- Industry-standard 2.5-inch drive with 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive tray attached
- Based on proven Western Digital Ultrastar SS530 drive technology
- Uses second-generation 3D Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash memory
- High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
- Energy saving, with 9 W typical power consumption per drive
- Absence of moving parts to reduce potential failure points in the server
- Advanced Encrypting Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption
The ThinkSystem SS530 Performance SAS 12Gb SSDs use second generation 3D MLC NAND flash memory technology with a 12 Gb SAS interface to provide a high-performance storage solution in either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive form factor.
The 12 Gb SAS drives with 10 full drives writes per day (DWPD) are an excellent choice for applications demanding high write performance, such as High Performance Computing (HPC), High Definition Imaging and Video (HDIV), high data rate analytics and databases, large-scale virtualization, and video on demand content delivery.