SanDisk SSD 5000 Reliability Characteristics, Error Rate, Product Life, Mean Time to Failure

SSD SATA 5000 2.5"	Product Manual
	Rev 0.7

6.Reliability Characteristics

6.1Error Rate

The non-recoverable error rate is 1 error per 1014 bits read.

6.2Product Life

The product life is at least 5 years or 43,800 power-on hours, whichever comes earlier, under the following conditions:

Power-on hours = 8,760 per year Operating time = 100% of power-on hours Active/Idle duty cycle = 90% of the time

Environmental = temperature, altitude, humidity and voltage within operating ranges

The drive should be protected from electrostatic discharge (ESD)

oThe product life does not represent any warranty or warranty period. Applicable warranty and warranty period are covered by the purchasing agreement.

Note: Product life is defined as time in service at systems conditions while maintaining compliance to the MTTF specification for the device.

Applicable warranty and warranty period are covered by the purchase agreement.

6.3Mean Time to Failure

Mean Time to failure (MTTF) is calculated based on part stress analysis. The following conditions are set for calculation:

Ambient temperature = 25°C

Table 14: SanDisk SSD SATA 5000 2.5” MTTF

Capacity (GB)	MTTF (hours)
8, 16, 32, 64	2,000,000

6.4Preventive Maintenance

No preventive maintenance is required.

© 2008 SanDisk® Corporation 13 July 2008, Document No. 80-11-01488