The ThinkSystem PM9A3 Read Intensive NVMe Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are general-purpose yet high-performance family of NVMe SSDs. They are engineered for greater performance and endurance in a cost-effective design, and to support a broader set of workloads.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem PM9A3 Read Intensive NVMe SSDs offerings and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the PM9A3 SSDs and consider their use in IT solutions.
Products specifications
| SSD capacity | 960 GB |
| SSD form factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| NVMe | Yes |
| Memory type | V-NAND |
| Component for | Server/workstation |
| Hardware encryption | Yes |
| Random read (4KB) | 550000 IOPS |
| Random write (4KB) | 60000 IOPS |
| Random latency - read (up to) | 75 µs |
| Random latency - write (up to) | 30 µs |
| Sequential latency - read (up to) | 20 µs |
| Sequential latency - write (up to) | 20 µs |
| S.M.A.R.T. support | Yes |
| ECC | Yes |
| End-to-End Data Protection | Yes |
| Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) | < 1 per 10^17 bits read |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) | 2000000 h |
| Drive writes per day (DWPD) | 1 |
| Certification | c-UL-us CE TUV CB CE (EU) |
| Width | 22 mm |
| Depth | 110 mm |
| Height | 3.8 mm |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 70 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 85 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 95% |
| Non-operating vibration | 20 G |
| Non-operating shock | 1500 G |
| Maximum operating altitude | 3050 m |
| Power consumption (read) | 7.5 W |
| Power consumption (write) | 6.5 W |
