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SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid Hard Drives for System x

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Abstract

The SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid hard disk drives (HDDs) for System x® provide cost-effective performance and density by combining a cache of NAND flash and conventional HDD media in a single industry-standard small form factor (SFF) drive. These hybrid drives accelerate HDD performance for small and medium business and distributed large enterprise application environments, enabling higher SSD-like I/O performance for most frequently used data while leveraging the capacity and cost of spinning media for primary storage.

Note: These drives are withdrawn from marketing.

Introduction

The IBM® SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid hard disk drives (HDDs) for System x® provide cost-effective performance and density by combining a cache of NAND flash and conventional HDD media in a single industry-standard small form factor (SFF) drive. These hybrid drives accelerate HDD performance for small and medium business and distributed large enterprise application environments, enabling higher I/O performance for most frequently used data while leveraging the capacity and cost of spinning media for primary storage.

Figure 1 shows the IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDD.

Figure 1. IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDD
Figure 1. IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDD

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While conventional hard disk drives can meet capacity requirements, HDD performance enhancements have remained relatively flat and confined to the rotational speed of the media. Hybrid HDDs offer accelerated performance by utilizing integrated NAND flash to cache data. The result is significantly improved performance over today's conventional HDDs.

Rigorous testing of 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs by IBM through the IBM ServerProven® program assures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under IBM warranty.

Part number information

Table 1 lists the information for ordering part numbers and feature codes for the IBM SAS Hybrid HDDs.

Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes

Description Part number Feature code
Hot-swap drives
IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2HS Hybrid 00AD102 A4G7
Simple-swap drives
IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2SS Hybrid 00AD107 A4G8

The part numbers include the following items:

  • One Hybrid HDD with a hot-swap or simple-swap drive tray
  • Warranty Flyer
  • Important Notices document

Features

The IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs have the following features:

  • Industry standard 2.5-inch form factor supports 2.5-inch drive bays on selected System x, IBM iDataPlex®, BladeCenter® and IBM Flex System™ servers.
  • Combine a cache of NAND flash and conventional media to accelerate hard disk drive performance.
  • Enable higher IO performance while leverage the capacity and cost of spinning media for primary storage.
  • Bring transparent enhanced performance to data with high locality (hot data).
  • Transparently cache data at I/O block level.
  • Improve performance of server internal storage in lower cost configurations, without a need to utilize SSDs and storage tiering.
  • Performance features:
    • 128 MB DRAM data buffer
    • 16 GB Hybrid read cache
    • 8 MB Hybrid NVC-backed write cache
    • Support up to 6 Gbps SAS interface speeds
    • 128 queue depth
  • Reliability features:
    • ECC maximum burst correction length of 530 bits
    • S.M.A.R.T. (self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology) support
    • Drive Self Test (DST)
    • Background Media Scan (BMS)
    • Idle Read After Write (IRAW)

Hybrid HDDs integrate three media types: HDD, DRAM, and NAND. HDD memory is used as a primary data storage for all data. DRAM memory is used for buffering all reads and caching all writes. NAND memory is divided into two parts: eMLC flash memory is used as a read cache for frequently used data; and SLC flash memory is used as a non-volatile storage for write cache in DRAM in case of a power failure.

Technical specifications

Table 2 presents technical specifications for the IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs.

Table 2. IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDD technical specifications

Specification
600 GB
Part number 00AD102 00AD107
Interface 6 Gbps SAS 6 Gbps SAS
Hot-swap drive Yes No
Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch
Capacity 600 GB 600 GB
Rotational speed 10,000 10,000
Data reliability < 1 in 1016 bits read < 1 in 1016 bits read
MTBF, hours 2,000,000 2,000,000
Average sustained transfer rate 151 MBps 151 MBps
Average rotational latency 2.9 ms 2.9 ms
Shock 40 g, 11 ms; 25 g, 2 ms 40 g, 11 ms; 25 g, 2 ms
Vibration, operating 5-500 Hz at 0.5 g 5-500 Hz at 0.5 g
Vibration, non-operating 5-500 Hz at 3.0 g 5-500 Hz at 3.0 g
Typical power < 7.5 W < 7.5 W

Supported servers

The compatibility information for the IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs and System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers is shown in Table 3 (Parts 1, 2, and 3).

Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 1)
Part
number		 Description x3250 M5 (5458) x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600 v2) x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600 v2) x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600 v2) x3650 M4 HD (5460) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600 v2) nx360 M4 (5455)
00AD102 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2HS Hybrid N Y Y Y N N N
00AD107 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2SS Hybrid N N N N N Y N
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 2)
Part
number		 Product description x3100 M4 (2582) x3250 M4 (2583) x3300 M4 (7382) x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600) x3530 M4 (7160) x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600) x3630 M4 (7158) x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600) x3690 X5 (7147) x3750 M4 (8722) x3850 X5 (7143) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600)
00AD102 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2HS Hybrid Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
00AD107 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2SS Hybrid N Y N N Y N N N N N N Y
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 3)
Part
number		 Product description x3200 M3 (7327, 7328) x3250 M3 (4251, 4252) x3400 M3 (7378, 7379) x3500 M3 (7380) x3550 M3 (7944) x3620 M3 (7376) x3630 M3 (7377) x3650 M3 (7945) x3755 M3 (7164) 6.4A7C.jpg
00AD102 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2HS Hybrid N N N N Y N Y Y N N
00AD107 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2SS Hybrid N N N N N N N N N N

The compatibility information for the IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs and BladeCenter and Flex System servers is shown in Table 4.

Table 4. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility
Part
number		 Product description HS12 (8028) HS22 (7870) HS22V (7871) HS23 (7875) HS23E (8038) HX5 (7872) HX5 (7873) x220 (7906) x222 (7916) x240 (8737, E5-2600) x240 (8737, E5-2600 v2) x440 (7917)
00AD102 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2HS Hybrid N Y N Y Y N N Y N Y Y Y
00AD107 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' G2SS Hybrid N N N N N N N N N N N N

See the IBM ServerProven® website for the latest compatibility information for System x, BladeCenter, iDataPlex, and Flex System servers: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

Supported storage controllers

The IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs require a supported disk controller. Tables 5 and 6 list the System x, BladeCenter, and Flex System controllers that support these Hybrid HDDs installed in a supported server.

