Kingston Shipping DC1500M Data Center U.2 NVMe 2.5-Inch Up to 7.68TB SSD

Kingston Digital, Inc., affiliate of Kingston Technology Inc. company, announced the DC1500M, a U.2 data center NVMe PCIe SSD for mixed-use workloads.

Leveraging a performance Gen 3.0 x4 PCIe NVMe design, the DC1500M delivers predictable random IO performance as well as predictable latencies over a range of workloads.

“DC1500M adds support for multiple namespaces making it ideal for environments including virtualization and web hosting,” said Keith Schimmenti, manager, enterprise SSD business. “From high-performance cloud services, media capture and transport to a range of big-data applications, DC1500M sets the standard for applications where QoS and predictability of performance are paramount. Data centers need drives that are reliable, have serviceable form factors and are equipped with the enterprise-grade features that make it easier to maintain SLAs.“

DC1500M built with long-term performance
Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe PCIe interface ensures high throughput and low latency in new and existing data center platforms. The drive delivers consistent R/W latencies of <110µs/<206µs, respectively. Additionally, adopting the U.2 form factor allows current Gen 3.0 and Gen 4.0 servers and storage arrays to utilize existing PCIe slots and U.2 backplanes while maintaining serviceability with hot-pluggable drives.

Building on the previous company’s U.2 NVMe SSDs, the DC1500M drive boast enterprise features to enhance long-term performance in HA environments. These include end-to-end data path protection, multiple namespace management, power loss protection (PLP), and telemetry monitoring for increased data center reliability.

DC1500M joins the DC1000B NVMe boot drive, the VMware Ready DC500 series SATA SSDs and DC450R to form the a complete range of enterprise-class data center storage solutions. The drives are backed by firm’s pre- and post-sales support and a 5-year limited warranty ⁽¹⁾.

DC1500M is available in 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB and 7.68TB capacities ⁽²⁾.

⁽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.
⁽²⁾ Workload based on FIO, Random 4KB QD=1 workload, measured as the time taken for 99.9 percentile of commands to finish the round-trip from host to drive and to host.
⁽³⁾ Measurement taken once the workload has reached steady state but including all background activities required for normal operation and data reliability.
⁽⁴⁾ Based on 1,920GB capacity.
⁽⁵⁾ Drives Writes Per Day (DWPD) derived from the JEDEC Enterprise Workload (JESD219A).
⁽⁶⁾ Limited warranty based on 5 years or when the usage of an NVMe SSD as indicated by Kingston’s implementation of the health attribute ‘Percentage Used’ reaches or exceeds a normalized value of one hundred (100) as indicated by the Kingston SSD Manager. For NVMe SSDs, a new unused product will show a Percentage Used value of 0, whereas a product that reaches it warranty limit will show a Percentage Used value of greater than or equal to 100.