Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the launch of the Kingston DC3000ME Gen 5 U.2 NVMe SSD with a new high-capacity 30.72TB1 option, expanding the DC3000ME family to address the growing storage density and performance demands of modern data centers. The DC3000ME leverages a high-speed PCIe 5.0 NVMe interface, delivering sequential read speeds of up to 14 GB/s and random read performance of up to 2.8 million IOPS, enabling faster data access for compute intensive applications. Full backward compatibility with PCIe 4.0 allows organizations to deploy DC3000ME across mixed server environments while preparing for future platform upgrades. Designed with enterprise class reliability in mind, DC3000ME utilizes 3D eTLC NAND and includes on-board power loss protection (PLP) to safeguard data in the event of unexpected power loss. The drive also supports AES 256-bit encryption and TCG Opal 2.0 self-encrypting drive (SED) capabilities to help organizations meet stringent security and compliance requirements.
