Lenovo S3500 Product Manual

S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs for System x

Product Guide

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value solid-state drives (SSDs) for System x® employ MLC NAND flash
memory and a 6 Gbps SATA interface to provide an affordable solution with industry leading performance.
They are targeted at workloads that require high I/O performance in random read operations, including
content delivery, streaming video, and big data analytics.

Figure 1 shows the S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD.

Figure 1. S3500 SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD

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Unlike client solid-state drives, S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs are designed to operate 24 hours
per day, 7 days per week (24x7), and they are equipped with a robust suite of enterprise features, including
SMART attributes, hot-plug support, high reliability, enhanced ruggedness, thermal throttling, and
enhanced power loss protection. They also leverage full end-to-end data path protection to protect the
integrity of the data that is transferred to and from the NAND flash memory or stored in the memory.

S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs provide outstanding IOPS/watt and cost/IOPS for for read­intensive enterprise applications like web serving, content delivery, streaming video, and big data.

Rigorous testing of S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs by Lenovo through the ServerProven®
program assures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing
an additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under Lenovo warranty.

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Part number information

Table 1 lists the information for ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes

Description Part number Feature code

1.8-inch SSDs (hot-swap or non-hot-swap)*

S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ040 A4KV

S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ045 A4KW

S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ050 A4KX

S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ455 A58U

2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs

S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ000 A4KM

S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ005 A4KN

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ010 A4KP

S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ015 A4KQ

S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN268 A5U4

S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN278 A5U6

2.5-inch non-hot-swap SSDs

S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ020 A4KR

S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ025 A4KS

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ030 A4KT

S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System x222 00AJ330 A51U

S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ035 A4KU

S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN273 A5U5

S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale System 00FN293 A5U8

3.5-inch hot-swap SSDs

S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ460 A56C

S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ465 A56D

S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ470 A56E

S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00AJ475 A56F

S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x 00FN288 A5U7

* This SSD can be a hot-swap or non-hot-swap drive depending on the server in which it is installed.

The part numbers include the following items:

One SSD without a drive tray (1.8-inch SSDs) or one SSD with a 2.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap
drive tray (2.5-inch SSDs) or one SSD with a 3.5-inch hot-swap drive tray (3.5-inch SSDs)

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Features

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SDDs have the following features:

Industry standard 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, or 3.5-inch form factors

Support for a conventional 2.5-inch drive bay (2.5-inch SSDs), 3.5-inch drive bay (3.5-inch SSDs),
eXFlash drive bay (1.8-inch SSDs), or SSD drive bay (1.8-inch SSDs) on selected System x,
iDataPlex®, BladeCenter®, and Flex System™ servers

Cost-effective Intel 20 nm MLC NAND flash memory

SATA MLC solid-state drive with high read performance and consistently low latencies to fulfill
client needs in the enterprise space

High reliability and enhanced ruggedness

Energy saving, with as little as 5 W power consumption per drive

Absence of moving parts to reduce potential failure points in the server

S.M.A.R.T. support

Advanced Encrypting Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption

Full end-to-end data path protection

Thermal throttling to extend the life of the drive

Enhanced power loss data protection

Enterprise Value SSDs and Enterprise SSDs have similar read IOPS performance, but the key differences
between them is their endurance (or life expectancy) and write IOPS performance. SSDs have a huge but
finite number of program/erase (P/E) cycles, which affect how long they can perform write operations and
thus their life expectancy. Enterprise Value SSDs have a better cost per read IOPS ratio but lower
endurance and write IOPS performance compared to Enterprise SSDs. SSD write endurance is typically
measured by the number of program/erase cycles that the drive can incur over its lifetime, which is listed
as TBW in the device specification.

The TBW value that is assigned to a solid-state device is the total bytes of written data that a drive can be
guaranteed to complete. Reaching this limit does not cause the drive to immediately fail; the TBW simply
denotes the maximum number of writes that can be guaranteed. A solid-state device does not fail upon
reaching the specified TBW, but at some point after surpassing the TBW value (and based on
manufacturing variance margins), the drive reaches the end-of-life point, at which time the drive goes into
read-only mode. Because of such behavior, careful planning must be done to use SSDs in the application
environments to ensure that the TBW of the drive is not exceeded before the required life expectancy.

