00AJ435 Lenovo 120GB SATA 3.5in MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD

Lenovo lists 00AJ435 as the 120GB SATA 3.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD with feature code A57F; it is a 120GB, 3.5-inch Enterprise Value (Micron M500DC based) SSD and ships on a 3.5-inch hot-swap tray. In the Configuration and Options Guide its SBB is 00AJ437.

Lenovo bases this Enterprise Value generation on the Micron M500DC family: Micron 20 nm MLC NAND, a 6 Gbps SATA interface, enterprise data path protection, static and dynamic wear leveling, native command queuing and S.M.A.R.T. The drives also support the MegaRAID CacheCade feature of supported ServeRAID controllers.

Specifications for 00AJ435: 0.5 PB total bytes written, 63,000 read and 23,000 write IOPS (4 KB), 425 MBps sequential read and 200 MBps sequential write (128 KB), 4 W typical power, data reliability below 1 in 10^15 bits read.

Lenovo rates the line at up to 2.4 drive writes per day over five years and recommends it for read-intensive work or mixes of up to 70% read and 30% write. Its example: a 480GB drive limited to 1,040 GB of writes per day, about 2.2 full drive writes, lasts five years inside its 1.9 PB rating. All drives in the guide are withdrawn from marketing.

In Lenovo's server support tables the drive shows a Y for the x3500 M5 (5464), x3550 M5 (5463 and 8869), x3650 M5 (5462 and 8871), the x3630 M4 with E5-2400 v2 processors and the x3650 M4 BD (5466). Lenovo's Configuration and Options Guide of 17 January 2017 also lists it for the x3500 M5, x3550 M5 and x3650 M5.

Fit check: match 00AJ435 (feature code A57F) on the label and confirm the server above. Related drives: 00AJ440 and 00AJ445.