Kingston Enterprise SSDNow E50 to Support Virtualization Initiatives

Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced the SSDNow E50, the company’s latest enterprise SSD.

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SSDNow E50 enables performance-focused organizations that do not have heavy endurance needs to obtain the same enterprise performance as Kingston’s SSDNow E100 but at a more cost-effective price point.

Kingston was exhibiting at VMworld.

SSDNow E50 allows companies to take advantage of enterprise SSD performance for tasks such as data caching, frequently accessed data within applications, online transactional processing and virtualization performance. It helps alleviate I/O latencies and server bottlenecks by providing greater IO/s and higher bandwidth.

SSDNow E50 features data integrity protection via DuraWrite technology that extends the life of the SSD by effectively and efficiently reducing the number of Flash writes via an intelligent compression engine without sacrificing data integrity. RAISE reduces the number of uncorrectable errors in the drive, over and above standard error code correction. Its intelligent power failure protection prevents data loss in the event of a power outage or interruption.

"We found that there was a demand within our customer base and partner community for an SSD that offers enterprise-strength reliability and superior features but with lower endurance capabilities and associated costs," said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. "Based on this feedback, we developed SSDNow E50 and are pleased to further expand Kingston’s SSD family to support the evolving needs of our customers and partners."

Kingston is celebrating 25 years in the memory industry. The company was founded on October 17, 1987, and has grown to become the largest third-party memory manufacturer in the world. The 25th anniversary video can be found here along with more information, including a timeline of Kingston’s history. In addition, HyperX memory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The first HyperX high-performance memory module was released in November 2002

Kingston SSDNow KC300 Features and Specs:

Form factor: 2.5", 7mm height
Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
Capacities: 100GB, 240GB, 480GB
Controller: SandForce-SF2581
Encryption: AES 128bit
Sequential R/W: SATA Rev. 3.0 – 100GB, up to 550/530MB/s – 240GB, up to 550/530MB/s – 480GB, up to 530/500MB/s
Maximum 4k Read/Write: 100GB, 85,000/ 80,000 IO/s – 240GB, 85,000/ 73,000 IO/s – 480GB, 74,000/ 36,000 IO/s
Random 4k Read/Write: 100GB, 27,000/ 82,000 IO/s – 240GB, 48,000/ 72,000 IO/s – 480GB, 53,000/ 32,000 IO/s
Additional Features: Enterprise SMART Tools
Total Bytes Written (TBW): 100GB, 310TB 3 DWPD4 – 240GB, 739TB 3 DWPD4 – 480GB, 1,747TB 3 DWPD4
Power Consumption: 100GB, 1.26 W Idle / 1.28 W Avg / 1.44 W (MAX) Read / 2.32 W (MAX) Write – 240GB, 1.25 W Idle / 1.27 W Avg / 1.43 W (MAX) Read / 2.74 W (MAX) Write – 480GB, 1.29 W Idle / 1.31 W Avg / 1.47 W (MAX) Read / 3.2 W (MAX) Write
Storage temperatures: -40°C ~ 85°C
Operating temperatures: 0°C ~ 70°C
Dimensions: 69.9mm x 100mm x 7mm
Weight: 92.34g
Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7-800Hz)
Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10-2,000Hz)
Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support: three-year warranty with free technical support