IBM S3700 200/400/800GB 2.5-Inch and 200/400GB 1.8-Inch SSDs

The IBM S3700
SSDs employ MLC NAND with High Endurance Technology to bring an affordable
solution with fast read and write performance for applications requiring
enterprise workloads with a R/W mix.

The new SSD drives are available as 1.8-inch and
2.5-inch options.

These SSDs deliver performance with 4KB random
read performance of up to 75,000 IO/s and 4KB random write performance of up
to 36,000 IO/s, with low latencies of less than 500μs for 99.9% of the time,
ensuring quick and consistent command response times. This performance is
delivered with low active power consumption that helps reduce overall energy
costs.

These S3700 SSDs are covered under IBM warranty.
These drives carry a 1-year limited warranty, or when installed in a System x
server, they assume the system’s base warranty. SSDs do have finite write or
program/erase (P/E) cycles, which are listed as TBW.

Features and functions of the IBM S3700
200GB and
400GB 1.8-inch
and 200GB, 400GB, and 800GB 2.5-inch
MLC SATA SSDs for IBM
System x:

• High capacities in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch
  industry-standard form factor
• Cost-effective 25nm MLC NAND technology
• Performance to withstand applications with
  mixed-use R/W workloads
• Endurance Technology for delivering SLC endurance
  similar to that of SSDs in a multilevel cell SSD package to achieve 10 drive
  writes per day for five years
• Power-safe write cache, which ensures that user
  data in transit is committed to flash in the event of a power failure
• Enhanced power-loss data protection, which reduces
  potential data loss by detecting and protecting data from an unexpected system
  power loss
• End-to-end data path protection using an error
  correction scheme, which ensures data integrity by protecting against possible
  data corruption in the NAND, SRAM, and DRAM memory
• System reliability
• Temperature sensor to ensure that the drive does
  not overheat and operate out of spec
• Absence of moving parts, which reduces potential
  failure points in the server

Warranty
One-year limited warranty

Key prerequisites
IBM System x or BladeCenter system with SATA
capability

Planned availability date
July 29, 2013