Kingston’s Data Center DC1000B is a high-performance M.2
(2280) NVMe PCIe SSD using the latest Gen 3.0 x 4 PCIe interface with 64-layer
3D TLC NAND. DC1000B offers data centers a cost-effective boot drive solution
with the reassurance they are purchasing an SSD designed for server use. The
DC1000B is ideally suited for use in high-volume rack-mount servers as an
internal boot drive(s) as well as for use in purpose-built systems where a
high-performance M.2 SSD is needed that includes on-board power loss protection
(PLP).
M.2 NVMe SSDs are evolving within the data center providing
efficiencies in booting servers to preserve valuable front-loading drive bays
for data storage. Whitebox and Tier 1 Server OEMs are beginning to equip server
motherboards with one or sometimes two M.2 sockets for boot purposes. While the
M.2 form-factor was originally designed as a client SSD form-factor, its small
physical size and high performance make it attractive for server use. Not all
SSD are created equal and using a client SSD in a server application may result
in poor inconsistent performance.
Applications
Boot drives are used primarily for booting an OS, but in
many use cases today the boot drive has a secondary purpose; logging
application data and/or configured as a high-speed local cache drive.
Therefore, the DC1000B was designed with added endurance (0.5 DWPD for 5yrs) to
handle the OS workload as well as the extra write workload of caching and data
logging. In addition to being designed for long term reliability the DC1000B is
designed to deliver enterprise level performance consistency and low latency
features typically not found on client SSDs. Available in 240GB and 480GB
capacities.
M.2 (2280) NVMe Performance
Incredible speeds of up to 2.6GB/s and 200K IOPS.
Optimized Server Boot Drive
Enhanced for boot workloads as well as caching and logging
applications.
On-board (PLP) Power Loss Protection
Reduce the possibility of data loss and/or corruption on
ungraceful power-off.
Maximize Drive Bays
Move boot drives internally frees up front loading drive
bays for additional data storage.
240GB: Idle: 1.82W Average Read: 1.71W Average Write:
3.16W Max Read: 1.81W Max Write: 3.56W
480GB: Idle: 1.90W Average Read: 1.74W Average Write: 4.88W Max Read: 1.81W
Max Write: 5.47W