IDF: Intel Announces Enterprise SSD 710-Series
Intel announces the replacement for the aging X25-E solid state disk drives (SSDs).
Codenamed Lyndonville, the 710-series drives will be available in 100, 200 and 300 GB capacities for server applications. The new SSDs use 25 nm multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory instead of the single-level cell (SLC) flash that was used in the X25-E series, which was available in 32 GB and 64 GB versions.
Since Intel is using MLC, there isn't much performance gain in this new generation. Instead of 250 MB/s read and 170 MB/s write, the 710-series provides 270 MB/s read and 210 MB/s write data transfer rates. The IOPS count is now at 38,500, up from 35,000. The reliability rating remains at 2 million hours MTBF. There are a few new features in Intel's enterprise SSDs: The 710- drives can use AES 128-bit to encode data and there is a capacitor which acts as a buffer if there is a sudden power loss.
The 100 GB versions will sell for $650, the 200 GB model for $1250 and the 300 GB flagship model for $1900.
Ouch...
They know what they can sell, and how much they can sell it for. Convince people that 'this is what your business needs' and you've made millions.
But, in this famous thread (http://www.xtremesys...-Vs-34nm/page66), the crucial m4 has passed 500TB in writes and it is still going..
Sandforce enterprise SSDs have a capacitor as well