Kingston part number SEDC500M-960G identifies the Kingston SEDC500M/960G DC500M Series 960GB TLC SATA 6Gbps Mixed Use (AES-256 / PLP) 2.5-inch Solid State Drive, an enterprise-grade Storage Devices unit appropriate for data-center, server-room, and workstation deployment. The component is intended for use in enterprise rack server and data-center deployments where matched-pair installation, hot-spare provisioning, or matched-lot procurement is required. Technical specifications include capacity of 960 GB, form factor of 2.5-inch, interface of SATA, range of 500 m, features of Mixed-Use, TLC NAND. Typical workloads include VMware ESXi datastores, Veeam / Rubrik / Cohesity backup repositories, RDBMS data files (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle), and log-tier storage for Splunk and Elastic. Pro Disk Network maintains the SEDC500M-960G in our enterprise inventory and verifies each unit against manufacturer datasheet specifications prior to listing. New stock ships factory-sealed where available; refurbished units are tested under load before dispatch and ship with a 30-day Pro Disk Network functional warranty. Net 30 terms are available for qualified business accounts. Same-day dispatch on in-stock orders placed before 3pm ET; free standard ground shipping on US orders over $150.
The SEDC500M-960G is a Kingston storage devices component with capacity 960 GB, form factor 2.5-inch, interface SATA. Pro Disk Network sells the SEDC500M-960G for $357.03 with same-day US shipping and a 30-day free return guarantee.
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Quick Answer: Will the SEDC500M-960G work with my RAID controller?
The SEDC500M-960G operates with any standard SAS/SATA/NVMe-compatible RAID controller (Dell PERC, HPE Smart Array, LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID, Adaptec, IBM ServeRAID, Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID). Mixing this drive in the same RAID volume with drives of different speed/capacity is supported but never recommended.
How fast does the SEDC500M-960G ship?
Pro Disk Network dispatches the SEDC500M-960G same-day on orders confirmed before 2 pm ET. Multi-pallet projects requiring crating ship within 2 business days. International shipping (Canada, Mexico, EU, APAC) takes 3-7 business days via DHL Express or FedEx International Priority.
The SEDC500M-960G is deployed by US enterprises, MSPs, government, and education customers across multiple infrastructure scenarios. Below are the most common deployment patterns Pro Disk Network sees in real-world orders.
Splunk Warm/Cold Tier — Appropriate for Splunk warm/cold/frozen indexes where ingest write rates are below 200 MB/s per node. Avoid for hot-tier indexes — use NVMe instead.
File Server / SMB Shares — General-purpose Windows Server / Samba shares for departmental file storage. RAID 5 for capacity, RAID 10 for IOPS-sensitive workloads.
Object Storage (Ceph / MinIO) — JBOD presentation behind Ceph OSDs or MinIO erasure-coded pools. Mix with NVMe metadata drives for production object stores.
New, Bulk, or Refurbished — Choosing Your Tier
Pro Disk Network offers the SEDC500M-960G across three procurement tiers. Each tier is fully functional and warranted; the choice comes down to budget, warranty length, and whether the deployment is production-critical or capacity-expansion.
Tier
Discount vs OEM List
Warranty
Best For
New (Sealed OEM)
25–40%
Kingston manufacturer warranty (1–5 yr)
Production-critical first-tier
New (Bulk OEM)
50–65%
3-year Pro Disk Network warranty
New cluster builds, secondary tier
Refurbished
75–85%
12-month advance replacement
Capacity expansion, lab, dev/test, EOL refresh
Bulk & Volume Pricing for SEDC500M-960G
Ships from our US warehouse — same-day US dispatch on orders placed before 2pm ET. Net 30 terms available for verified businesses, government and education.
Volume discounts on the SEDC500M-960G are automatic at checkout. Net 30 terms available for verified businesses, government, and education. Email sales@prodisknetwork.com for orders above 100 units.
Quantity
Discount
Unit Price
1
0%
$357.03
5+
4%
$342.75
10+
8%
$328.47
25+
13%
$310.62
50+
18%
$292.76
100+
23%
$274.91
What is the SEDC500M-960G?
The SEDC500M-960G is a Kingston enterprise-grade hard drive with capacity 960 GB and form factor 2.5-inch, manufactured by Kingston. Pro Disk Network ships this part new and certified-refurbished from our US warehouse with same-day dispatch on orders placed before 3 PM ET, backed by a 30-day return guarantee.
Pros & Cons of SEDC500M-960G
Pros
Verified compatible with VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox
HCL-listed RAID controller pairings
Pre-validated firmware versus the manufacturer compatibility matrix
Cons
Not recommended for OLTP databases above 50 TPS
Mechanical drive — expect 5–10W idle power per unit
3.5" form factor only — confirm caddy fit before ordering
Frequently Asked Questions about SEDC500M-960G
Is the SEDC500M-960G a genuine Kingston part?
Yes. Pro Disk Network sources every SEDC500M-960G as factory-original Kingston inventory verified against the manufacturer parts registry before listing. New units arrive sealed in OEM packaging; refurbished units are pulled from decommissioned Kingston servers, surface-tested, and re-warranted by Pro Disk Network for 12 months.
Will the SEDC500M-960G work with my RAID controller?
The SEDC500M-960G operates with any standard SAS/SATA/NVMe-compatible RAID controller (Dell PERC, HPE Smart Array, LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID, Adaptec, IBM ServeRAID, Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID). Mixing this drive in the same RAID volume with drives of different speed/capacity is supported but never recommended.
How fast does the SEDC500M-960G ship?
Pro Disk Network dispatches the SEDC500M-960G same-day on orders confirmed before 2 pm ET. Multi-pallet projects requiring crating ship within 2 business days. International shipping (Canada, Mexico, EU, APAC) takes 3-7 business days via DHL Express or FedEx International Priority.
What is the warranty on the SEDC500M-960G?
New SEDC500M-960G units carry the full Kingston manufacturer warranty (typically 1 to 5 years depending on product line). Refurbished and bulk-OEM units include a Pro Disk Network advance-replacement warranty (12 months refurbished, 36 months new bulk). DOA replacement is free within 30 days of receipt.
Do you offer bulk pricing for the SEDC500M-960G?
Yes. Pro Disk Network offers automatic volume discounts at 10, 25, 50, and 100+ unit tiers. Net 30 terms are available for verified businesses, government, and education buyers. Email sales@prodisknetwork.com with the quantity and target ship date for a quote within one business day.
Other parts that share the SEDC500M series prefix — useful when sourcing matched lots, hot-spare pools, or capacity-tier expansions.
SEDC500M-1920G — Kingston SEDC500M/1920G DC500M Series 1.92TB TLC SATA 6Gbps Mixed Use (AES-256 / PLP) 2.5-inch Solid State Drive — $882.88
SEDC500M-3840G — SEDC500M/3840G Kingston Enterprise DC500M 3.84TB 2.5 inch SATA3 Solid State Drive (3D TLC) — $1,434.18
SEDC500M-480G — Kingston SEDC500M/480G DC500M Series 480GB TLC SATA 6Gbps Mixed Use (AES-256 / PLP) 2.5-inch Solid State Drive — $429.83
Pro Disk Network Buyer’s Guide: Storage Devices
How to Pick the Right Drive Capacity for Your Use Case
If the SEDC500M-960G is going into a RAID array, choose RAID 6 over RAID 5 for any capacity tier built from drives larger than 4 TB. The probability of a second drive failing during rebuild from a 6+ TB rebuild window is high enough that single-parity is no longer responsible. For all-flash arrays, RAID 10 still wins on write-amplification-sensitive workloads (OLTP databases, VDI write-cache).
Drive Health Monitoring: SMART, Workload Rating, and Predictive Failure
Once the SEDC500M-960G is in production, the single most impactful operational practice is SMART monitoring tied to your existing alerting stack. SMART attributes 187 (reported uncorrectable errors), 197 (current pending sector count), and 198 (offline uncorrectable sector count) are the leading indicators of impending drive failure. Alert on non-zero values, not just on absolute thresholds; once these attributes leave zero, the drive has typically 30-90 days of useful life remaining.