Tag Archives: Serial ATA

Using SSD controller technology as a differentiator: Kingston adds another data point with SSDNow Enterprise-class drives

Posted on September 5, 2012 by sleibson2

Memory and SSD vendor Kingston Technology has just announced enterprise-class SSDs called the SSDNow E100 in capacities of 100, 200, and 400 Gbytes. What I find interesting about this announcement are the emphasis on endurance and reliability (“10x improvements … … Continue reading →

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Need yet another argument for designing your own SSD controller?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by sleibson2

A Web site called legitreviews.com recently reviewed the ADATA XPG SX900 128Gbyte SSD and this review contains additional justification for seriously considering developing your own SSD controller for new storage products. The review starts off this way: “ADATA is long … Continue reading →

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How many SSDs does it take to saturate PCIe Gen 3? Would you believe 16 drives?

Posted on August 6, 2012 by sleibson2

It’s now possible to conduct some interesting performance tests on real PCIe Gen 3 products and the video below shows you a PCIe Gen 3 RAID card talking to 16 SSDs, which is the number of drives needed to saturate … Continue reading →

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Micron introduces Enterprise-class, 2.5-inch SSD with PCIe interface

Posted on March 7, 2012 by sleibson2

This week, Micron announced a hot-swappable, 2.5-inch SSD that employs a PCIe interface instead of the more widely used SATA or SAS disk interfaces. Dell announced that it has selected this drive for its 12th generation PowerEdge server line. Both … Continue reading →

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STEC’s MACH16 Slim 2.5-in SATA SSD requires small footprint, fits in small embedded spaces

Posted on March 6, 2012 by sleibson2

STEC has introduced a small-form-factor Slim SATA SSD with a Slim SATA interface for embedded and other computing applications that require lots of storage that can fit in a small space and consume little power. The STEC MACH16 SSD is … Continue reading →

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SanDisk launches X100 SSD in 2.5-inch, mSATA, and custom form factors. Capacities to 512Gbytes.

Posted on February 15, 2012 by sleibson2

SanDisk has just jumped into full-fledged OEM mode with the X100 SSD series that is available in 2.5-inch (7 or 9.5mm thick), mSATA, and custom form factors and capacities of 32 to 512Gbytes. All drives are based on MLC (multi-level … Continue reading →

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Why is the NVMe SSD interface inherently more efficient than disk-based protocols such as SATA?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by sleibson2

The speed at which the electronics industry moves sometimes masks other developments that are incredibly slow-paced and the conversion of storage I/O protocols from hard-disk-centric to solid-state disks (SSDs) is a shining example. Most SSDs currently employ I/O protocols originally … Continue reading →

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Watch out SSDs, here comes the NVM Express!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by sleibson2

I was reading an article on the Information Week Web site about using SSDs for accelerating enterprise storage and came across this statement: “For the most part, the type of SSD that you use in the storage system does not … Continue reading →

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