Can I put a datacenter SSD into my laptop.

[billhelm]

I have an intel D3-S4510 datacenter SSD that has more storage than my current SSD. I know it works when I put it in my laptop but will there be any problems if I trade it for my boot drive? My laptop is thinkpad T510 with a 3GBps sata.

[Orange1]

It should work just fine mate.

[Jumballi]

So long as it connects and there's no BS on the laptop sides *coughdellcough*

 

95% of laptops should just work if it connects.

[billhelm]

6 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

So long as it connects and there's no BS on the laptop sides *coughdellcough*

 

95% of laptops should just work if it connects.

It says it uses 1W of power when idle. Will my laptop battery be reduced?

[Jumballi]

2 minutes ago, billhelm said:

It says it uses 1W of power when idle. Will my laptop battery be reduced?

Well technically yes, it needs to use electricity to operate. That said you probably other things in there eating energy faster than the ssd.

[LienusLateTips]

11 minutes ago, billhelm said:

It says it uses 1W of power when idle. Will my laptop battery be reduced?

Compared to an HDD that's nothing.

[billhelm]

Just now, LienusLateTips said:

Compared to an HDD that's nothing.

Cool, my current ssd uses 60mw when idle. 0.06 W. So will the new one make my battery way less, or just a little bit? My laptop has 80 Watt hours

[innahema]

On 10/28/2020 at 1:11 AM, billhelm said:

 

It would work just fine, but that's overkill.

Intel clients SSDs are notorious for low power consumption. Your ssd idle consumption is 1 W but client one has 50 mW, that's 20 times(!) less.

 

 

But server one could peform better for write and have less latency. Also server ssf would live for ages (in client use)

 

Main difference is increased lifespan, and server ssd has built in capasitor to not lose data on power loss. This is mostly not an issue for laptop, but could be considered for desktop w/o UPS.

 

Here are comparations of two random ssds from intel, client and server. (Actually I own client one)

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html

 

P.S. I'd suggest stick with client ssd on laptop for lower power consumption and server ones for desktop. (I've lost some work due to PSU failure)

[Chiyawa]

On 10/28/2020 at 7:18 AM, Jumballi said:

So long as it connects and there's no BS on the laptop sides *coughdellcough*

Hmm... Can you define this 'BS' that this brand of laptop has? I'm having a strange problem for some newer laptops (2019 and 2020) give blue screen when I switched the HDD to SSD. So far by disabling 'turn off hard disk after X minutes' from Windows Power Management and Intel Rapid Storage Technology do help reduce the problem, but they still occasionally happen.

[Jumballi]

On 2/21/2021 at 6:54 PM, Chiyawa said:

Hmm... Can you define this 'BS' that this brand of laptop has? I'm having a strange problem for some newer laptops (2019 and 2020) give blue screen when I switched the HDD to SSD. So far by disabling 'turn off hard disk after X minutes' from Windows Power Management and Intel Rapid Storage Technology do help reduce the problem, but they still occasionally happen.

Dell was for some time, as of 2019 when I last bothered to check, making it so that you needed to use their SSDs and not an off the shelf model.

 

The software lock is found on both lower end laptops and on server SSDs. 

[Chiyawa]

On 3/9/2021 at 7:46 AM, Jumballi said:

Dell was for some time, as of 2019 when I last bothered to check, making it so that you needed to use their SSDs and not an off the shelf model.

 

The software lock is found on both lower end laptops and on server SSDs. 

I see. Yeah. That's how they make business.