And more CES news, with more to come yet! This one is from Muskin and they’ve just announced the ProSpec series of enterprise class SSDs that feature random read/write performance of 80K/42K IOPS and a sustained transfer rate of 560MB/s. Capacities will be from 100gb to 400gb and no prices mentioned…

 

 

(http://www.mushkin.com) — Mushkin, Inc., an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, today officially announced the worldwide launch of its new enterprise class ProSpec series solid-state drives (SSDs).

"We have time after time demonstrated to PC enthusiasts how Mushkin’s solid-state drive solutions can dramatically improve performance and reduce data transfer times, delivering levels of performance that have earned Mushkin its place as one of the top SSD manufacturers," said Brian Flood, Director, Product Management at Mushkin, Inc.

Designed for the enterprise environment, Mushkin’s ProSpec SSDs deliver random read/write performance of 80K/42K IOPS and a sustained transfer rate of 560MB/s, and are available in useable capacities ranging from 100GB to 400GB. Mushkin’s enterprise class drives come equipped with commercial MLC Flash to achieve 10x the write endurance levels while also delivering no performance degradation over the life of the drive, making it suitable for the enterprise environment. Equipped with Mushkin’s Power Safe Technology, ProSpec SSDs also provide enhanced power-loss data protection through hardware and firmware-based features that prepare the SSD for an unexpected system power loss.

Specifications:

-   SandForce SF-2582 SSD processor

-   Enterprise MLC flash (eMLC) equipped

-   SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) interface (backwards compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s)

-   128-bit AES hardware encryption

-   TRIM support (OS/driver support required)

-   S.M.A.R.T. support

-   Garbage Collection –

-   Wear leveling

-   User-upgradeable firmware

-   RoHS, FCC, CE

-   3-year limited warranty