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Editor's intro:- Although not as popular as 2.5" SSDs the 3.5" form factor is a strategic market which reveals a lot about the different types of application for SSDs with both RAM and flash based SSDs co-existing even with the same interfaces. Some of these 3.5" products are "no compromise" solid state disks which offer the fastest performance and maximum capacities available in traditional hard disk form factors.

As with all the tables on STORAGEsearch.com the data in this reference article is updated in real-time to reflect changes in the market.

For other form factors see the listings in the Solid State Disks Buyers Guide		 .
3.5 inch SSD OEMs in-Production Models Directory April 30, 2008 - © STORAGEsearch.com
manufacturer interface(s) max capacity (GB) * sustainable read
(Mbytes/sec)		 sustainable write
(Mbytes/sec)
Adtron IDE
SATA
SCSI-2
UltraSCSI		 128 65 55
Altec ComputerSysteme IDE 8 N/A N/A
BiTMICRO Networks Fibre Channel
IDE
SCSI narrow
UltraSCSI		 640 230 155
Curtis Fibre Channel 18 197 197
Hagiwara Sys-Com IDE
SATA
SCSI narrow		 16 45 35
Mtron PATA
SATA		 128 100 80
Myung IDE
SCSI		 16 10 8
PQI IDE 256 60 N/A
SanDisk UltraSCSI 352 40 40
STEC Fibre Channel
IDE		 512 200 100
Super Talent Technology SATA 256 60 45
notes:-

* - not all manufacturers quote capacity to the same height limits. Check original datasheets for detailed comparisons.

N/A - info not available on vendor's web site when this table was first published.
. STEC Ships 4Gbps ZeusIOPS Flash SSDs
ORLANDO, FL - April 7, 2008 - STEC, Inc. announced the volume availability of its first 4Gbps Fibre Cannel compatible ZeusIOPS flash SSDs - which are being shown this week at Storage Networking World.

The Zeus-IOPS range of 2.5" and 3.5" flash SSDs are available in capacities from 18GB up to 512GB. ...STEC profile, SAN

Editor's comments:- it's 2 years since the first shipments of 4Gbps FC storage products. Originally conceived as an interface for hard disk arrays - this kind of throughput (and more) will soon be needed to get the most performance out of the fastest 3.5" SSDs.

I expect flash SSD throughput and IOPs to more than double every year in the period from 2007 to 2012.

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