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RoHS Compliant Solid State Drive Apacer Professional 2.5” NAS SSD Product Specifications August 4, 2020 Version 1.2 Apacer Technology Inc. 1F, No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C Tel: +886-2-2267-8000 www.apacer.com Fax: +886-2-2267-2261 Specifications Overview:     Compliance with SATA Revision 3.2  Temperature Range – SATA 6 Gb/s interface – Operating: 0°C to 70°C – Backward compatible with SATA 1.5/3 Gb/s interfaces – Storage: -40°C to 70°C  Capacity – 128, 256, 512 GB – 1 TB Supply Voltage –  Performance* 5.0 V ± 5% Power Consumption* – Active mode: 2,100 mW – Idle mode: 335 mW – Burst read/write: 600 MB/sec – Sequential read: Up to 550 MB/sec – Sequential write: Up to 500 MB/sec – 7-pin SATA signal connector – Random read (4K): Up to 84,000 IOPS – 15-pin SATA power connector – Random write (4K): Up to 86,000 IOPS   Connector Type Form Factor Flash Management – 2.5” – Global Wear Leveling – Dimensions: 100.00 x 69.85 x 6.90, unit: mm – Flash bad-block management – S.M.A.R.T. – TRIM  NAND Flash Type: 3D TLC  MTBF: >2,000,000 hours  Endurance (in Terabytes Written: TBW) – 128 GB: 175 TBW – 256 GB: 385 TBW – 512 GB: 820 TBW – 1 TB: 2,065 TBW  RoHS Compliant  Warranty: 5 years or TBW (whichever occurs first) *Varies from capacities. The values for performances and power consumptions presented are typical and may vary depending on flash configurations or platform settings. The term idle refers to the standby state of the device. 1 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. Table of Contents 1. Product Specifications ......................................................................3 1.1 Performance .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Environmental Specifications ........................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) .......................................................................................... 3 1.4 Endurance ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Certification and Compliance......................................................................................................... 4 2. Flash Management ............................................................................5 2.1 Bad Block Management ................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Global Wear Leveling .................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 S.M.A.R.T. ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 TRIM .............................................................................................................................................. 5 3. Electrical Specifications...................................................................6 3.1 Operating Voltage .......................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Power Consumption ...................................................................................................................... 6 4. Physical Characteristics ...................................................................7 5. Product Ordering Information ...........................................................8 2 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. 1. Product Specifications 1.1 Performance Performance of Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD is listed below in Table 1-1. Table 1-1 Performance Specifications Capacity 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Sequential Read* (MB/s) 550 550 550 550 Sequential Write* (MB/s) 450 490 490 500 Random Read IOPS** (4K) 65,000 84,000 75,000 80,000 Random Write IOPS** (4K) 81,000 86,000 68,000 75,000 Performance Note: Results may differ from various flash configurations or host system setting. *Sequential performance is based on CrystalDiskMark 5.2.1 with file size 1,000MB. **Random performance measured using IOMeter with Queue Depth 32. 1.2 Environmental Specifications Environmental specifications of Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD are shown in Table 1-2. Table 1-2 Environmental Specifications Environment Temperature Vibration Shock Specifications 0°C to 70°C (Operating) -40°C to 70°C (Non-operating) Non-operating: Sine wave, 15(G), 10~2000(Hz), Operating: Random, 7.69(GRMS), 20~2000(Hz) Non-operating: Acceleration, 1,500 G, 0.5 ms Operating: Peak acceleration, 50 G, 11 ms 1.3 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is predicted based on reliability data for the individual components in Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD. The prediction result for Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD is more than 2,000,000 hours. Note: The MTBF is predicated and calculated based on “Telcordia Technologies Special Report, SR332, Issue 2” method. 3 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. 1.4 Endurance The endurance of a storage device is predicted by TeraBytes Written based on several factors related to usage, such as the amount of data written into the drive, block management conditions, and daily workload for the drive. Thus, key factors, such as Write Amplifications and the number of P/E cycles, can influence the lifespan of the drive. Table 4-4 Endurance Specifications Capacity TeraBytes Written 128 GB 175 256 GB 385 512 GB 820 1 TB 2,065 Note:  The endurance of SSD could be estimated based on users’ behaviors, NAND endurance cycles, and write amplification factor. It is not guaranteed by the flash vendor.  TBW may vary from flash configuration and platform. 1.5 Certification and Compliance Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD complies with the following standards:    CE FCC RoHS 4 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. 