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Abstract
The Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) for Lenovo servers are advanced data center SSDs optimized for mixed read-write performance, endurance and strong data protection. The drives are available in either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive form factor.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the S4610 SSD offerings and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about S4610 SSDs and consider their use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the April 6, 2021 update:
- New 7mm hot-swap drive options:
- ThinkSystem 7mm Intel S4610 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A38155
- ThinkSystem 7mm Intel S4610 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A38156
- New 3.5-inch hot-swap drive option:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" Intel S4610 7.68TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A13644
Introduction
The Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) for Lenovo servers are advanced data center SSDs optimized for mixed read-write performance, endurance and strong data protection. Compared with the Intel S4600 series, these new drives offer improved performance and lower latency.
The Intel SSD S4610 drives with 3 full drives writes per day (DWD) are an excellent choice as cache in transactional application and high-speed storage for enterprise databases.
The Intel S4610 Enterprise Mainstream SATA solid-state drive is shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA 6Gb SSDs
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By combining the Intel 3D NAND TLC Flash Memory technology and Intel’s latest controller, the design of Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs delivers consistent performance, reduced power consumption, and end-to-end data protection, as well as being optimized for endurance and IOPS/watt.
Rigorous testing of Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs by Lenovo through the ServerProven® program ensures a high degree of storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing additional peace of mind, these drives are covered under Lenovo warranty.
Part number information
The following table lists the ordering information for drives for ThinkSystem servers.
Features
The Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs have the following features:
- Industry-standard 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch form factors
- Cost-effective Intel 3D NAND TLC Flash Memory
- Endurance of 3 drive writes per day (DWPD) for 5 years, using Intel High Endurance Technology (HET).
- SATA TLC solid-state drive with high read performance and consistently low latencies to fulfill client needs in the enterprise space
- High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
- Energy savings, with typical write power consumption as low as 2.4 W per drive
- Absence of moving parts to reduce potential failure points in the server
- S.M.A.R.T. support
- Advanced Encrypting Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption
- Full end-to-end data path protection
- Thermal throttling to extend the life of the drive
- Enhanced power loss data protection
The key difference between Performance SSDs such as the S3710 SSDs, Mainstream SSDs such as the S4610 SSDs, and Entry SSDs, such as the S4510 SSDs, is their endurance (life expectancy). SSDs have a huge, but finite, number of program/erase (P/E) cycles, which determines how long the drives can perform write operations and thus their life expectancy. Mainstream SSDs have better endurance than the Entry SSDs, but at a higher cost/IOPS ratio.
SSD write endurance is typically measured by the number of program/erase cycles that the drive can incur over its lifetime, which is listed as TBW in the device specification. The TBW value that is assigned to a solid-state device is the total bytes of written data that a drive can be guaranteed to complete. Reaching this limit does not cause the drive to immediately fail; the TBW simply denotes the maximum number of writes that can be guaranteed.
A solid-state device does not fail upon reaching the specified TBW, but at some point after surpassing the TBW value (and based on manufacturing variance margins), the drive reaches the end-of-life point, at which time the drive goes into read-only mode. Because of such behavior, careful planning must be done to use SSDs in the application environments to ensure that the TBW of the drive is not exceeded before the required life expectancy.
For example, the S4610 960 GB drive has an endurance of 6.0 PB of total bytes written (TBW). This means that for full operation over five years, write workload must be limited to no more than 3,288 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 3.4 full drive writes per day (DWPD). For the device to last three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 5,479 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 5.7 full drive writes per day.
Technical specifications
The following table presents technical specifications for the Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs.
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Operating system support
SAS and SATA SSDs operate transparently to users, storage systems, applications, databases, and operating systems.
Operating system support is based on the controller used to connect to the drives. Consult the controller product guide for more information:
- RAID controllers: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
- SAS HBAs: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
Warranty
The Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs carry a one-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When the SSDs are installed in a supported server, these drives assume the system’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.
