Ultrastar
®
DC SS530
DATA S H E E T
15.36TB – 400GB | 3D TLC
2.5-inch SFF | SAS 12Gb/s
Highlights
• 2nd generation 3D TLC NAND flash for ultra-high
performance and endurance
• 12Gb/s SAS interface for maximum throughput
• Advanced power-loss and data-management
technology
• Self-encrypting models conform to TCG’s
Enterprise specification
Applications
• Ultra-high performance tier-0 enterprise storage
• Enterprise-class servers and high performance
computing (HPC)
• Software-defined storage (SDS)
• Online transaction processing (OLTP)
• Finance and e-commerce
• Database analytics
SAS DATA CENTER S SD
Maximize Storage and Server Scalability with SAS SSDs
Data is transforming the world and growing at an exponential pace. The SAS interface
continues its dominance in traditional enterprise storage arrays, making the everincreasing volume of data rapidly and reliably available. Storage solutions depend on
SAS’s protection features, such as dual-port failover for redundancy, and SAS’s high
reliability to power mission-critical applications such as ERP, OLTP, OLAP, and more.
Designed with a dual-port 12Gb/s SAS interface for seamless integration into enterprise
environments, the Ultrastar® DC SS530 SAS SSD is available in capacities from 400GB to
15.36TB, double the capacity of prior generations. Delivering performance up to 440,000
random read and 320,000 random write IOPS—best in class among current 12Gb/s
SAS SSDs—the Ultrastar DC SS530 can help to drive faster data analytics, drive higher
productivity, and power business decision-making.
Proven Architecture with Industry-Leading Quality
and Reliability
Ultrastar DC SS530 leverages the proven architecture of the prior generation Ultrastar
SS300 with second generation 3D TLC NAND flash memory. The Ultrastar DC SS530
achieves an extraordinary 0.35% annual failure rate (AFR) or 2.5 million hours mean-timebetween-failure (MTBF). DC SS530 offers three endurance options of 1, 3 and 10 drive
writes per day (DW/D) to meet the most stringent data center requirements.
Help keep confidential data secure by deploying self-encrypting drive technology that
supports Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise standards for security services
and FIPS 140–2 validation for cryptographic-enabled drives that are required for cer tain
government applications. The Ultrastar DC SS530 is backed by a five-year limited warranty
or the maximum petabytes (PB) written (based on capacity), whichever comes first.
Trust Your Storage Systems with SSD Products
Developed by Experts in Enterprise Storage
Ultrastar SAS SSDs leverage decades of proven enterprise storage expertise in Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) design, reliability, firmware, customer qualification, and system
integration. The synergistic relationship between the new throughput-enhancing SSDs
and traditional HDDs provides cost-effective, end-to-end enterprise-class storage
options that deliver reliability, compatibility, capacity, cost savings, and system
performance. This combination makes Ultrastar storage drives an ideal choice to help
meet escalating reliability, endurance, and performance requirements in the most
demanding data center environments.
Features & Benefits
Feature / Function Benefits
Performance • SAS 12G b/s interface
Power • 9, 11 & 14 Watt options • Higher IOPS performance with higher power options
Capacity • 400GB to 15. 36TB • More capacity in s tand ard form factor with lower Watts/TB
Reliability • 0.35% AFR (2.5M hours MTBF)
Security Features • Instant Secure Erase m odels (Crypto Sanitize)
• 3D TLC NAND flash memor y
• Up to 2150 / 2120 MiB/s sequential R/W
• Up to 4 40K / 320K IOPS random R/W
• 1E-17 bit er ror rate
• Power loss dat a management
• Unlimited reads, up to 59PB writes
• T10 end-to-end data protection
• TCG + FIPS encryption m odels
• 12G Active-Active Dual port & 12G single/dual po rt for enhanced reliability
• Highest read/write performance among dual-port 12G b/s SAS SSDs at 14W operating power
• Maximum throughput and I OPS for ultra-f ast access to data
• Reduced field replacement effort
