Any 256GB SSDs SLC in 2.5" size?

[rkruz]

Do you know of any product or any manufacturer who may have announced a 2.5" Solid State Drive that using SLC technology (SAS or SATAII).
Thanks in advance!

 

[udaman]

Do you know of any product or any manufacturer who may have announced a 2.5" Solid State Drive that using SLC technology (SAS or SATAII).
Thanks in advance!

Yes...do U really need SLC? MLC cost less, SLC cost a fortune if it's not for business. If business then maybe you need PCI-Express SSD, much higher bandwidth & IOPS

 

[rkruz]

Yes...do U really need SLC? MLC cost less, SLC cost a fortune if it's not for business. If business then maybe you need PCI-Express SSD, much higher bandwidth & IOPS

its a special application, cost is not an issue for these. Any idea who might make a 256GB SLC?

 

[sdbardwick]

SuperTalent, apparently.

 

[LunarMist]

I wonder if MLC flash memory will eventually take over completely.

 

[rkruz]

could be. Smart Modular Technologies makes a EMLC with 30,000 write cycles. (SLC is 100,000). Cheap like MLC.

 

[ddrueding]

I believe that MLC is the way of the future. Need more reliability? Put in better error checking and redundancy in the controller.

 

[udaman]

its a special application, cost is not an issue for these. Any idea who might make a 256GB SLC?

Not 4 sale yet, but soon...fastest I know of...but then again, if it's a "special" app, as in mil spec or some other rigorous requirement then you'll look at 'industrial' suppliers wares.

Check here:

http://www.storagesearch.com/foremay.html

In June 2009 - Foremay announced one of the fastest 2.5" SLC flash SSDs in the market. The SATA compatible SC199 Cheetah V-Series has sustained R/W speeds of 260MB/s and /250MB/s respectively and 42,000 random IOPS. Capacity options range from 32GB to 256GB....


In July 2009 - Foremay announced a new 1.8" SLC flash SSD. The SATA compatible SC 199 Cheetah has sustained R/W speeds of 250MB/s and 220MB/s respectively. R/W IOPS are 6,000 and 5,200 respectively. Capacity options range from 16GB to 64GB. Endurance for the 16GB device is rated at 87 years assuming 50GB sequential writes per day.

In November 2009 - Foremay announced it is shipping the world's fastest 2.5" SATA flash SSDs. The SC199 Cheetah Y-Series has R/W speeds up to 290/280 MB/s in 2.5" and 3.5" SATA form factors - which approaches the theoretical speed limit of the SATA-II protocol. It also delivers impressive R/W IOPS of up to 50,000/45,000 respectively....Also in November 2009 - Foremay announced that secure erase and fast purge options are now available for most models in its SC199 SSD product family.

In February 2010 Foremay started sampling its EC188 D-series 2nd generation fast PCIe SSDs with capacity upto 4TB (MLC) and 1TB (SLC). The new SSDs deliver sequential speeds up to 1.6 GB/s for reading and 1.5 GB/s for writing, and R/W IOPS up to 200K/180K.

...but if U want faster in the 2.5in form factor, then check the SSD thread here 4 link to the Crucial C300 using the new 6Gbps SATA interface, on sale next week!