Mushkin has announced a new series of SSDs, the Scorpion Deluxe series. This series of SSDs, though, is no ordinary lineup, as the units are PCIe- based; thus, they also have much higher read and write speeds.
The units are driven by a total of four Sandforce SF-2281 controllers and have native support for Windows 8, so no drivers are required to get it running. The internal SSDs have a modular design and can be upgraded or replaced easily. The RAID configuration of the internal SSDs can be user-adjusted, and with four SSDs, this offers many options.
With the PCIe x8 interface the fastest and largest unit at 1920 GB, it features read speeds of up to 2165 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1990 MB/s. The units also feature up to 89,000 random read IOPS, as well as up to 107,000 write IOPS.
| Header Cell - Column 0 | 240 GB | 480 GB | 960 GB | 1920 GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read MB/s | 2150 | 2160 | 2160 | 2165 |
| Write MB/s | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Read IOPS | 51,000 | 67,000 | 78,000 | 89,000 |
| Write IOPS | 107,000 | 107,000 | 107,000 | 71,500 |
Mushkin's Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSDs all have an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of 1,000,000 hours, they possess operating temperatures between 0 and 70° C, and will also feature a three-year warranty.
There was no word on when the SSDs would be available, nor was there any information on pricing.