Table 5. RAID controllers for System x and iDataPlex servers supported with hybrid HDDs (Part 1)
Part
number		 Product description x3250 M5 (5458) x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600 v2) x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600 v2) x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600 v2) x3650 M4 HD (5460) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600 v2) nx360 M4 (5455)
Onboard ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y N N
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller N Y Y Y Y N N
Onboard ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller N N N Y N N N
81Y4481 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller N Y Y Y N Y N
81Y4448 ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller N Y Y N N Y N
81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller N N Y N Y Y N
90Y4304 ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C100 / C105 N N N N N N N
46M0912 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA N Y Y Y N Y N
46C8988 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA N Y Y Y N N N
47C8675 N2215 SAS/SATA HBA N Y Y Y Y N N
Table 5. RAID controllers for System x and iDataPlex servers supported with hybrid HDDs (Part 2)
Part
number		 Product description x3100 M4 (2582) x3250 M4 (2583) x3300 M4 (7382) x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600) x3530 M4 (7160) x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600) x3630 M4 (7158) x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600) x3690 X5 (7147) x3750 M4 (8722) x3850 X5 (7143) dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600)
Onboard ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N N N
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller N N N Y N Y N Y N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N Y N Y N N
81Y4481 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller N N Y Y Y Y N Y N Y N Y
81Y4448 ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller N N Y Y Y Y N N N Y N Y
81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y Y N Y Y N N N N N Y
90Y4304 ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N Y N Y N
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N N N N Y N Y N
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N N N N Y N Y N
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N N N N Y N Y N
Onboard ServeRAID C100 / C105 N N N N N N N N N N N N
46M0912 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
46C8988 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA N N N Y N Y N Y N Y Y N
47C8675 N2215 SAS/SATA HBA N N N Y N Y N Y N N N N
Table 5. RAID controllers for System x and iDataPlex servers supported with hybrid HDDs (Part 3)
Part
number		 Product description x3200 M3 (7327, 7328) x3250 M3 (4251, 4252) x3400 M3 (7378, 7379) x3500 M3 (7380) x3550 M3 (7944) x3620 M3 (7376) x3630 M3 (7377) x3650 M3 (7945) x3755 M3 (7164) 18.F3E.jpg
Onboard ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N
81Y4481 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N
81Y4448 ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N N N N
81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y N N Y N N
90Y4304 ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y N N Y N N
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y N Y Y N N
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y N Y Y N N
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N Y N Y Y N N
Onboard ServeRAID C100 / C105 N N N N N N N N N N
46M0912 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA N N N N Y N Y Y N N
46C8988 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA N N N N N N N N N N
47C8675 N2215 SAS/SATA HBA N N N N N N N N N N
Table 6. RAID controllers for BladeCenter and Flex System servers supported with Hybrid HDDs
Part
number		 Product description HS12 (8028) HS22 (7870) HS22V (7871) HS23 (7875) HS23E (8038) HX5 (7872) HX5 (7873) x220 (7906) x222 (7916) x240 (8737, E5-2600) x240 (8737, E5-2600 v2) x440 (7917)
90Y4390 ServeRAID M5115 SAS/SATA Controller N N N N N N N Y N Y Y Y
90Y4750 ServeRAID H1135 Controller N N N N Y N N Y N N N N
Onboard ServeRAID C105 N N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard Integrated LSI SAS2004 N N N Y N N N N N Y Y Y
46C7167 ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Controller N N N N N N N N N N N N
Onboard Integrated LSI SAS1064e N Y N N N N N N N N N N
46M6908 SSD Expansion Card for BladeCenter HX5 N N N N N N N N N N N N

See the IBM ServerProven website for the latest information about the adapters supported by each System x server type: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

Supported operating systems

Hybrid HDDs operate transparently to users, applications, databases, and operating systems. The controllers that support Hybrid HDDs are supported by the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition
  • Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition with Xen
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for x86
  • VMware vSphere 5.1
  • VMware vSphere 5.0
  • VMware ESX 4.1
  • VMware ESXi 4.1
  • VMware ESX 4.0
  • VMware ESXi 4.0

See the IBM ServerProven website for the latest information about the specific supported versions and service packs: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. Click System x, then Storage controllers & SSD adapters to see the support matrix. Click the check mark that is associated with the System x server in question to see the details about operating system support.

Warranty

The IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs carry a one-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When installed in a supported IBM server, these drives assume your system’s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac® upgrade.

Physical specifications

The IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs have the following physical specifications.

Dimensions and weight (approximate):

  • Height: 15 mm (0.6 in.)
  • Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
  • Depth: 100 mm (3.9 in.)
  • Weight: 219 g (0.5 lb)

Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):

  • Height: 63 mm (2.5 in.)
  • Width: 133 mm (5.2 in.)
  • Depth: 174 mm (6.9 in.)
  • Weight: 579 g (1.3 lb)

Operating environment

The IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs are supported in the following environment:

  • Temperature: 5 - 60 °C (41 - 158°F) at -61 m to 3,048 m (-200 ft to 10,000 ft)
  • Relative humidity: 5 - 90% (noncondensing)
  • Maximum altitude: 2,133 m (7,000 ft)

Agency approvals

The IBM SAS 2.5-inch Hybrid HDDs have the following agency approvals:

  • UL
  • CSA
  • TUV
  • CE Mark
  • C-Tick Mark
  • IEC
  • Taiwan (BSMI Certification)
  • Korea EMI

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

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