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Abstract
The ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream SATA 6Gb solid-state drives (SSDs) use Micron NAND flash memory technology with a SATA 6Gbps interface to provide an affordable solution for mixed read/write workloads.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the 5300 Mainstream SSD offerings, their key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the SSDs and consider their use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the February 22, 2022 update:
- New 7mm hot-swap drive options
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
- New trayless drives options for water-cooled servers
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD
Introduction
The ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream SATA 6Gb solid-state drives (SSDs) use Micron 96-layer 3D NAND flash memory technology with a 6Gbps SATA interface. They provide an affordable solution for mixed read/write applications such as cache in transactional applications and high-speed storage for enterprise databases.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream SATA 6Gb SSDs
Did you know?
The 5300 Series of SATA SSDs are the follow-on to the 5200 line of SSDs. The two series share the same controller, firmware, interface and features. The key difference is that the 5300 Series uses a new 96-layer 3D NAND storage medium compared to the 64-layer technology in the 5200. The 5300 drives have higher endurance and lower latency compared to the 5200 SSDs.
Lenovo also offers high-performance self-encrypting drives (SEDs) in the 5300 Mainstream Series. These SSDs adhere to the Trusted Computing Group Enterprise Security Subsystem Class cryptographic standard (TCG Enterprise SSC). Read about them in the ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream 6Gb SATA SED SSD product guide.
Part number information
The following table lists the ThinkSystem part numbers.
Features
The 5300 Mainstream SATA SSDs have the following features:
- Industry standard 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch form factors
- New generation 96-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory
- Suitable for mixed read/write workloads with an endurance of between 2.5 and 5 drive writes per day (DWPD) for 5 years
- 6 Gbps SATA host interface
- High reliability and enhanced ruggedness
- MTTF of 3 million device hours - 50% more than most drives
- 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
SSDs have a huge but finite number of program/erase (P/E) cycles, which affect how long they can perform write operations and thus their life expectancy. Mainstream SSDs typically have a better cost per read IOPS ratio but lower endurance and performance compared to Performance SSDs. 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 total bytes written (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. However, 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 5300 Mainstream 1.92 TB drive has an endurance of 17,520 TB of total bytes written (TBW). This means that for full operation over five years, write workload must be limited to no more than 9,600 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 5.0 full drive writes per day (DWPD). For the device to last three years, the drive write workload must be limited to no more than 16,000 GB of writes per day, which is equivalent to 8.3 full drive writes per day.
Technical specifications
The following table presents technical specifications for the 5300 Mainstream SATA SSDs.
Tip: Drives listed in this product guide are the Lenovo versions of the Micron 5300 MAX family of 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 5300 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 drives have the following physical specifications (approximate, without the tray):
- Height: 7 mm (0.3 in.)
- Width: 70 mm (2.8 in.)
- Depth: 100 mm (4.0 in.)
- Weight: 70 g (2.5 oz)
Shipping dimensions and weight - 2.5-inch drives (approximate, including the tray):
- 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, including the tray):
- 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 SSDs are supported in the following environment:
- Operating temperature: 0 to 70°C (32 to 158°F)
- Non-operating temperature: -40 to 85°C (-40 to 185°F)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 95% (non-condensing)
Agency approvals
The 5300 Mainstream SATA SSDs conform to the following regulations:
- Micron Green Standard
- Built with sulfur resistant resistors
- CE (Europe): EN 55032 Class B, RoHS
- FCC: CFR Title 47, Part 15 Class B
- UL: UL-60950-1, 2nd Edition
- BSMI (Taiwan): approval to CNS 13438
- RCM (Australia, New Zealand): AS/NZS CISPR32 Class B
- KCC RRL (Korea): approval to KN 32 Class B, KN 35 Class B
- W.E.E.E.: Compliance with EU WEEE directive 2002/96/EC.
- TUV (Germany): approval to IEC60950/EN60950
- VCCI (Japan): 2015-04 Class B
- IC (Canada): CISPR32 Class B: Canadian ICES-003:2016
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following documents:
- Product Guide on ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream 6Gb SATA SED SSDs
https://lenovopress.com/lp1256 - Lenovo ThinkSystem storage options product page
https://lenovopress.com/lp0761-storage-options-for-thinksystem-servers - Micron 5300 series product page
https://www.micron.com/5300 - ServerProven for SSDs
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven - 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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Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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Full Change History
Changes in the February 22, 2022 update:
- New 7mm hot-swap drive options
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
- New trayless drives options for water-cooled servers
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD
Changes in the April 6, 2021 update:
- New 7mm hot-swap drive options
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17093
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17094
- New trayless drives options for water-cooled servers
- ThinkSystem 5300 2.5" 7mm 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17186
- ThinkSystem 5300 2.5" 7mm 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17187
Changes in the February 28, 2021 update:
- The server support tables are now automatically updated - Server support section
Changes in the October 13, 2020 update:
- Added the SR850 V2 and SR860 V2 servers - Server support section
Changes in the May 5, 2020 update:
- Added SR645 and SR665 to the server support table - Server support section
Changes in the January 7, 2020 update:
- Added SR850P to the server support table (no support) - Server support section
Changes in the December 19, 2019 update:
- These drives are supported on the SR635 and SR655 - Server support section
Changes in the November 20, 2019 update:
- These drives are planned to be supported on the SR635 and SR655 in December - Server support section
First published: 19 November 2019
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