Micron announces high performance SSDs for the enterprise
By segmenting the market in to three areas; high performance, mainstream and entry level, Micron hopes to soon have products targeting each and already offers SSDs for the mainstream enterprise segment.
The latest development, the P320h, reaches higher speeds and densities; up to 700Gbyte and maximum input/output operations/s (IOPS) of 750,000 IOPS for read, and 341,000 IOPS for write. According to figures generated by analyst IDC, the amount of digital content created and replicated throughout 2010 reached 1.2 zettabytes, accessing this data quickly will demand new storage solutions.
The P320h, as with Micron’s existing SSD products, uses single level cell (SLC) NAND technology, while its competitors have already adopted multi-level cell (MLC). While SLC has many benefits over MLC in terms of speed and endurance, the greater density offered by MLC means that Micron is also investigating using it in its next products, which are expected to target the entry level segment of the market.
The new SSDs use Micron’s own controller and NAND technology, which it claims gives it an advantage over its competition in terms of achieving maximum performance, while the densities offered with the initial products reach 350Gbyte and 700Gbyte. They will be available in a full height, half length form factor, while other form factors are in development.
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