2. Flash Management 2.1 Bad Block Management Current production technology is unable to guarantee total reliability of NAND flash memory array. When a flash memory device leaves factory, it comes with a minimal number of initial bad blocks during production or out-of-factory as there is no currently known technology that produce flash chips free of bad blocks. In addition, bad blocks may develop during program/erase cycles. Since bad blocks are inevitable, the solution is to keep them in control. Apacer flash devices are programmed with ECC, block mapping technique and S.M.A.R.T to reduce invalidity or error. Once bad blocks are detected, data in those blocks will be transferred to free blocks and error will be corrected by designated algorithms. 2.2 Global Wear Leveling Flash memory devices differ from Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in terms of how blocks are utilized. For HDDs, when a change is made to stored data, like erase or update, the controller mechanism on HDDs will perform overwrites on blocks. Unlike HDDs, flash blocks cannot be overwritten and each P/E cycle wears down the lifespan of blocks gradually. Repeatedly program/erase cycles performed on the same memory cells will eventually cause some blocks to age faster than others. This would bring flash storages to their end of service term sooner. Global wear leveling is an important mechanism that levels out the wearing of all blocks so that the wearing-down of all blocks can be almost evenly distributed. This will increase the lifespan of SSDs. 2.3 S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. is an abbreviation for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, a selfmonitoring system that provides indicators of drive health as well as potential disk problems. It serves as a warning for users from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and displaying critical drive information. Ideally, this should allow taking proactive actions to prevent drive failure and make use of S.M.A.R.T. information for future product development reference. 2.4 TRIM TRIM, though in capital letters usually, is a memory computation command rather than an abbreviation. It is mainly a SATA command that enables the operating system to inform the SSD (Solid State Drive) which blocks of previously stored data are no longer valid, due to erases by the host or operating system, such as file deletions or disk formatting. Once notified, SSD will begin the discard of the invalid LBAs and retain more space for itself, in fact, the discarded is no longer recoverable. When an LBA is replaced by the operating system, as with overwrite of a file, the SSD is informed that the originally occupied LBA is determined as no longer in use or invalid. The SSD will not save those blocks in garbage collected sectors. Noticeably, a file deletion command by host or operating system never actually erases the actual content, but marks the file as deleted. This issue is even specifically noticeable for flash based memory devices, such as SSDs. In fact, an SSD will keep garbage collecting the invalid, previously occupied LBAs, if it is not informed that these LBAs can be erased. Thus, the SSD would experience a significant performance downfall. 5 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. 3. Electrical Specifications 3.1 Operating Voltage Table 3-1 lists the supply voltage for Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD. Table 3-1 Operating Range Item Range Supply Voltage 5V ± 5% (4.75-5.25V) 3.2 Power Consumption Table 3-2 lists the power consumption for Apacer Professional 2.5” SSD. Table 3-2 Power Consumption Capacity 128 GB 256 GB 512GB 1 TB Active (mW) 1,720 1,750 2,000 2,100 Idle (mW) 320 325 335 330 Mode Note: *All values are typical and may vary depending on flash configurations or host system settings. **Active power is an average power measurement performed using CrystalDiskMark with 128KB sequential read/write transfers. 6 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. 4. Physical Characteristics Figure 4-1 Physical Dimensions 7 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. 5. Product Ordering Information Capacity Retail P/N 128GB AP128GPPSS25-R 256GB AP256GPPSS25-R 512GB AP512GPPSS25-R 1TB AP1TPPSS25-R Note: Valid combinations are those products in mass production or will be in mass production. Consult your Apacer sales representative to confirm availability of valid combinations and to determine availability of new combinations. 8 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. Revision History Revision Description Date 1.0 Initial release 6/17/2020 1.1 Updated Endurance on Specifications Overview page and 1.4 Endurance 6/23/2020 1.2 Updated warranty period from 3 years to 5 years on Specifications Overview page 8/4/2020 9 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc. Global Presence Taiwan (Headquarters) U.S.A. Apacer Technology Inc. 1F., No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City 236, Taiwan R.O.C. Tel: 886-2-2267-8000 Fax: 886-2-2267-2261 amtsales@apacer.com Apacer Memory America, Inc. 46732 Lakeview Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538 Tel: 1-408-518-8699 Fax: 1-510-249-9551 sa@apacerus.com Japan Europe Apacer Technology Corp. 6F, Daiyontamachi Bldg., 2-17-12, Shibaura, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 108-0023, Japan Tel: 81-3-5419-2668 Fax: 81-3-5419-0018 jpservices@apacer.com Apacer Technology B.V. Science Park Eindhoven 5051 5692 EB Son, The Netherlands Tel: 31-40-267-0000 Fax: 31-40-290-0686 sales@apacer.nl China India Apacer Electronic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd Room D, 22/FL, No.2, Lane 600, JieyunPlaza, Tianshan RD, Shanghai, 200051, China Tel: 86-21-6228-9939 Fax: 86-21-6228-9936 sales@apacer.com.cn Apacer Technologies Pvt Ltd, 1874, South End C Cross, 9th Block Jayanagar, Bangalore-560069, India Tel: 91-80-4152-9061/62 Fax: 91-80-4170-0215 sales_india@apacer.com 10 © 2020 Apacer Technology Inc.