DATA SHEET
ENTERPRISE SOLID-STATE DRIVES
Ultrastar® SSD1600MR
Maximum Performance,
HGST Enterprise Storage
Highlights
Reliability and Endurance
Experience
• MLC NAND Flash for ultra-high performance and
The Ultrastar SSD1600MR delivers high sequential
throughput, up to 1100MB/s read and 700MB/s write
(12Gb/s SAS). It also delivers up to 130,000 read and
30,000 write IOPS, reaching speeds >100 times faster
than HDDs and double the speed of current 6Gb/s
SSDs, allowing rapid access to “hot” enterprise data for
improved productivity and operational efficiency. The
Ultrastar SSD1600MR family oꢀers signiꢁicant value
in terms of IOPS per Watt, while reducing total cost
of ownership (TCO) through low power consumption,
efficient cooling and reduced space requirements.
HGST leverages decades of proven enterprise storage
expertise in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) design, reliability,
ꢁirmware, customer qualiꢁication and system integration
to the Ultrastar® SSD1600MR solid-state drive (SSD)
family. The synergistic relationship between HGST’s
throughput-enhancing SSDs and traditional HDDs
provides cost eꢀective, end-to-end enterprise-class
storage solutions, delivering reliability, compatibility,
capacity, cost and system performance. This
combination makes HGST a leading SSD/HDD provider
with the experience and technology needed to meet
escalating reliability, endurance and performance in the
most demanding enterprise environments.
endurance
• Read-intensive <3DW/D for 5 years
• Best IOPS/Watt for reduced TCO
• 12Gb/s SAS interface for maximum throughput
• Advanced power loss data management technology
• Self-encrypting models conform to TCG’s Enterprise
speciꢀication
The Ultrastar SSD1600MR family combines enterprise-
grade MLC NAND Flash memory, advanced endurance
management ꢁirmware and power loss data
Applications/Environments
management techniques to extend reliability, endurance
and sustained performance over the life of the SSD. The
Ultrastar SSD1600MR family achieves an extraordinary
0.35% annual failure rate (AFR) or 2.5 million hour mean-
time-between-failure (MTBF). The 1920GB capacity
model endures up to 10.5 Petabytes (PB) of random
writes over the life of the drive—the equivalent of writing
5.8 Terabytes (TB) per day for ꢁive years.
• Ultra-high performance tier-0 read
HGST Quality and Service
endurance enterprise storage
HGST’s Ultrastar SSD1600MR family extends the
company’s long-standing tradition of performance and
reliability leadership. A balanced combination of new
and proven technologies enables high reliability and
availability to customer data.
• Enterprise-class servers and high performance computing
• Space and/or power constrained environments
• Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
• Video pre- and post-production
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 SSD/HDD solutions to satisfy
today’s monumental computing needs.
• Cloud computing
For complete end-to-end data protection and reliability,
the Ultrastar SSD1600MR family incorporates the T10
Data Integrity Field (DIF) standard, extended error
correction code (ECC), Exclusive-OR (XOR) parity to
protect against Flash die 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 SSD1600MR
family is backed by a ꢁive year limited warranty, or the
maximum Petabytes (PB) written (based on capacity).
1920GB, 1600GB, 1000GB, 800GB,
500GB, 400GB and 250GB
MLC | 2.5-inch SFF | SAS 12Gb/s
Features & Beneꢁits
Performance
Power
Capacity
Reliability
Integration
Feature/function
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SAS 12Gb/s
9.0 and 11.0 Watt options
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1920GB
1600GB
1000GB
800GB
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500GB
400GB
250GB
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0.35% AFR (2.5M hours MTBF)
1Eꢁ17 bit error rate
T10 end-to-end data protection
Exclusive-OR (XOR) NAND
Power loss data management
Unlimited reads, up to 10.5PB random writes (1920GB)
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HDD architecture commonality
Systems integration and test lab
MLC NAND Flash memory
1100MB/s / 700MB/s sequential R/W
130K / 30K IOPS random R/W
50K IOPS on 70/30 mix R/W
Beneꢀit
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12Gb/s / 6Gb/s Active-Active Dual Port
Highest write performance with cost improved
NAND for high endurance
Maximum throughput and IOPS for ultra-fast
access to data; >100x faster than typical HDD
Improved performance
with higher power option
More capacity for less
space and power
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Reduced ꢀield replacement effort
Enhanced error detection and correction for optimal data integrity
Protection against Flash die failure
Assures data integrity during power failure
Maximum endurance over the life of SSD
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Compatibility with Ultrastar SAS HDDs
Extensive interoperability and
compliance testing
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