Microsemi Revealed Self-Encrypted, 2.5-Inch SATA SLC 500GB SSD

Microsemi Corporation announced a secure, 500GB SSD for mobile video surveillance operations, SANs and other high capacity storage applications requiring real-time data protection.

The ruggedized TRRUST-Stor Series 200 2.5" SATA SSD operates at sustained 200MB/s and delivers full-hardware-based erase time of less than 10s. The self-encrypting, half-terabyte SSD is available and currently shipping to multiple customers to support applications requiring massive secure storage capacity.

"Storage security and reliability are primary defenses in the battle to protect critical information from loss or breach that can put individuals, companies, organizations and nations at high risk," said Charlie Leader, GM, Microsemi’s Power Management Group. "Our TRRUST-Stor drives are built for extreme reliability and data integrity, and are the most secure, most reliable SSDs available on the market. We also leveraged our miniaturization technology to create an SSD that is only 9.5mm in height and meets small form factor parameters required for SANs."

The half-terabyte TRRUST-Stor SSD provides military-grade ruggedization as well as safeguards and processes for physical storage with multiple layers of security features. The suite of features prevents corruption and unauthorized access with hardware- and software-based barriers. The drive features a built-in compact in-line encryptor with hardware-implemented, NIST-certified AES-256 encryption using the XTS block cipher mode.

Ruggedization features include error correction, 9PB write endurance, power loss protection and more than 2 million hours MTBF. Enhanced mechanical construction ensures operation in extreme temperatures, humidity, shock and vibration.

The TRRUST-Stor Series 200 is powered by Microsemi’s second generation Armor processor, enabling performance. They also offer the ability to load encryption keys. Customers can input their own AES-256 keys, purge them and reload as needed. TRRUST-Purge technology destroys keys in less than 30ms when activated.

TRRUST-Stor Series 200 Features:

• Capacity: Half-terabyte non-volatile storage using reliable, long-life SLC NAND flash
• Performance: 200MB/s sustained reads and writes
• Encryption: Hardware-based implementation of AES-256 encryption with XTS, protecting sensitive data
• Security: Flexible key management with loadable AES encryption keys. An optional hardware-based authentication enables higher levels of security. The TRRUST-Purge function erases the keys in under 30ms, rendering data forensically unrecoverable.
• U.S.-made: with full BOM and assembly control
• Erase Capability: Hardware-based fast clear of the entire drive occurs in less than 10s
• Reliability: Developed to endure harsh environments, TRRUST-Stor SSD’s ruggedized specifications allow the disk drive to withstand up to 3,000G shock and 30G root-mean-square acceleration (Grms) of vibration.
• Obsolescence Management: Leveraging Microsemi Armor flash management processor and IP, product obsolescence is mitigated.