Technabob » solid state http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fusion-io Unveils ioDrive2 SSD Card with Insane Data Speeds http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/04/fusion-io-iodrive2-fast-ssd/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/04/fusion-io-iodrive2-fast-ssd/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:30:36 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=69218 If you are the sort that has to have whatever the fastest storage is on the market – be it in the business setting or at home, the ioDrive2 is among the fastest you will find. This is a little PCIe slot SSD that has new specifications to make a blazing fast storage class memory device. The drive can be used for applications that need really fast speeds and low latency.

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The ioDrive2 is available in multiple capacities with up to 2.4TB of storage available. The device has almost symmetrical read and write access according to Fusion-io. It has 15 microsecond latency and 3 GB/s of bandwidth with 700,000 read IOPS and 900,000 write IOPS.

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The drive also has a new self-healing feature that will rewrite data lost if one or more chips fails, the data can be written to other chips without interrupting use. With super fast performance comes a huge price. The 365GB version starts at $5,950 (USD). It comes in 785GB, 1205GB, and 2.4TB. I can only imagine that the high-end capacity would be super expensive.

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The Vertex 3 line includes the normal drive and the Vertex 3 Pro. Both of the drives are able to connect to SATA 6Gbps ports, and the both use the Sandforce SF-2200 processor to control the action. That processor gives the SSDs performance of 550MB/s write and 500MB/s read.

The Pro SSD has additional tweaks for enterprise use for better reliability and it uses MLC NAND memory inside. The standard Vertex 3 will ship in 120GB and 240GB capacities with the Pro version in 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB versions. Pricing has not been announced at this time.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/25/ocz-technology-vertex-3-ssd/feed/ 0 The End of the Hard Disk: Solid State Drives Hit 160gb http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/24/the-end-of-the-hard-disk-solid-state-drives-hit-160gb/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/24/the-end-of-the-hard-disk-solid-state-drives-hit-160gb/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:57:52 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/24/the-end-of-the-hard-disk-solid-state-drives-hit-160gb/ This week, Adtron announced the availability of a new solid state drive (SSD) that’s capable of storing a record-breaking 160GB in its flash memory. The drive will be available in IDE and Serial ATA version.

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As storage size is rapidly approaching that of decent-sized hard drives, it would seem that these drives are really the future of computer storage. They consume significantly less power than mechanical drives, and can retrieve data at a much faster pace. The only thing holding back SSDs at this point is price, and that is expected to come down at a pretty good pace as production ramps up.

[via Ministry of Tech]

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