SandForce SSD processor targets cloud computing

SandForce® Inc. will introduce in 2012 the SF-2481 SSD processor optimized for cloud computing environments. The SF-2481 SSD increases the endurance of SSDs built with standard MLC flash by incorporating nearly twice the normal error correction strength.  Its predictive failure analysis capabilities include a new media health test to monitor reliability of the storage solution. These are combined with other features of the second-generation SandForce SATA 6 Gigabit/sec SSD processors with DuraClass technology:

• DuraWrite™ technology to enable balanced performance, write amplification, and garbage collection
• Balanced sequential read and write speeds of up to 500 Megabytes/sec
• Balanced random read and write speeds of up to 60,000 I/Os per second
• RAISE™ technology to protect user data from entirely lost sectors, pages and blocks
• Automatic double AES encryption equal to 300-bit protection with Secure Crypto-Erase control
• Enterprise-level SMART attributes (with the media health test) to enable predictive failure analysis
• User configurable over provisioning to provide increased flexibility when balancing endurance with performance to further optimize individual cloud environments

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