Samsung's 25GB / 50GB Enterprise SSDs can't stop, won't stop under heavy loads

pureSilicon's rugged Renegade SSDs may be tough as nails, but if you're lookin' to start up your own video-on-demand server or online transaction processing center, you may want to look Samsung's way. The outfit has just announced that it's mass producing 25GB and 50GB Enterprise SSDs, which are designed for "performance-optimized server applications." Sammy proclaims that the SLC-based drives have around "twice the random write performance of its standard 32GB and 64GB SLC SSDs," and better still, they consume less than 25% of the power of a 2.5-inch 15k SAS HDD. More specifically, this duo will provide 100 times the number of IOPS per watt as a typical 15K 2.5-inch SAS HDD and five times the number of IOPS per dollar as a 10K 2.5-inch SCSI HDD. Not surprisingly, Samsung doesn't bother dishing out prices, but you can expect to pay top dollar given the abuse these are built to withstand.

[Erb Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:00AM]

Imagine 5 of these in a raid...

Drools.

[Shinigami Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:35AM]

*Imagines the price*
O_O

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:02AM]

Let me know when I can get one for $300 ;-)

[Shinigami Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:35AM]

Me too! :)

[Chuuchdizzle Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:15AM]

Sorry but it doesn't impress me when 25% power savings are compared to a 15k SCSI, unless Im missing something very important.

[Towncivilian Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:27AM]

It uses less than 25% total power of said 2.5" drive.

[Tim Brown Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:46AM]

It is a common component for modern blade servers. Typically 2 of these per blade and several blades per rack. So the savings do add up.

[KAL326 Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:43AM]

The point your missing is that you are going to need a lot of these to make up the storage capacity that a 2.5" 15k drive can deliver. If you need 300GB of storage, the 25% energy savings isn't going to mean a lot if you need 6 to 12 of these drives to get it.

[DAZA Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:43AM]

Will they ever give me up? Or let me down?

[stridermt2k Posted Oct 31st 2008 7:57AM]

Because
it can't
and
it won't
and
ya don't stop

(solid state rockin' a sure shot)

[iomatic Posted Oct 31st 2008 6:02PM]

I think it's more of a junior senior reference?

[Ghen Posted Oct 31st 2008 8:21AM]

bad boy 4 life?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:04AM]

How does this compare to Intels' Enterprise SSD?

[stridermt2k Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:13AM]

They called Intel's Enterprise a GARBAGE SCOW!!!!

[blash Posted Oct 31st 2008 11:17AM]

We need an Engadget Swag contest for like 10 of these XD