New IBM 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and 800 GB solid-state drives (HDDs) are next-generation Enterprise Value SSDs for System x® that are engineered for greater performance and endurance in a cost-effective design and to support a broader set of workloads. These affordable, high performance SSDs support a broad range of data center application workloads; from read-intensive to mixed workloads of up to 70% read 30% write.\n\n- All capacities are offered in 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, and 3.5-inch options.\n- 20nm MLC NAND flash technology delivers up to 65,000 4K random read IOPS and up to 35,000 4K random write IOPS.\n- Sequential bandwidth ranges up to 440 MBps read and 375 MBps write.\n- Endurance extends up to 2.4 DWPD for five years.\n- Advanced power loss functionality features both data at rest protection and data in flight protection.\n- Enterprise data path protection includes single-bit error detection and correction, as well as double-bit error detection.\n- Rigorous testing through the ServerProven® program instills confidence that your storage subsystem is compatible and will function reliably.
| Specifications courtesy of Icecat.biz | |
| Data transfer rate | 6 Gbit/s | 
| Depth | 10 cm | 
| Height | 7 mm | 
| Internal | Yes | 
| Lithography | 20 nm | 
| Maximum operating altitude | 3050 m | 
| Memory type | MLC | 
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 8 - 85% | 
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 70 °C | 
| Random read (4KB) | 65000 IOPS | 
| Random write (4KB) | 35000 IOPS | 
| Read speed | 440 MB/s | 
| SSD form factor | 2.5" | 
| Solid-state drive capacity | 120 GB | 
| Solid-state drive interface | Serial ATA III | 
| Weight | 71.7 g | 
| Wi-Fi | No | 
| Width | 6.99 cm | 
| Write speed | 375 MB/s |