The ThinkSystem PM9A3 Read Intensive NVMe Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are general-purpose yet high-performance family of NVMe SSDs. They are engineered for greater performance and endurance in a cost-effective design, and to support a broader set of workloads.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem PM9A3 Read Intensive NVMe SSDs 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 the PM9A3 SSDs and consider their use in IT solutions.
Specifications
| Features |
| Certification |
c-UL-us CE TUV CB CE (EU) |
| Drive writes per day (DWPD) |
1 |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) |
2000000 h |
| Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) |
< 1 per 10^17 bits read |
| End-to-End Data Protection |
Yes |
| ECC |
Yes |
| S.M.A.R.T. support |
Yes |
| Sequential latency - write (up to) |
20 µs |
| Sequential latency - read (up to) |
20 µs |
| Random latency - write (up to) |
30 µs |
| Random latency - read (up to) |
75 µs |
| Random write (4KB) |
60000 IOPS |
| Random read (4KB) |
550000 IOPS |
| Hardware encryption |
Yes |
| Component for |
Server/workstation |
| Memory type |
V-NAND |
| NVMe |
Yes |
| Interface |
PCI Express 4.0 |
| SSD form factor |
M.2 |
| SSD capacity |
960 GB |
| Power |
| Power consumption (write) |
6.5 W |
| Power consumption (read) |
7.5 W |
| Weight & dimensions |
| Weight |
9 g |
| Height |
3.8 mm |
| Depth |
110 mm |
| Width |
22 mm |
| Operational conditions |
| Maximum operating altitude |
3050 m |
| Non-operating shock |
1500 G |
| Non-operating vibration |
20 G |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) |
5 - 95% |
| Storage temperature (T-T) |
-40 - 85 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) |
0 - 70 °C |
| Other features |
| Operating temperature (T-T) |
0 - 70 °C |
