HGST has launched multi-level cell (MLC) SAS SSD family – the Ultrastar SSD800MH, Ultrastar SSD800MM and Ultrastar SSD1000MR solid-state drives. These HGST drives double the SAS interface speed. These SAS SSDs will help increase input/output per second (IOPS) and improve response times to mission-critical data in cloud and traditional IT data centers environments.
HGST believes that SSDs and hard disk drives (HDDs) will continue to be the building blocks of choice for future generations of high-performance enterprise servers and storage arrays. The SSD family will combine enterprise-grade, highest-endurance, MLC NAND flash memory, advanced endurance management firmware and power loss data management techniques to extend reliability, endurance and sustained performance over the life of the SSD.
Brendan Collins, Vice-President of Product Marketing, HGST, said, “With the industry’s highest SAS SSD performance, three endurance-level options, high-capacity and proven reliability, HGST offers the most-advanced 12Gb/s SAS SSDs for the enterprise where it is critical SSDs and HDDs integrate seamlessly in tiered storage environments for optimal efficiency. HGST’s new line of MLC SSDs provides simple, scalable and flexible solutions that ensure system compatibility and ease of integration into new or existing enterprise storage systems and designs.”
HGST claims that each 12Gb/s SAS SSD family delivers an optimal balance of performance, reliability, cost and endurance to meet the unique and diverse workload requirements of nearly any enterprise application. The SSD rates at 25 full drive writes per day (DW/D) for five years. The Ultrastar SSD800MM is also believed to be ideal for applications such as online gaming, big data, and cloud computing.
