Toshiba has announced its next generation of enterprise solid state drives (eSSDs) designed for applications ranging from email servers, database servers, and virtualized enterprise file servers, to primary storage in read, write or mixed workload environments.
The new PX04S line features high-endurance, mid-endurance, value-endurance and read-intensive models optimized for different applications and workloads. Equipped with dual-port 12.0 Gbit/s SAS interface, the PX04S Series achieves random read 4K sustained IOPS performance up to 270,000 and write IOPS of up to 125,000. This is Toshiba’s first 12.0 Gbit/s SAS SSD series to deliver 3.84TB of operating capacity.
The high-endurance PX04SHB models are targeted at write-intensive virtualized data centres, big data analytics and high performance computing (HPC) workload applications requiring the highest levels of eSSD performance, reliability and endurance. The PX04SHB supports 25 complete drive writes per day (DWPD) with a one hundred per cent random workload and is available in capacities from 200GB to 1.6TB.
The PX04SMB mid-endurance drives have been optimized for mixed-use in mission-critical hyperscale and virtualized environments such as online transaction processing (OLTP) and e-commerce. The drives provide very high levels of predictable performance for optimal system and application performance and support 10 DWPD with capacities of up to 3.2TB.
The PX04SVB value-endurance models are optimized for read-intensive server and storage applications that require a balance of reliability, capacity and endurance. Capable of three DWPD with capacities up to 3.84TB, the PX04SVB SSDs are suited for applications such as media streaming, data warehousing and web servers.
Targeted at read-intensive applications requiring one DWPD or less, the PX04SRB delivers features and performance suitable for a range of enterprise and web-based workloads such as video on demand (VOD) and data warehousing. The PX04SRB models are available in capacities up to 3.84TB.
The PX04S line is available in industry standard 2.5-inch/15mm form factor for alignment with enterprise server and storage arrays and are backed by Toshiba’s limited five-year warranty. In addition to power-loss protection and full data path protection, each model is available as a self-encrypting drive (SED TCG compliance) with instant secure erase.
The PX04S Series features customer-tunable power and performance allowing optimization for power efficiency or maximum performance. The drives also support pin-3 power disable for improved enclosure services control over storage media.
Toshiba’s integrated SSD design and manufacturing capability ensure that key components of the SSD, including NAND flash, are designed by Toshiba, leveraging Toshiba’s vertical integration and leadership strengths in the growing SSD market. Component and design commonality also potentially reduces qualification time for Toshiba customers and reflects Toshiba’s collaborative approach to SSD design and manufacturing.
Samples of the PX04S Series are available now.
