Intel SSDSC2KB960G8 960 GB D3-S4510 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 inch 7mm Enterprise/Read-Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	D3-S4510
Capacity	960 GB
Usage Class	Enterprise/Read-Intensive

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 inch 7mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	64-layer 3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	1800 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	560 MB/s
Sequential Write	510 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	95000
Random Write IOPS	28000
Average Latency	36 μs

Reliability

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

Part Number

MPN	SSDSC2KB960G801

Engineer's Note

Compared with the earlier SSDSC2KB960G801, the SSDSC2KB960G8 D3-S4510 strengthens the platform with 64-layer 3D TLC NAND and up to 1.8 PBW endurance at 1 DWPD, making it a better fit for longer service life in read-intensive enterprise tiers. At 960 GB, it also pushes the SATA 6Gb/s interface close to line rate with 560/510 MB/s sequential performance and 95K/28K random IOPS, delivering a more balanced mix of endurance and steady application responsiveness than typical entry SATA SSDs.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 1800 TBW and 1 DWPD, the SSDSC2KB960G8 is designed to handle writing its full 960GB capacity once per day across its rated service life, which is more than sufficient for typical OS, boot, and general enterprise read-centric workloads. In practical terms, under common system-disk usage patterns, this level of endurance supports many years of stable operation and can comfortably serve as a long-term system drive without wear concerns. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER specification of 1.0E-17, together with a 2-million-hour MTBF, reflects a very low probability of unrecoverable bit errors and strong overall dependability for business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface ensures broad drop-in compatibility with mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, simplifying upgrades without changing backplane or controller infrastructure.
2. With sequential reads up to 560 MB/s, this drive accelerates boot storms, backup restores, and large-file access in read-heavy data center workloads.
3. Delivering 95,000 random-read IOPS with a typical latency of 36 µs, it supports responsive database queries, VM density, and latency-sensitive application performance under mixed access patterns.
4. Rated for 1 DWPD, the drive provides predictable endurance for always-on enterprise deployments that rewrite data daily while maintaining service-life planning discipline.
5. Built on 64-layer 3D TLC NAND, it balances cost efficiency, capacity, and reliability for scale-out infrastructure that needs enterprise-grade flash economics rather than premium overprovisioned media.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower reference capacity: 480 GB Higher reference capacity: 1.2 TB Capacity positioning analysis: In this series, the 960 GB model sits at the sweet spot between the 480 GB and 1.2 TB options. Compared with 480 GB, it gives much better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and overprovisioning, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure in steady enterprise use. Compared with 1.2 TB, it usually delivers a more attractive cost-per-deployment while maintaining essentially similar sequential and random performance characteristics. It is best suited for mid-scale virtualization, such as shared boot and application storage for about 40 to 60 business workloads.

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