Intel SSDSC2BX800G4P 800 GB DC S3610 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 inch 7mm Enterprise/Mixed-Use Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	DC S3610
Capacity	800 GB
Usage Class	Enterprise/Mixed-Use

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	3
Total Bytes Written	4300 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	550 MB/s
Sequential Write	440 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	84000
Random Write IOPS	28000
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	SSDSC2BX800G4

Engineer's Note

Compared with the earlier SSDSC2BX800G4, the SSDSC2BX800G4P delivers a more endurance-focused enterprise SATA profile, combining 3 DWPD and 4.3 PBW with consistent 550/440 MB/s throughput for heavier mixed-write duty cycles. Its 20nm MLC NAND and 84,000/28,000 IOPS make the DC S3610 800GB a stronger choice than typical read-optimized SATA peers for virtualization, database logging, and metadata-intensive server workloads.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 4,300 TBW and 3 DWPD, the SSDSC2BX800G4P is built for sustained write-intensive enterprise use and can comfortably handle typical server, cache, or database workloads over its service life. In practical terms, for lighter duty such as OS, boot, and general application storage, this level of endurance is far beyond normal demand and supports many years of worry-free operation. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata if power is interrupted unexpectedly, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low rate of unrecoverable bit errors, and together with a 2 million hour MTBF, it provides the high data integrity and operational confidence procurement teams expect from enterprise SSDs.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface, paired with strong sequential read performance, makes this drive an easy drop-in upgrade for legacy enterprise platforms that need faster boot, restore, and large-file streaming without changing existing storage infrastructure.
2. Its high random read capability helps databases, virtualization clusters, and read-heavy transactional workloads serve more concurrent requests with consistently quicker access to hot data.
3. With a 3 DWPD endurance rating, the drive is built for write-intensive enterprise environments where sustained daily rewriting is expected over the full service life.
4. The 20nm MLC NAND provides a balanced mix of reliability, endurance, and predictable performance, making it well suited for business-critical applications that cannot tolerate the variability of lower-cost flash.
5. The very low typical latency improves application responsiveness and reduces storage wait time, which is especially valuable for OLTP, metadata-heavy workloads, and latency-sensitive server operations.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower capacity: 400 GB Higher capacity: 1.2 TB At 800 GB, the SSDSC2BX800G4P sits in the sweet spot of the series. Compared with the 400 GB model, it gives meaningfully more headroom for OS images, logs, metadata, and growth, reducing early capacity pressure in steady enterprise workloads. Compared with the 1.2 TB option, it keeps acquisition cost tighter while delivering essentially the same enterprise-class sequential throughput and random IOPS profile. That makes 800 GB a balanced choice for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for roughly 40 to 60 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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