Intel SSDSC2BA200G4R 200 GB DC S3710 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 inch 7mm Enterprise/High-Endurance Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	DC S3710
Capacity	200 GB
Usage Class	Enterprise/High-Endurance

Interface

Host Interface	SATA 6Gb/s
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 inch 7mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	20nm MLC
Drive Writes Per Day	10
Total Bytes Written	4200 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	550 MB/s
Sequential Write	300 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	85000
Random Write IOPS	43000
Average Latency	55 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Part Number

MPN	SSDSC2BA200G3

Engineer's Note

Compared with the previous-generation SSDSC2BA200G3, the Intel DC S3710 SSDSC2BA200G4R raises the bar for write-intensive SATA deployments with 10 DWPD endurance, 4,200 TBW, and sustained performance of up to 550/300 MB/s and 85,000/43,000 IOPS. Its 20nm MLC NAND and enterprise endurance make this 200 GB model a particularly strong fit for OLTP logs, metadata journaling, and cache-tier workloads where consistent low-latency writes matter more than raw capacity.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 4200 TBW, the SSDSC2BA200G4R is built for very heavy write activity and provides a large safety margin for typical server, boot, and application-drive workloads. In practical terms, even at 1 TB of writes per day, it would take more than 11 years to reach the rated endurance, so for normal system-disk use it can be considered a long-life, low-risk choice. Its enterprise-class reliability is further strengthened by power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption or incomplete writes. The ultra-low UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million-hour MTBF, indicates very strong data integrity and dependable long-term operation for business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface paired with 550 MB/s sequential read lets this drive fully exploit legacy enterprise SATA bays, accelerating OS boot, image deployment, and large-file streaming without requiring a platform upgrade.
2. With 85,000 random-read IOPS, it can keep virtualized workloads, metadata-heavy applications, and OLTP databases responsive even under high queue-depth access patterns.
3. A 10 DWPD endurance rating makes it well suited for write-intensive enterprise roles such as caching, logging, and mixed-workload database tiers that are rewritten aggressively every day.
4. Built on 20nm MLC NAND, the drive delivers the durability, write consistency, and retention characteristics enterprises expect for always-on infrastructure compared with lower-end client flash.
5. Its 55 µs typical latency helps reduce application wait time and improves QoS consistency for latency-sensitive services like transactional systems and real-time analytics.

Endurance & Reliability

In this series, the nearest lower capacity is 100 GB and the next higher capacity is 400 GB. The 200 GB model sits at the sweet spot: it offers noticeably more headroom than 100 GB for OS images, logs, swap, and application growth, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure. Versus 400 GB, it delivers a more efficient balance between acquisition cost and enterprise-class SATA performance, since sequential throughput and random IOPS remain broadly similar across capacities. It is well suited for small-to-midsize virtualization clusters, such as boot and utility storage for about 30 to 50 servers.

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