Introduction

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.

Features

SSD form factor

M.2

SSD capacity

960 GB

Interface

PCI Express 4.0

Memory type

V-NAND

NVMe

Yes

Component for

Server/workstation

Hardware encryption

Yes

Random read (4KB)

550000 IOPS

Random write (4KB)

60000 IOPS

Random latency - read (up to)

75 µs

Random latency - write (up to)

30 µs

Sequential latency - read (up to)

20 µs

Sequential latency - write (up to)

20 µs

S.M.A.R.T. support

Yes

ECC

Yes

End-to-End Data Protection

Yes

Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)

< 1 per 10^17 bits read

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

2000000 h

Drive writes per day (DWPD)

1

Certification

c-UL-us CE TUV CB CE (EU)

Power

Power consumption (read)

7.5 W

Power consumption (write)

6.5 W

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 70 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 85 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

5 - 95%

Non-operating vibration

20 G

Non-operating shock

1500 G

Maximum operating altitude

3050 m

Weight & dimensions

Width

22 mm

Depth

110 mm

Height

3.8 mm

Weight

9 g