DATA SHEET
ENTERPRISE SOLID-STATE DRIVES
Ultrastar® SSD400S.B
The Ultrastar SSD400S.B family combines enterprise-grade
SLC NAND ꢀlash memory, advanced endurance management
ꢀirmware and power loss data management techniques to
extend reliability, endurance, and sustained performance
over the life of the SSD. The Ultrastar SSD400S.B family
achieves an extraordinary 0.44% annual failure rate (AFR)
or two million hour mean-time-between-failure (MTBF). The
400GB capacity Ultrastar SSD endures up to 35 petabytes
(PB) of random writes over the life of the drive – the
Next Generation SSD From a
Highlights
Proven Enterprise Storage Player
• SLC NAND Flash for ultra-high performance and
HGST leverages decades of proven enterprise storage
expertise in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) design reliability,
ꢀirmware, customer qualiꢀication and system integration
to the new Ultrastar SSD400S.B solid-state drive (SSD)
family. The synergistic relationship between HGST’s new
throughput-enhancing SSDs and traditional HDDs provides
endurance
• Best IOPS/Watt for reduced TCO
• 6Gb/s SAS interface for maximum throughput
• Advanced Power-loss Data Management technology
cost effective, end-to-end enterprise-class storage solutions, equivalent of writing 19.2 terabytes (TB) per day for ꢀive years.
delivering reliability, compatibility, capacity, cost and system
• Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Self-encrypting
models designed to Enterprise A speciꢀication
For complete end-to-end data protection and reliability,
performance. This combination makes HGST a leading HDD/
the Ultrastar SSD400S.B family incorporates the T10 Data
SSD provider with the experience and technology needed to
Integrity Field (DIF) standard, extended error correction code
meet escalating reliability, endurance, and performance in
(ECC), Exclusive-OR (XOR) parity to protect against ꢀlash die
the most demanding enterprise environments.
Applications/Environments
failure, parity-checked internal data paths without an external
write cache, and an exclusive power loss data management
feature that does not require supercapacitors. The Ultrastar
SSD400S.B family is backed by a ꢀive year limited warranty, or
the maximum petabytes (PB) written (based on capacity).
• Ultra-high performance tier-0 enterprise storage
Extreme Endurance and
Performance for the Enterprise
• Enterprise-class servers and High Performance
Computing
• Space and/or power constrained environments
• Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
• Video pre/post production
• Financial, eCommerce
The new Ultrastar SSD400S.B delivers high sequential
throughput, up to 536MB/s read and 502MB/s write (6Gb
SAS). The Ultrastar SSD400S.B also delivers up to 57,500
read and 25,500 write IOPS, reaching speeds 100 times
faster than HDDs, allowing rapid access to “hot” enterprise
data for improved productivity and operational eꢁiciency.
Since less SSDs are required to achieve the same HDD IOPS
performance, the new Ultrastar SSD400S.B family offers sig-
niꢀicant value in terms of IOPS per Watt, while reducing total
cost of ownership (TCO) through low power consumption,
eꢁicient cooling and reduced space requirements.
HGST Quality and Service
HGST’s Ultrastar SSD400S.B family extends the company’s
long-standing tradition of performance and reliability leader-
ship. A balanced combination of new and proven technolo-
gies enables high reliability and availability to customer data.
• Database Analytics
• Cloud Computing
HGST drives are backed by an array of technical support
and services, which may include customer and integration
assistance. HGST is dedicated to providing a complete
portfolio of HDD/SSD solutions to satisfy today’s
monumental computing needs.
Features & Beneꢀits
Feature / Function
Beneꢀits
Performance
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SAS 6Gb/s
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Dual port for enhanced reliability
SLC NAND Flash Memory
536 / 502MB/s Sequential R/W
57K / 25K IOPS Random R/W
Highest write performance and endurance
Max throughput and IOPs for ultra-fast access to data.
100x faster than typical HDD
400B, 200GB and 100GB SLC
2.5-inch SFF | SAS 6Gb/s
Power
5.5 Watts, typical
Up to 60% less power than 3.5-inch 15K RPM HDD
More capacity for less space and power
Capacity1
Reliablity
400GB, 200GB, 100GB
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0.44% AFR (2M Hours MTBF)
1Eꢁ16 Bit Error Rate (BER)
T10 End-to-end Data Protection
Exclusive-OR (XOR) NAND
Power-loss Data Management
Unlimited reads, up to 35PB writes
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Reduced ꢀield replacement effort
Enhanced error detection and correction for optimal data integrity
Protection against ꢀlash die failure
Enhances data integrity during power failure
Maximum endurance over the life of SSD
Integration
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HDD architecture commonality
Global Systems Integration & Test Labs
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Compatibility with Ultrastar SAS/FC HDD
Extensive interoperability and compliance testing