Intel DC S3500 SSDs: $979 for 800GB

Intel Corporation announced the SSD DC S3500 Series, SSDs for data centers and cloud computing.

Designed
for read-intensive applications such as Web hosting, cloud computing
and data center virtualization, the DC S3500 Series is a replacement for
HDDs, allowing data centers to save costs by moving toward an all-SSD
storage model.

Intel SSDs, including the DC S3500 Series, enable
transformational improvements in cloud infrastructure, fostering new and
enriching Web experiences. End customers experience quicker Web page
loads and improved response times as a result of improved data access
times and reduced latency.

IT managers and cloud developers are
rewarded with improved TCO as a result of reduced power consumption,
more consistent performance and smaller space requirements.

More
than half of U.S. businesses now employ cloud computing applications,
and IDC predicts that worldwide spending on cloud services will reach
$44.2 billion this year. Data centers powering these cloud applications
need to quickly, efficiently and reliably scale to handle the tremendous
growth of connected users and data traffic.

"The Intel SSD DC
S3500 Series breaks through barriers   like the need for high
throughput/low latency storage with a low total cost of ownership   to
deliver the storage solution that meets the needs of the cloud, and its
demand for storage, which has exploded in recent years," said Rob Crooke, Intel corporate VP and GM for the non-volatile memory solutions group. "Intel’s
data center family of SSDs helps make cloud computing faster and more
reliable, enabling more transactions and richer experiences."

In
cloud computing and data center environments, fast and consistent
performance, reduced power consumption, high multicore CPU utilization
and stress-free data protection are important requirements. The DC S3500
offers enterprise IT and data center managers storage options that
deliver increased IO performance, reliability and a lower TCO over HDDs,
for cloud applications.

"Intel SSDs have enabled our chip
designers to gain up to 27% performance throughput in our massive design
distributed computing environment," said Kim Stevenson, CIO, Intel. "In fact, we are increasing our deployment of Intel SSDs in our data centers from 10,000 units to 40,000 by the end of this year to enable our global design team to help bring products to market faster."

By combining 20nm Intel’ NAND Flash Memory technology with SATA 6 Gb/s interface support, the DC S3500 delivers sequential read speeds of up to 500 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 450 MB/s and a tight distribution of IO/s with low maximum latencies. Random read performance can go up to 75,000 IO/s.

The
S3500 also includes data protection features to address IT and data
center professional’s concerns of data loss. Built-in capacitors provide
a short period of backup power to the drive allowing it to finish
operations in the event of power loss. The drives also use 256-bit AES encryption for data protection.

The new SSDs will be offered in capacities ranging from 80GB to 800GB and both 2.5- and 1.8-inch
form factors. Available through Intel distributors and resellers, the
S3500 Series is offered at the suggested channel price of $115 for a
1.8-inch 80GB drive and $979 for a 2.5-inch 800GB drive. It is also
accompanied by a 5-year warranty.