Kingston Technology DC2000B 480 GB M.2 PCI Express 4.0 NVMe 3D TLC

The SEDC2000BM8/480G is the official manufacturer part number for the 480GB Data Center DC2000B Series PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD manufactured by Kingston. It is an enterprise-class M.2 solid-state drive specifically optimized as a high-performance, ultra-reliable server boot drive or caching drive in data center and corporate infrastructure server environments.

Below are the complete, comprehensive technical specifications for this 480GB model:

⚙️ Performance & Core Architecture

• Storage Capacity: 480 GB

• Form Factor: M.2 2280

• Host Interface: PCIe Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4

• SSD Controller: Phison PS5018-E18DC enterprise controller

• Flash Memory Architecture: 112-Layer 3D TLC NAND

• DRAM Cache: Yes (Dedicated physical onboard DRAM cache chip)

• Sequential Read Speed: Up to 7,000 MB/s

• Sequential Write Speed: Up to 800 MB/s

• Steady-State Random 4K Read: Up to 530,000 IOPS

• Steady-State Random 4K Write: Up to 32,000 IOPS

• Average Read Latency: 70 µs

• Average Write Latency: 29 µs

🛡️ Enterprise Reliability & Endurance

• Endurance Rating: 350 TBW (Total Bytes Written over its lifespan)

• Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.4 DWPD over a 5-year operational lifecycle

• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): 2,000,000 hours

• Hardware Power Loss Protection (PLP): On-board hardware-based power caps (capacitors). This design ensures that in-flight data residing in volatile memory is safely flushed into non-volatile NAND flash block storage during a sudden server power disruption.

• Enterprise SMART Tracking: Advanced telemetry integration for live reliability tracking, usage statistics, exact SSD life remaining metrics, block wear leveling configurations, and temperature logs.

• Included Software: Bundled with a digital registration certificate for Acronis True Image OEM data migration and drive cloning tools.

• Warranty Profile: Backed by a 5-year limited manufacturer warranty with free technical hardware assistance.

⚡ Power Consumption

• Average Read Power: 3.22 Watts

• Average Write Power: 5.60 Watts

• Maximum Peak Read Burst: 3.29 Watts

• Maximum Peak Write Burst: 5.77 Watts

🌡️ Environmental & Physical Specs

• Operating Temperature Limits: 0°C to 70°C

• Non-Operating Storage Range: -40°C to 85°C

• Non-Operating Vibration Tolerance: 20 G Peak (10–2000Hz frequency response)

• Dimensions (Heatsink Variant): 80.0 mm x 22.0 mm x 8.3 mm

• Dimensions (Bare Non-Heatsink Module): 80.0 mm x 22.0 mm x 3.5 mm

• Net Drive Weight: 10.0 grams