For example, for the S3500 240GB SATA 2.5-inch MLC Enterprise Value SSD to last in five years inside of
the 140 TB of TBW, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 77 GB of writes per day. For
the device to last in three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 128 GB of writes
per day.

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Technical specifications

Table 2 presents technical specifications for the S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs.

Table 2. S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications (Part 1)

Feature 80 GB 120 GB 240 GB 400 GB

Part number 00AJ040 00AJ000 00AJ020 00AJ460 00AJ045 00AJ005 00AJ025 00AJ465 00AJ050

Hot-swap drive Yes§ Yes No Yes Yes§ Yes No Yes Yes§

Form factor 1.8-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 1.8-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 1.8-inch

Interface 6 Gbps

SATA

6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps

SATA

Capacity 80 GB 120 GB 240 GB 400 GB

Endurance 45 TB TBW 70 TB TBW 140 TB TBW 225 TB TBW

Data reliability < 1 in 10

bits read

< 1 in 10 bits read < 1 in 10 bits read < 1 in 10

bits read

MTBF, hours 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000

IOPS reads* 70,000 75,000 75,000 75,000

IOPS writes* 7,000 4,600 7,500 11,000

Sequential read
rate†

340 MBps 445 MBps 500 MBps 500 MBps

Sequential
write rate†

100 MBps 135 MBps 260 MBps 380 MBps

Read latency 50 ?s 50 ?s 50 ?s 50 ?s

Write latency 65 ?s 65 ?s 65 ?s 65 ?s

Shock,
operating

1000 g, 0.5

ms

1000 g, 0.5 ms 1000 g, 0.5 ms 1000 g, 0.5

ms

Vibration,
operating

2.17 g rms
5-700 Hz

2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz 2.17 g rms 5­700 Hz

Vibration, non­operating

3.13 g rms
5-800 Hz

3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5­800 Hz

Typical power 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W

§ This SSD can be a hot-swap or non-hot-swap drive depending on the server in which it is installed.
* 4 KB block transfers
† 128 KB block transfers

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Table 2. S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSD technical specifications (Part 2)

Feature 480 GB 800 GB 1.6 TB

Part number 00AJ010 00AJ030 00AJ470 00AJ455 00AJ015 00AJ035 00AJ475 00FN268

00FN278

00FN273
00FN293

00FN288

Hot-swap
drive

Yes No Yes Yes§ Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 1.8-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 3.5-inch

Interface 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA

Capacity 480 GB 800 GB 1.6 TB

Endurance 275 TB TBW 450 TB TBW 880 TB TBW

Data
reliability

< 1 in 10 bits read < 1 in 10 bits read < 1 in 10 bits read

MTBF, hours 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000

IOPS reads* 75,000 75,000 65,000

IOPS writes* 11,000 11,500 14,600

Sequential
read rate†

500 MBps 500 MBps 500 MBps

Sequential
write rate†

410 MBps 450 MBps 460 MBps

Read latency 50 ?s 50 ?s 50 ?s

Write latency 65 ?s 65 ?s 65 ?s

Shock,
operating

1000 g, 0.5 ms 1000 g, 0.5 ms 1000 g, 0.5 ms

Vibration,
operating

2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz 2.17 g rms 5-700 Hz

Vibration,
non­operating

3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz 3.13 g rms 5-800 Hz

Typical
power

5 W 5 W 5 W

§ This SSD can be a hot-swap or non-hot-swap drive depending on the server in which it is installed.
* 4 KB block transfers
† 128 KB block transfers

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Supported servers

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs and supported RAID controllers can be installed in the
System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers that are listed in Table 3 and the BladeCenter and Flex
System servers that are listed in Table 4.

Table 4. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 1)

Part number Description

1.8" SSDs

00AJ040 S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y

00AJ045 S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ050 S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N Y

00AJ455 S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

2.5" SSDs (hot-swap)

00AJ000 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ005 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ010 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ015 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y N N N N

00FN268 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x Y Y N N N

00FN278 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

2.5" SSDs (non-hot-swap)

00AJ020 S3500 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ025 S3500 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ030 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ330 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for Flex System

x222

N N N N N

00AJ035 S3500 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00FN273 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC SS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N Y N N N

00FN293 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale

System

N N N N N

3.5" SSDs (hot-swap)

00AJ460 S3500 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ465 S3500 240GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ470 S3500 480GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00AJ475 S3500 800GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

00FN288 S3500 1.6TB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD for System x N N N N N

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