DC500R/DC500M Enterprise Solid-State Drives (SSDs)

Kingston’s Data Center 500 (DC500R and DC500M) series of SSDs are high-performance 6 Gbps SATA SSDs using 3D TLC NAND, designed for read-centric and mixed-use server workloads. They implement Kingston’s strict quality of service (QoS) requirements to ensure predictable random I/O performance and low latencies over a wide range of read and write workloads. The DC500 SSDs can increase productivity in AI, machine learning, big data analytics, cloud computing, software-defined storage, operational databases (ODB), database applications, and data warehousing. They are available in capacities of 480 GB, 960 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, and 7.68 TB1.

Kingston Enterprise SSDs offer performance storage that combines performance predictability and rigorously tested reliability for 24/7 uptime and reliability demands. The DC500 series SSDs offer features that enable data centers to choose the most cost-effective SSD for users’ workloads. They let businesses deliver on products, solutions, and service level agreements (SLAs).

The DC500R is a read-centric, highly optimized SSD, 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 confidently to ensure high performance levels in the working application and downstream at the user interface. These are typically defined by applications requiring real-time results. Serving large amounts of data and delivering responsive results from various databases and web-based applications can leverage the receptive performance of the DC500R.

The DC500M mixed-use, powerful SSD designed for workload applications with a more balanced mix of read and write operations. It delivers greater write endurance over a wide range of workloads while maintaining the strict performance consistency requirements designed into all of Kingston’s data center SSDs. Data centers hosting databases and various web-based applications can leverage the predictable I/O and latency performance while controlling infrastructure costs.

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 and DC500M both include on-board power loss protection (PLP) (via power capacitors and firmware). This ensures that data-in-flight is written to the NAND Flash memory in the event of unexpected power loss. PLP ensures that the drives mapping table (FTL) is updated before power is removed from the drive. These power loss safeguards reduce the chance of data loss and ensure that the drive will successfully re-initialize on the next power-up of the system.

The DC500 series delivers on QoS with consistency, predictability of latency (response time), and IOPS (IOs per second) performance while servicing balanced read and write workloads. The DC500 series efficiency produces performance reliability for web server applications requiring read-centric drives or mixed-use intensive workloads where uptime is mission critical.

Features and Benefits

• DC 500R capacities: 480 GB, 960 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, and 7.68 TB
• DC 500M capacities: 480 GB, 960 GB, 1.92 TB, and 3.84 TB
• Hot-plug capable
• 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 - Reduce the possibility of data loss, corruption, or both on ungraceful power fails via power capacitors and firmware using tantalum capacitors
• Data integrity protection — ECC protection with advanced read and disturb management safeguards against data corruption for end-to-end data protection
• Reduce application latencies — Data centers hosting databases and various web-based applications can leverage the predictable I/O and latency performance