OWC Ships SSDs with SandForce SF-1232
OWC's Mercury Extreme Pro line uses the new SandForce SF-1232 processor.
Other World Computing (OWC) said Friday that its new line of internal SATA 2.5-inch Mercury Extreme Pro SSDs have officially launched. The SSDs will be the first to use the new SandForce SF-1232 processor which supports the largest SandForce-based SSD capacity to date--480GB. Prices range from $194.99 to $1,679.99, depending on the model.
OWC divided the Mercury Extreme Pro line into two groups: the "prosumer" and "enterprise level." For the former category, the "Pro" drives come in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacities. The enterprise-level, RAID-Ready "Pro RE" series consists of drives with 50GB, 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB capacities. All eight models are PC and Macintosh compatible, and will even fit into a desktop scenario by using an optional multi-mount adapter kit, sold separately.
"We’re quite pleased to be the first SSD maker to commence regular shipping of the largest capacity, performance leading SandForce-based processor SSD on the market," said Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. "Now with models from 50GB to the new 480GB, our high performance Mercury Extreme Pro SSDs are available with capacity and price points for every type of Mac and PC user."
OWC said that the drives offer data rates up to 285MB/s, SandForce DuraClass technology with Ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling, ECC and SandForce RAISE technology, AES-128 encryption, and more. All eight models can be purchased directly from OWC here.
Welcome to SSDs?
Welcome to SSDs?
I am certain is will
The more I read, the more I find that HD video editing benefits from source disks that can maintain their throughput speeds. Hard disks drop in performance while SSDs sustain their speeds. That is one scenario where these would benefit (and if you are willing to drop $3k to $150+k on a camera, what is a few thousand for some source drives).
After 3 years I generally start looking for HD replacements and sell off my old stuff. I don't see them dying before then. I will most definitely be replacing them with updated drives (larger/faster) as I'd probably want to kill myself if I went back to slow and loud 10k spinners.
They don't really die like they used to, now we have TRIM and garbage collection which keeps the SSD at peak performance (or close) for as long as possible, with this, SSD's can now last for 20-100 years unless something stupid happens..
The problem is the ssd has been out for 10 years now and are just now becoming affordable... do you really want to wait another 10 years for them to be standard and/or cheap?
Wow, you only need that much space? You must be running puppy linux or something! I'm happy to tell you that for $100 you can buy SSDs with 320X that capacity
SSD smoke, Don't breathe this!