Solid State Memory cells have an intrinsic, finite number of program/erase cycles that each cell can incur. As a result, each solid state device has a maximum amount of program/erase cycles to which it can be subjected. The warranty for Lenovo solid state drives (SSDs) is limited to drives that have not reached the maximum guaranteed number of program/erase cycles, as documented in the Official Published Specifications for the SSD product. A drive that reaches this limit may fail to operate according to its Specifications.
Physical specifications
The S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs have the following physical specifications.
Dimensions and weight (approximate, without drive tray):
- Height: 7 mm (0.3 in.)
- Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
- Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
- Weight: 63 g (2.2 oz lb) (66 g for the 1.92 TB drives)
Shipping dimensions and weight - 2.5-inch drives (approximate):
- Height: 63 mm (2.5 in.)
- Width: 174 mm (6.9 in.)
- Depth: 133 mm (5.2 in.)
- Weight: 434 g (1.0 lb)
Shipping dimensions and weight - 3.5-inch drives (approximate):
- Height: 95 mm (3.7 in.)
- Width: 257 mm (10.1 in.)
- Depth: 193 mm (7.6 in.)
- Weight: 484 g (1.1 lb)
Operating environment
The S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs are supported in the following environment:
- Temperature: 0 to 70 °C (32 to 158 °F)
- Temperature (non-operating): -55 to 95 °C (-67 to 203 °F)
- Relative humidity: 5 - 95% (noncondensing)
- Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
Agency approvals
The Intel S4610 Mainstream SATA SSDs conform to the following regulations:
- FCC Title 47, Part 15B, Class B
- CA/CSA-CEI/IEC CISPR 22:02
- EN 55024: 1998
- EN 55022: 2006
- EN-60950-1 2nd Edition
- UL/CSA EN-60950-1 2nd Edition
- Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC
- C-Tick: AS/NZS3584
- BSMI: CNS 13438
- KCC Article 11.1
- RoHS DIRECTIVE 2011/65/EU
- WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following documents:
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Lenovo ThinkSystem storage options product page
https://lenovopress.com/lp0761-storage-options-for-thinksystem-servers - Intel SSD Data Center S4610 Series product page
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/data-center-ssds/dc-d3-s4610-series.html - ServerProven for SSDs
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven - Lenovo Press product guides for RAID controllers
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid - Lenovo RAID Introduction
https://lenovopress.com/lp0578-lenovo-raid-introduction - Lenovo RAID Management Tools and Resources
https://lenovopress.com/lp0579-lenovo-raid-management-tools-and-resources
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The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both:
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ServerProven®
ThinkSystem®
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Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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Full Change History
Changes in the April 6, 2021 update:
- New 7mm hot-swap drive options:
- ThinkSystem 7mm Intel S4610 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A38155
- ThinkSystem 7mm Intel S4610 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A38156
- New 3.5-inch hot-swap drive option:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" Intel S4610 7.68TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A13644
Changes in the February 27, 2021 update:
- The server support tables are now automatically updated - Server support section
Changes in the October 13, 2020 update:
- New 7.68TB drive option:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4610 7.68TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A13638
- Added SR860 V2 and SR850 V2 servers - Server support section
Changes in the September 8, 2020 update:
- The SR645 and SR665 now support S4610 drives - Server support section
Changes in the May 5, 2020 update:
- Added SR645 and SR665 to the server support table - Server support section (no support)
Changes in the January 7, 2020 update:
- Added SR850P to the server support table - Server support section
Changes in the December 19, 2019 update:
- The SR635 and SR655 now support the 2.5" drives - Server support section
Changes in the December 10, 2019 update:
- The SR670 supports the 2.5-inch drives - Server support section
Changes in the September 8, 2019 update:
- Added SE350, SR635 and SR655 to the server table - Server support section
Changes in the December 11, 2018 update:
- New 3.84 TB drive options:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4610 3.84TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
- ThinkSystem 3.5" Intel S4610 3.84TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
Changes in the November 5, 2018 update:
- Added new servers: ThinkSystem ST50, ST250, SR150 and SR250 (not supported)
First published: 11 September 2018
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