• Enh anced error detection and correction for optimal data integrity
• Assures data integrity during power failure
• Support for extreme write-intensive applications
• Protection against flash die failures
• Enables swift drive redeployment and retirement
• Hardware-based encryption helps protect data from unauthorized use
Ultrastar
®
DC SS530
DATA S H E E T
SAS DATA CENTER S SD
Specifications
10 DW/D 3DW/D 1DW/D
Model Number
x in Model Number denotes Encryption l evel:
0 = Instant Secure Erase
1 = TCG Encryption
4 = No Encr yption, Secure Erase
5 = TCG + FIPS
WUSTM3232ASS20x
WUSTM3216ASS20x
WUSTM3280ASS20x
WUSTM3240ASS20x
Configuration
Interface SAS 6/12Gb/s support s wide port @ 12G b/s
Capacity 3.2TB / 1.6TB / 800GB / 400GB 6.4TB / 3.2TB / 1.6TB / 800G B / 400GB 15.36TB / 7.68TB / 3. 84TB / 1.92TB /
Endurance (Drive Writes per Day – DW/D)2 10 3 1
Maximum Terabytes Written (TBW) 59,690 / 29,410 / 15,220 / 7,630 36,170 / 17,520 / 9,410 / 4,700 / 2,350 30,110 / 15,050 / 7,000 / 3,760 / 1,880 / 940
Form Factor 2.5-inch 15mm SFF
Flash Memory Technology 3D TLC NAND
Performance³
Read Throughput (max MiB/s, Seq 128KiB) 2,150 2,150 2,150
Write Throughput (max MiB/s, Seq 128KiB) 2,120 2,120 2,12 0
Read IOPS (max, Rnd 4KiB) 440,000 440,000 440,000
Write IOPS (max, Rnd 4KiB) 320,000 240,000 100,000
Mixed IOPS (70/30 R/W, max, 4KiB) 430,000 330,000 190,000
Read/Write L atency (s, avg) 92 / 26 92 / 27 92 / 36
Reliability
Unrecoverable Bit Error Rate (UBER) 1 in 10
MTBF5 (M ho urs) 2.5
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.35%
Availability (hrs/day x days/wk) 24×7
Limited Warranty 5 years
Power
Requirement (+/- 5%) +5 VDC, +12VDC
Operating (W, typical) 9, 11, 14
Idle (W, average) 3.2
Physical Size
z-height (mm) 15
Dimensions (width x depth, mm) 70.1 × 100.45
Weight (g, ma x) 175
Environmental
Operating Temperature 0o to 75o C
Non-operating Temperature -40o to 85o C
1
One meg abyte (MB) i s equal to o ne milli on byte s,
one giga byte (GB) is e qual to 1,00 0MB (one
billio n bytes), and o ne teraby te (TB) is equal to
1,000GB (on e trill ion byte s) when refe rring to
storage capacity. Accessible capacity will vary
from the s tated c apaci ty due to fo rmat ting,
system software, and other factors.
Endura nce rati ng base d on DW/D using 4KiB
rando m write wor kloa d over 5 years
Perf orman ce will va ry by cap acit y point, o r with
the changes in useable capacity. Consult product
manual for further details. All performance
measurement s are in ful l susta ined mo de and are
peak val ues. Su bject to c hange. 1 MiB=1,048, 576
bytes or 220, 1KiB= 1,024 by tes or 210.
Average R /W latenc y at 4KiB QD =1
MTBF and A FR speci ficati ons are ba sed on
a sampl e popul ation an d are est imated by
statistical measurements and acceleration
algorithms under typical operating conditions
for this d rive mod el. MTBF a nd AFR rat ings do
not pred ict an in dividu al drive’s re liabi lity an d
do not con stitu te a warra nty.
The warranty fo r the pro duct wi ll expire o n the
earlie r of (i) th e date whe n the flas h media h as
reache d one-p ercent (1%) of it s remai ning lif e or
(ii) th e expira tion of th e time pe riod as sociat ed
with the p roduc t.
Intern al drive te mperature as measured vi a the
drive’s temperature sensor.
How to Read the Ultrastar Mo del Number
Example: WUSTR6464ASS201=6.4TB, SAS 12Gb/s, TCG
W = Western Digital
U = Ultrastar
S = Standard
TR = NAND type/endurance
(TM=TLC/mainstream endurance,
TR= TLC/read-intensive)
64 = Full capacit y (6.4TB)
64 = Capacity of this model
(15=15.2TB, 76=7.6TB, 38=3.84TB
32=3.2TB, 19=1.92TB,
16=1.6TB, 96=960GB, 80=800GB,
48=480GB, 40=400GB)
WUSTR6464ASS20x
WUSTR6432ASS20x
WUSTR6416ASS20x
WUSTR6480ASS20x
WUSTR6440ASS20x
17
WUSTR1515ASS20x
WUSTR1576ASS20x
WUSTR1538ASS20x
WUSTR1519ASS20x
WUSTR1596ASS20x
WUSTR1548ASS20x
960GB / 480GB
A = Generation code
S = Small form factor (2.5” SFF)
S2 = Interface, SAS 12Gb/s
1 = Encryption setting
(0=Instant Secure Erase, 1=TCG
Enterprise encryption,
4=No encryption/Secure Erase,
5 = TCG+FIPS)
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