC500M feature enterprise-class reliability with end-to-end data path protection, SMART health
monitoring and strong ECC. They are backed by legendary pre and post-sales support along with a ve-year
limited warranty.
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> Predictable random I/O performance and latencies over a wide range of workloads
> Read-centric design for performance in high read intensive workloads (DC500R)
> Mixed-use design for balanced performance in high read / write intensive
workloads (DC500M)
> Configurable over-provisioning
> On-board (PLP) power loss
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Data Center DC500 Enterprise Solid-State Drives (SSDs)
FEATURES/ BENEFITS
> Optimized for read-intensive applications (DC500R) — Responsiveness from low latency
and consistent I/O performance delivers businesses the QoS needed in demanding read-centric
workloads.
> Optimized for mixed-use applications (DC500M) — An exceptional balance of consistent
I/O delivery and high read and write IOPS performance to manage a wide range of transactional
workloads.
> Reduce application latencies — Data center’s hosting databases and various web-based
applications can leverage the predictable I/O and latency performance.
> Data Integrity Protection — EECC protection with advanced read/disturb management
safeguards against data corruption for end-to-end data protection.
> On-board (PLP) Power Loss Protection — Reduce the possibility of data loss and/or
corruption on ungraceful power-fails via power capacitors and rmware.
SPECIFICATIONS
> Form Factor 2.5 Inch
> Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
> Capacities
> NAND 3D TLC
> Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) AES 256-bit Encryption
> Sequential Read/Write: (DC500R)
480GB – 555MBs/500MBs 960GB – 555MBs/525MBs
1.92TB – 555MBs/525MBs 3.84TB – 555MBs/520MBs
> Steady-State 4k Read/Write: (DC500R)
480GB – 98,000/12,000 IOPS 960GB – 98,000/20,000 IOPS
1.92TB – 98,000/24,000 IOPS 3.84TB – 98,000/28,000 IOPS
> Sequential Read/Write: (DC500M)
480GB – 555MBs/520MBs 960GB – 555MBs/520MBs
1.92TB – 555MBs/520MBs 3.84TB – 555MBs/520MBs
> Steady-State 4k Read/Write: (DC500M)
480GB – 98,000/58,000 IOPS 960GB – 98,000/70,000 IOPS
1.92TB – 98,000/75,000 IOPS 3.84TB – 98,000/75,000 IOPS
> Quality of Service (Latency)
> Hot-Plug Capable
> Static and Dynamic Wear Leveling
> Enterprise SMART tools Reliability tracking, usage statistics, life remaining,
wear leveling, temperature
> Power Loss Protection Tantalum Capacitors
> Endurance
DC500R:
480GB — 438TBW
1.92TB — 1752TBW
DC500M:
480GB – 1139TBW 5 (1.3 DWPD) 6 960GB – 2278TBW 5 (1.3 DWPD) 6
1.92TB – 4555TBW
> Power Consumption
Idle: 1.56W Average: 1.6W Max Read: 1.8W Max Write: 7.5W
> Storage temperature -40°C ~ 85°C
> Operating temperature 0°C ~ 70°C
> Dimensions 69.9mm x 100mm x 7mm
> Weight 92.34g
> Vibration operating 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
> Vibration non-operating 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
> MTBF 2 million hours
> Warranty/support
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480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB
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- TYP Read/Write: <500 µs / <2 ms
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(0.5 DWPD) 6 960GB — 876TBW 5 (0.5 DWPD) 6
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(0.5 DWPD) 6 3.84TB — 3504TBW 5 (0.5 DWPD) 6
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(1.3 DWPD) 6 3.84TB – 9110TBW 5 (1.3 DWPD)
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Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support
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PART NUMBERS
DC500R (Read-Centric)
SEDC500R/480G
SEDC500R/960G
SEDC500R/1920G
SEDC500R/3840G
DC500M (Mixed-Use)
SEDC500M/480G
SEDC500M/960G
SEDC500M/1920G
SEDC500M/3840G
T he cryptograph ic functionalit ies, mentioned in th e present sectio n, are implemented in the
rmware of th e product. The cr yptographic fu nctions of the rmw are can only be change d
during the ma nufacturing pro cess and cannot be chan ged by a regular user. The p roduct
is designed f or installation by the u ser by following the s tep-by-step inst ruction from th e
installati on user guide, supplie d with the product , and, thereby, can be used w ithout furthe r
substantia l support of the sup plier.
1. Some of the liste d capacity on a Flash s torage device is use d for formatting an d other functions
and thus is not ava ilable for data stora ge. As such, the actu al available capaci ty for data storag e
is less than wha t is listed on the produc ts. For more inform ation, go to Kingston’s Flas h Guide at
kingston.com/ashguide.
2. Workloa d based on FIO, Random 4K B QD=1 workload, meas ured as the time taken for 9 9.9
percentile of co mmands to nish the round -trip from host to dri ve and to host.
3. Measurement t aken once the worklo ad has reached stead y state but including al l background
activities required for normal operation and data reliability.
4. Based on 9 60GB capacity.
5. Total Bytes Wri tten (TBW) is de rived from the JEDEC En terprise Workload ( JESD219A).
6. Drives Wri tes Per Day (DWPD).
7. Limited warrant y based on 5 years or SSD “L ife Remaining” which c an be found using the
Kingston SSD M anager (kingston .com/SSDManager). A new, unus ed product will sho w a wear
indicator v alue of one hundred (100), whereas a p roduct that has reach ed its endurance lim it of
program er ase cycles will show a w ear indicator value of on e (1). See k ingston.com/wa f or details.
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