Intel DC S3500 Series SSDs information

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IOPS diagram taken from the Intel DC S3500 TKperf test report (PDF)

Intel DC S3500 300 GB Model
(board upper side)

Intel DC S3500 300 GB Model
(board lower side)

General information

SSD series: Intel DC S3500
Data sheets:
- Intel DC S3500 Product Brief
- Intel DC S3500 Product Specification
Form factor: 2.5"
NAND flash memory: MLC
Process technology: 20nm
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s ("SATA III")
Additional information:
- Intel SSD DC S3500 Series (ark.intel.com)
Special features:
- Full End to End data protection
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Capable (256-bit Encryption)
- Enhanced Power-Loss Data Protection^[1]
- Temperature Monitoring and Logging

TKperf test report

Intel DC S3500 TKperf Testreport

Models

SSD	Capacity (net)	Capacity (gross)	Spare Area (GB and % in add. to net cap.)	Flash-Chips	Endurance	Throughput		IOPS (max. random IOPS performance)
SSD	Capacity (net)	Capacity (gross)	Spare Area (GB and % in add. to net cap.)	Flash-Chips	Endurance	Read	Write	Read	Write (on first 8 GiB)	Write (on whole capacity)
SSDSC1NB080G401	80 GB (80.026.341.376 Byte)	112 GiB (120,3 GB)	40,3 GB (50,2 %)	7 Stück 16 GiB (29F16B08LCMF2)	45 TB	340 MB/s	100 MB/s	70.000 IOPS	n/a	7.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BB120G401	120 GB (120.034.123.776 Byte)	unknown	unknown	unknown	70 TB	445 MB/s	135 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	4.600 IOPS
SSDSC2BB160G401	160 GB (160.041.885.696 Byte)	unknown	unknown	unknown	100 TB	475 MB/s	175 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	7.500 IOPS
SSDSC2BB240G401	240 GB (240.057.409.536 Byte)	unknown	unknown	unknown	140 TB	500 MB/s	260 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	7.500 IOPS
SSDSC2BB300G401	300 GB (300.069.052.416 Byte)	336 GiB (360,8 GB)	60,7 GB (20,2 %)	8x32 GiB (29F32B08MCMF2) + 5x16 GiB (29F16B08LCMF2)	170 TB	500 MB/s	315 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	9.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BB480G401	480 GB (480.103.981.056 Byte)	528 GiB (566,9 GB)	86,8 GB (18,1 %)	1x64 GiB (29F64B08NCMF2) + 14 Stück 32 GiB (29F32B08MCMF2) + 1x16 GiB (29F16B08LCMF2)^[2]	275 TB	500 MB/s	410 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	11.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BB600G401	600 GB (600.127.266.816 Byte)	unknown	unknown	unknown	330 TB	500 MB/s	410 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	11.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BB800G401	800 GB (800.166.076.416 Byte)	unknown	unknown	unknown	450 TB	500 MB/s	450 MB/s	75.000 IOPS	n/a	11.500 IOPS

Test reports

Intel SSD DC S3500 Review (480GB): Part 1 (anandtech.com), 11.06.2013
The SSD DC S3500 Review: Intel's 6 Gb/s Controller And 20 nm NAND (tomshardware.com), 11.06.2013
Intel DC S3500 480GB Enterprise SSD Review (tweaktown.com), 11.06.2013

Firmware

Date	Revision	Description
17.06.2013	D2010355	PCN 112371-00 (PDF)
-	D2010311	Firmware of sample devices. (seen on a 300 GB sample SSD)

Source: Firmware Release Notes or querying of SSD's.

Outputs

smartctl

Note: As of 07/30/2013 there is no entry for Intel DC S3500 series in the smartmontools. We therefore have transmitted the information about this SSD to the smartmontools-database mailing list [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=562204457.267083.1375190658742.JavaMail.root%40thomas-krenn.com&forum_name=smartmontools-database so that the SSD is included in the database.

# smartctl -a /dev/sdf
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-38-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     INTEL SSDSC2BB300G4
Serial Number:    BTWL307103XW300PGN
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001517 8f35d1297
Firmware Version: D2010311
User Capacity:    300,069,052,416 bytes [300 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is:    Tue Jul 30 15:01:28 2013 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		(    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x79) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					No Auto Offline data collection support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003d)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       209
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       8
170 Unknown_Attribute       0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       8591835783
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0033   100   100   090    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   076   076   000    Old_age   Always       -       24 (Min/Max 19/24)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       24
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
225 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       202293
226 Load-in_Time            0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       65535
227 Torq-amp_Count          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4294967295
228 Power-off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       65535
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
234 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       202293
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       179760

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]


SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

hdparm

# hdparm -I /dev/sdf

/dev/sdf:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       INTEL SSDSC2BB300G4                     
	Serial Number:      BTWL307103XW300PGN  
	Firmware Revision:  D2010311
	Media Serial Num:   
	Media Manufacturer: 
	Transport:          Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6
Standards:
	Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029) 
	Supported: 8 7 6 5 
	Likely used: 8
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		16	16
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
	LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
	LBA48  user addressable sectors:  586072368
	Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Physical Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes
	device size with M = 1024*1024:      286168 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:      300069 MBytes (300 GB)
	cache/buffer size  = unknown
	Form Factor: 2.5 inch
	Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
	Queue depth: 32
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1	Current = 1
	DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
	     Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
	PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
	     Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	SMART feature set
	    	Security Mode feature set
	   *	Power Management feature set
	   *	Write cache
	   *	Look-ahead
	   *	Host Protected Area feature set
	   *	WRITE_BUFFER command
	   *	READ_BUFFER command
	   *	NOP cmd
	   *	DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	    	SET_MAX security extension
	   *	48-bit Address feature set
	   *	Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
	   *	FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
	   *	SMART error logging
	   *	SMART self-test
	   *	General Purpose Logging feature set
	   *	WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
	   *	64-bit World wide name
	   *	IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
	   *	WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
	   *	{READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
	   *	Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	    	unknown 119[6]
	   *	Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
	   *	Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
	   *	Phy event counters
	   *	unknown 76[15]
	   *	Software settings preservation
	   *	SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
	   *	SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
	   *	SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
	   *	SCT Features Control (AC4)
	   *	SCT Data Tables (AC5)
	   *	reserved 69[4]
	   *	Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 6 blocks)
	   *	Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM
Security: 
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
	not	frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50015178f35d1297
	NAA		: 5
	IEEE OUI	: 001517
	Unique ID	: 8f35d1297
Checksum: correct

References

↑ protects the built-in cache contents in case of power failure, see Technology Brief: Enhanced power-loss data protection in the Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
↑ Intel DC S3500 480GB Enterprise SSD Review (page 3) (tweaktown.com), 11.06.2013

Author: Werner Fischer

Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.

[1] rotects the built-in cache contents in case of power failure, see Technology Brief: Enhanced power-loss data protection in the Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series

[2] Intel DC S3500 480GB Enterprise SSD Review (page 3) (tweaktown.com), 11.06.2013

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