Kingston Digital Launches Enterprise Class NVMe SSD for Data Center Environments

Kingston Digital Europe Co LLP, a flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions announced its latest data center SSD, DC2000B, a high-performance PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD optimised for use in high-volume rack-mount servers as an internal boot drive.

Using the latest Gen 4x4 PCIe interface with 112-layer 3D TLC NAND, DC2000B is ideally suited for internal server boot drive applications as well for use in purpose built systems applications where higher performance and reliability are required. DC2000B includes on-board hardware-based power loss protection (PLP), a data protection feature not commonly found on M.2 SSDs. It also includes a new integrated aluminum heatsink that helps to ensure broad thermal compatibility across a wide variety of system designs.

“Whitebox server makers and Tier 1 server OEMs continue to equip their latest generation servers with M.2 sockets for boot purposes as well as internal data caching,” said Tony Hollingsbee, SSD business manager, Kingston EMEA. “DC2000B was designed to deliver the necessary performance and write endurance to handle a variety of high duty cycle server workloads. Bringing the boot drives internal to the server preserves the valuable front loading drive bays for data storage.”

DC2000B is available in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities1 and is backed by a limited five-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability. 
For more information visit kingston.com.

DC2000B PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Features & Specifications

∙       PCIe 4.0 NVMe Performance: Utilises PCIe Gen 4x4 lanes for high-performance speeds.
On-board Power Loss Protection (PLP): Reduce the possibility of data loss and/or corruption due to unexpected power-off.
Low Latency and IOPS Consistency: Firmware optimised to deliver low latency and IO consistency for high duty cycle workloads.
Designed for Data Center Environments: Optimised to meet the demands of Server boot applications with low latency and IO consistency as the key design criteria.
Form Factor: M.2 2280
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
Capacities1: 240GB, 480GB, 960G
NAND: 3D TLC
Sequential Read/Write:
240GB – 4500/400 MBs
480GB – 7000/800 MBs
960GB – 7000/1300 MBs
Steady-State 4k Read/Write2:
240GB – 260000/18000 IOPS
480GB –  530000/32000 IOPS
960GB – 540000/47000 IOPS
Total Bytes Written (TBW)3:
240GB – 175 TBW
480GB – 350 TBW
960GB – 700 TBW
Latency Read (Avg): 240GB – 960GB: 70µs  
Latency Write (Avg): 
240GB – 53µs
480GB – 29µs 
960GB – 20µs
Power-Loss Protection (Power Caps): Yes
Enterprise SMART tools: Reliability tracking, usage statistics, SSD life remaining, wear leveling, temperature
Endurance:
240GB — (0.4 DWPD/5yrs)4 
480GB — (0.4 DWPD/5yrs)4
960GB — (0.4 DWPD/5yrs)4
Power Consumption:
240GB:   Average Read: 2.97W Average Write: 4.02W 
Max Read: 3.01W   Max Write: 4.09W
480GB:   Average Read: 3.22W Average Write: 5.60W 
Max Read: 3.29W   Max Write: 5.77W
960GB:   Average Read: 3.26W Average Write: 7.36W 
Max Read: 3.36W   Max Write: 7.80W
Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
Operating temperature:  0°C ~ 70°C
Dimensions: 80mm x 22mm x 8.3mm
Weight:
240GB – 9g 
480GB – 10g
960GB  – 11g
Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
MTBF: 2 million hours
Warranty/support5: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

1 Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston’s Flash Guide at kingston.com/flashguide.
2 Measurement taken once the workload has reached steady state but including all background activities required for normal operation and data reliability.
3 Total Bytes Written (TBW) is derived from the JEDEC Client Workload (JESD219A). 
4 Drives Writes Per Day (DWPD) derived from the JEDEC Enterprise Workload (JESD219A).
5 Limited warranty based on 5 years or “Percentage Used” which can be found using the Kingston SSD Manager (Kingston.com/SSDManager). For NVMe SSDs, a new unused product will show a Percentage Used value of 0, whereas a product that reaches its warranty limit will show a Percentage Used value of greater than or equal to one hundred (100). See Kingston.com/wa for detail.