Another SSD option for you to consider.
The SSD offerings have just gotten bigger with a new co-branded drive from Super Talent and Toshiba.
The two companies this week announced a new SSD line, dubbed the UltraDrive DX, that is designed for reliability and security.
Super Talent detailed in a press release that the first level of security for the UltraDrive DX is an encrypted password. The second level of protection the DX incorporates is new hardware data randomization technology, which happens automatically with every write to the drive to prevent unauthorized copying of blocks of data.
Hardware data randomization does not affect the drive's performance, which is quoted at sequential read speeds of up to 230 MB/sec and sequential write speeds of up to 180 MB/sec.
“As the first Toshiba co-branded SSD on the market, UltraDrive DX features a Toshiba controller and Toshiba’s MLC NAND flash memories.The DX provides superb security and reliability features combined with cutting edge performance in both read and write speeds”, explained Super Talent Director of Marketing, Joe James.
We don't even know the performance yet..
Still too expensive!
Where are those pricedrops to $1/1GB analysts where proclaiming?
I think very much it will be a mass product!
Analysts probably didn't factor in increasing corporate demand for SSDs, the ensuing chip shortage, and the increased complexity of the controllers... Next year, if they are even still relevant, and that is also an important factor. Something could come along and make them obsolete....
Just compare those prices to server 10K - 15K HDD and you'll find it reasonable enough.
Perhaps if the fruit company would sell all their stuff exclusively with SSD's, prices could come down faster.