98Y4042 IBM IBM 400GB SAS 6G SFF SSD for DS8000

98Y4042 IBM IBM 400GB SAS 6G SFF SSD for DS8000

IBM-validated enterprise solid-state drive for IBM System x / Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and IBM Storwize / FlashSystem storage arrays.

Specifications

• Part Number: 98Y4042
• Brand: IBM
• Capacity: 400 GB
• Interface: SAS
• Form Factor: 2.5" Small Form Factor (SFF)
• Endurance Class: Enterprise SSD
• NAND Type: 3D TLC / MLC NAND — see era
• Carrier: IBM/Lenovo Simple-Swap or Hot-Swap tray included

Compatibility

IBM SSDs require System x or post-sale Lenovo ThinkSystem chassis with matching backplane for chosen interface. Verify chassis-gen + backplane revision.

• SAS SSDs: System x M4/M5 with ServeRAID M5210 / M5225 / M5025 RAID — and ThinkSystem SR with RAID 530/730/930/940
• SATA SSDs: System x M3+ with onboard SATA or ServeRAID HBA
• NVMe SSDs (U.2): ThinkSystem SR Gen1+ with NVMe-capable backplane (Lenovo branded; rarely IBM pre-2014)
• IBM Storwize V5000/V7000 + FlashSystem: all-flash array with matching SAS SSD carrier
• IBM SimpleSwap (SS) 2.5" SATA boot tier: low-endurance boot SSDs for VMware ESXi / RHEL

Use Cases

High-IOPS workloads on IBM/Lenovo platforms: OLTP databases (DB2/Oracle/SQL), VMware/KVM datastores, WebSphere middleware, MQ message queue persistence, VDI hot-tier, boot devices, FlashSystem all-flash tier-0. RI for read-heavy DBs, MU for general VM, WI for log/cache.

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