Works in my Gen4 server?

Yes - backward compatible with PCIe 4.0 servers and backplanes at Gen4 speeds.

Gen5 speed confirmed?

Up to 14,000 MB/s read, 2.7-2.8M random read IOPS on Gen5 platforms.

For AI/OLTP/cloud mainstream workloads, yes - 28,032 TBW on 15.36TB.

TCG Opal 2.0 + AES-256, with PLP on board.

5-year limited warranty with Kingston enterprise support.

Any U.2 NVMe bay - up to 24 in a PowerEdge R760 or 28 in an xFusion 2288H V7.

Кингстон DC3000ME | 15.36Твердотельный накопитель TB Gen5 NVMe Enterprise - Синьчуаньский сервер | Поставщик оборудования для корпоративных серверов

Gen5 值得吗？先把\»兼容性\»这张牌打出来

2026 年买企业 SSD 的第一问通常是\»要不要上 Gen5\»。答案取决于你的服务器：Kingston DC3000ME 是市面上少数同时押注两代的 Gen5 盘 — 它跑 PCIe Gen5 x4，却向后兼容 PCIe 4.0 服务器和背板。这意味着：如果你的机群还在 Gen4 平台，这块盘今天按 Gen4 上限运行（依然远超 SATA/SAS），未来服务器升级到 Gen5 后同一块盘直接解锁 14,000 MB/s 的完整带宽 — 存储投资不会被平台代际锁死。

更关键的是性能的性质。数据中心盘的价值不在峰值顺序带宽，而在 可预测的延迟：DC3000ME 的 99% QoS 读延迟低于 70µs、写延迟低于 10µs，这正是 AI、ОЛТП、数据库和云服务负载对 I/O 一致性的硬性要求 — 也是 Kingston 把 QoS 作为设计基准的原因。

Основные характеристики

Атрибут	Спецификация
Фактор формы	У.2, 2.5-inch x 15mm
Интерфейс	PCIe NVMe Gen5 x4 (backward-compatible with Gen4)
NAND	3D eTLC
Мощности	3.84ТБ / 7.68ТБ / 15.36ТБ / 30.72ТБ
Последовательное чтение / писать (15.36ТБ)	14,000 МБ/с / 9,700 МБ/с
Случайное чтение / писать (15.36ТБ, 4K)	2,700,000 / 400,000 IOPS
QoS latency (99%, 3.84-15.36ТБ)	Читать <70 нас / Писать <10 нас
Выносливость (15.36ТБ)	1 ДВПД, 28,032 TBW over 5 годы
Власть	24 W max write / 8.2 W max read / 8 W на холостом ходу
Шифрование	ТКГ Опал 2.0, AES 256-bit
Надежность	Среднее время безотказной работы 2,000,000 часы; on-board power loss protection
Размеры / масса (15.36ТБ)	100.50 Икс 69.8 Икс 14.8 мм / 152.3 г

The Gen4 Compatibility Play: Один диск, Two Eras

The DC3000ME\’s backward compatibility is not a footnote — it changes procurement math. In a Gen4 fleet, the drive delivers full Gen4-class performance immediately, eliminating the \»upgrade servers first, storage later\» deadlock. When the platform refresh lands (см. наш platform insights для Xeon 6 and EPYC 9005 guidance), the same U.2 drive steps up to 14,000 MB/s reads and 2.8M IOPS-class throughput without replacement. For system integrators and hyperscale operators standardizing on one SSD SKU across a mixed Gen4/Gen5 estate, that single-SKU story is the point.

Performance by Capacity

Емкость	Seq read/write	Random read/write IOPS	TBW (1 ДВПД, 5 yr)
3.84ТБ	14,000 / 5,800 МБ/с	2,700,000 / 300,000	7,008 ТБ
7.68ТБ	14,000 / 10,000 МБ/с	2,800,000 / 500,000	14,016 ТБ
15.36ТБ	14,000 / 9,700 МБ/с	2,700,000 / 400,000	28,032 ТБ
30.72ТБ	14,000 / 9,700 МБ/с	2,600,000 / 350,000	56,064 ТБ

\"Кингстон — Кингстон DC3000ME: U.2 2.5-inch 15mm Gen5 NVMe drive with Gen4 backward compatibility.

Endurance and Power: The 1 DWPD Math

1 DWPD across five years on the 15.36TB model equals 28,032 TBW — you can rewrite the entire drive every day for the warranty period. For AI data pipelines, OLTP databases and cloud infrastructure (the workloads Kingston targets), that budget is ample; write-heavy logging tiers should size up to the 30.72TB SKU (56,064 TBW) rather than stepping out of the family. Power draw stays modest: 24 W peak write, 8.2 W read, 8 W на холостом ходу — the efficiency that keeps Gen5 deployments from blowing the rack power budget.

Security and Data Protection

On-board power loss protection (PLP) guarantees in-flight data survives sudden power loss — the board-level capacitors flush the cache to NAND. Security is dual-layer: ТКГ Опал 2.0 for drive-level encryption management and AES 256-bit hardware encryption, plus enterprise diagnostics (telemetry, media wear, temperature, health) и 128 namespace support for multi-tenant servers.

Часто задаваемые вопросы о покупке

Works in my Gen4 server? Да — backward compatible with PCIe 4.0 servers and backplanes at Gen4 speeds.
Gen5 speed confirmed? Вплоть до 14,000 MB/s read, 2.7-2.8M random read IOPS on Gen5 platforms.
1 DWPD достаточно? For AI/OLTP/cloud mainstream workloads, да — 28,032 TBW on 15.36TB.
Шифрование? ТКГ Опал 2.0 + АЭС-256, with PLP on board.
Гарантия? 5-year limited warranty with Kingston enterprise support.
Which servers? Any U.2 NVMe bay — вплоть до 24 в PowerEdge R760 или 28 в xFusion 2288H V7.

Standardizing one SSD SKU across mixed Gen4/Gen5 racks? That is exactly the DC3000ME use case. Являясь официальным дистрибьютором, мы предлагаем конкурентоспособные цены., 3-year warranty on servers, доставка по всему миру и бесплатная консультация по настройке — связаться с нами for volume and bundle pricing.