Mercury Enterprise Pro 6Gb SATA SSD From OWC

Other World Computing (OWC) showcased its new Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G SSD at Macworld.

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Certified for mission-critical deployments that demand the highest performance and data reliability, the drive delivers data rates of more than 500MB/s, up to 100x greater data protection, and up to 90 percent lower TCO, compared to the highest-rated enterprise-class HDDs.

For added protection, OWC’s new enterprise SSD completes data writes during unexpected power outages and is backed by the warranty of seven years. The OWC Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G will be available by the end of Q1 2012 in 50, 100, 200, and 400GB capacities with pricing from $629.00..

Lowest Possible Cost per IOPS
The Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G SSD combines the SandForce 2500 Series processor with endurance-optimizing SandForce DuraClass technology with Enterprise Toggle Syncronous (eMLC) 10K PE flash NAND to deliver more that 3x the reliability and lifespan of standard MLC NAND. The SandForce-driven SSD also delivers up to 60K IOPS, and over 500MB/s data rates. By ensuring the high level of balanced read/write performance, it keeps the important cost per IOPS ratio at low level while providing the critical reliability and performance metrics required by demanding applications.

Up to 90 Percent Lower Total Cost of Ownership
It offers up to 90 percent lower TCO compared to traditional HDDs because fewer SSDs are required to achieve the same IOPS performance level that multiple hard drives provide.

With fewer drives required:

power consumption is reduced by up to 90 percent
drive environment cooling requirements are reduced
fewer storage racks are needed
data center space expansion can be delayed or even eliminated

Built Specifically to Handle I/O-Intensive Applications
Designed for I/O-intensive enterprise servers, storage arrays, and high-end workstations, as well as SMBs in the financial, telecom, web/mail, gaming, public security, retail, and professional media creation/editing industries, the Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G is for:

highest performance, lowest latency
intense I/O workloads
OLTP
data warehousing, data mining, and web serving
dynamic tiered storage solutions
transaction-intense Tier 0 storage

Writes Data During Power Outage
To maintain data integrity and prevent data loss during unexpected power interruptions, the Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G employs OWC’s proprietary Paratus Power Technology. This internal power solution is designed to automatically and seamlessly supply sufficient power to ensure any existing writes will be committed/retired to the Enterprise Pro 6G and shut the drive down properly.

ROI as Fast as the Drive
By deploying Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G SSDs for an I/O-intensive task such as an Extract Transform Load (ETL) process, an IT department can reduce data sessions involving up to 25 million records from eight hours to two hours. With six hours of newfound data analysis, an IT staff can execute multiple sessions on the same day. That’s a competitive advantage that can be used to deliver an immediate ROI impact on the bottom line.

Double the Data Security
High-level security protocols are used to ensure data stored in the Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G is safe from loss, theft, or repurposing. Data is automatically stored in a secure AES-256/128 hardware double encrypted format; and the drive meets all TCG Enterprise Security requirements.

World Record Proven in Enterprise Applications
Because SandForce processors have proven themselves in the enterprise arena by enabling IBM Power Systems servers to set a world record TPC-C Online Transaction Processing benchmark, OWC chose them to power the Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G SSD. In fact, SandForce-driven processors have been at the heart of OWC’s built-in-the-USA SSD line since its introduction in 2010.

"Our expertise in designing class-leading Solid State Drives continues to evolve as we pursue new user markets," said Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. "Our 3G consumer and 6G prosumer models are widely viewed as offering the best combination of price, performance, and support available and we’re now bringing those same advantages to Enterprise and SMB users with a best-in-class model that also offers massive positive bottom line impact."

Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G Key Features:

Second-generation SandForce 2500 series processor with 28 percent over provisioning maximizes high-density NAND flash memory performance
6Gb SATA Revision 3.0 interface with NCQ
Toshiba Enterprise Toggle Synchronous (eMLC) 10K PE NAND flash for up to 3x the reliability and lifespan of standard MLC NAND
Maintains high level of balanced read/write performance (up to 60K IOPS and over 500MB/s data rates
Qualified for use with all RAID levels
Longest SSD warranty in the industry: seven years
OWC Paratus Power Technology ensures any existing writes will be committed/retired to prevent data loss and the drive will be shut down properly during an unexpected power interruption

Pricing, Availability
The OWC Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G will be available from Other World Computing as well as through select retailers by the end of Q1 2012 in the following MSRP configurations: