Dell 00DJ5 / Intel SSDSC2KG480GZR 480GB 2.5" TLC DC S4620 Series Enterprise Mixed Use SATA SSD

🔧 Dell 00DJ5 / Intel DC S4620 480GB Enterprise SSD

🧠 What this SSD actually is

The Dell 00DJ5 (Intel SSDSC2KG480GZR) is a Dell-branded Intel DC S4620—a newer generation enterprise SATA SSD compared to the older S3710 you looked at earlier.

Capacity: 480GB

Interface: SATA 6Gb/s

Form factor: 2.5" (7mm)

Flash: 3D TLC NAND

Type: Mixed-Use (MU)

Launch: ~2017 (2nd-gen Intel DC SATA)

👉 In simple terms:

This is a modern, efficient enterprise SATA SSD—designed to replace older MLC drives like S3700/S3710.

⚙️ Key specifications (sPECS)

⚡ Performance

Sequential read/write: ~500 / 480 MB/s

Random read: up to ~72K IOPS

Random write: up to ~60–65K IOPS

Latency: ~36 µs (very consistent)

👉 Still limited by SATA, but:

Very stable performance under load

Better QoS than consumer SSDs

🔥 Endurance (important)

Endurance: ~2.95 PBW (petabytes written)

DWPD: ~3 (mixed-use class)

MTBF: ~2 million hours

👉 Meaning:

Much stronger than consumer SSDs

Lower than S3710 (which is write-intensive), but still very durable

🛡️ Enterprise features

✔ Power-loss protection (PLP)

✔ AES-256 hardware encryption

✔ End-to-end data protection

✔ Firmware optimized for datacenters

👉 These are critical for:

RAID environments

Databases

Virtualization

🧠 Real-world usage

This SSD is designed for:

☁️ Virtualization (VMware, Proxmox, Hyper-V)

🗄️ Databases (moderate write workloads)

🧱 RAID arrays (especially RAID 10 / RAID 5)

🏢 General enterprise storage

👉 It’s a balanced “all-rounder” enterprise SSD.

⚠️ Important considerations

❗ TLC vs MLC

Uses TLC NAND, not MLC

BUT enterprise TLC + firmware = still very reliable

👉 Don’t confuse with cheap consumer TLC SSDs.

❗ Dell OEM firmware

From real-world experience:

Dell servers may warn on non-Dell drives

👉 This version (00DJ5) is:

✔ Dell-certified

✔ No compatibility warnings on PERC controllers

❗ SATA limitation

Max ~500 MB/s

Slower than SAS / NVMe

🧠 Where it fits in your setup

Based on all your components:

PERC H810 → ✔ Compatible (SATA)

Dell servers → ✔ Fully supported

SAN (SN1200E) → separate layer

👉 This SSD is a perfect match for Dell RAID setups.

👍 Straight verdict

✔ Modern enterprise SATA SSD (better than older S3710 in efficiency)

✔ Excellent for RAID + virtualization

✔ Reliable and widely used in servers

❌ Not as durable as write-intensive drives

❌ Not as fast as SAS/NVMe

💡 Simple advice

If you want balanced performance + reliability → excellent choice

If your workload is heavy writes → S3710 is tougher

If you want speed → go SAS or NVMe