Akitio Special Edition Red Node Lite Thunderbolt 3 With 960GB Intel Optane 905P SSD

Akitio announced the availability of the special edition Red Node Lite with 960GB Intel Corp.‘ Optane SSD 905P.

The red Node Lite bundled with an Optane drive is available on Amazon and through various company’s resellers.

With performance and endurance, the Node Lite with Optane SSD delivers transfer rates of up to 2,600MB/s. Connecting to a computer via Thunderbolt 3, this external drive is ready to handle the demanding storage workloads for both Mac and PC users.

Features:

Thunderbolt 3 for fast transfer speeds up to 40Gbp/s
Bundled with a 960GB capacity PCIe (NVMe) SSD with transfer speeds of up to 2,600MB/s (2.6GB/s)
Transparent acrylic panel to show off the colorful LED lights on the SSD
Dedicated DisplayPort for additional monitor to expand the workspace
2nd Thunderbolt port supports Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1, and DisplayPort devices
Daisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt devices
Durable and rugged aluminum casing

Red Node Lite rear

Optane SSD
The Optane SSD 905P is designed for demanding storage workloads, delivering high random R/W performance coupled with low latency and industry endurance. Built with Optane technology, the SSD 905P is empowering professional users, content creators, and enthusiasts to extract greater platform performance.

The Optane SSD 905P provides an ten DWPD (Drive Writes per Day), making it a high endurance client SSD. Professionals with demanding storage workloads can now tackle bigger projects with peace of mind, counting on years of performance without the need for frequent drive replacements.

“We are extremely pleased to announce the availability of this new product,” said Richard Wright, VP, Akitio. “We believe that Intel chose to partner with Akitio on this project due to the fact that Akitio is a serious developer and innovator of Thunderbolt products. While many other companies currently selling Thunderbolt products merely slap their logo onto products developed by other companies, Akitio has been and continues to be a leading developer and trendsetter in the Thunderbolt ecosystem. All Akitio products are developed in-house and often in conjunction with Intel and other partners. Akitio has become well known as a company that has the knowledge and flexibility to develop new products much quicker than the competition. Akitio focuses on new and cutting edge products such as Thunderbolt 3 and the Intel Optane technology and we are indeed pleased to have been chosen to partner with Intel to bring this plug and play product to market.“

The Node Lite with Optane is currently bundled with a 960GB Optane SSD 905P. The company also intends to release other versions of the red Node Lite with larger capacity Optane drives as those drives become available from Intel.

The Node Lite with Optane is available on Amazon and through other resellers and retail outlets for $1,499.99.

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2018.05.11 | Press Release