M.2 is a solid-state drive (SSD) form factor primarily used as an operating system boot solution however depending on the endurance of the M.2 drives, they may also be suitable for read-intensive or mixed workloads.
Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support M.2 drives in one of three ways, depending on the server selected:
- One or two drives, mounted in an M.2 adapter, vertically in a dedicated slot
- Two or four drives, mounted horizontally in an M.2 adapter
- Installed directly on the system board
- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Lenovo Group Limited
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
- Brand Name
- Lenovo
- Product Series
- 5300
- Product Type
- Solid State Drive
- Technical Information
- Storage Capacity
- 960 GB
- Drive Performance
- Maximum Read Transfer Rate
- 540 MB/s
- Maximum Write Transfer Rate
- 520 MB/s
- Random 4KB Read
- 95000IOPS
- Random 4KB Write
- 35000IOPS
- Endurance (DWPD)
- 1.5
- Endurance (TBW)
- 2628 TB
- Network & Communication
- Wireless LAN
- No
- Interfaces/Ports
- Drive Interface
- SATA
- Drive Interface Standard
- SATA/600
- Physical Characteristics
- Drive Type
- Internal
- Form Factor
- M.2
- Hot Swappable
- No
- Miscellaneous
- Compatibility
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Servers:
- SR635 (7Y98/7Y99)
- SR655 (7Y00/7Z01)
- SR645 (7D2Y/7D2X)
- SR665 (7D2W/7D2V)
- SE350 (7Z46/7D1X)
- Device Supported
- Server