Kingston Launches DC3000ME Series PCIe 5.0 SSDs for Data Centers

Kingston has announced the DC3000ME SSD family, which is aimed at the enterprise sector. The drives can be used in cloud platforms and systems designed for AI, HPC, edge applications, etc.

The devices are made in the SFF U.2 form factor with a thickness of 15 mm. The PCIe 5.0 x4 (NVMe) interface is used for data exchange. They are based on 3D eTLC NAND flash memory chips. Support for TCG Opal 2.0 and AES-256 is implemented.

The DC3000ME series includes models with capacities of 3.84, 7.68, and 15.36 TB. All of them have sequential read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s, and sequential write speeds of 5,800, 10,000, and 9,700 MB/s, respectively. The IOPS (input/output operations per second) for random read/write in 4 KB blocks for these devices is up to 2.7 million/300,000, 2.8 million/500,000, and 2.7 million/400,000.

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All drives are capable of withstanding up to one full write per day (1 DWPD) for five years. The guaranteed volume of written information (TBW) reaches 7008 TB for the 3.84 TB version, 14016 TB for the 7.68 TB modification, and 28032 TB for the 15.36 TB version. The MTBF (mean time between failures) value is declared at 2 million hours.

The DC3000ME family SSDs have dimensions of 100.5×69.8×14.8 mm. The operating temperature range extends from 0 to +70 °C. The maximum power consumption when writing is 24 W, when reading – 8.2 W, when idle – 8 W. Power Loss Protection (PLP) is mentioned, which is responsible for the safety of data in the event of a sudden power outage.