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Editor:- October 26, 2011 - SMART today announced imminent sampling of the Xcel-200 - a SATA 3 version (500MB/s) of its MIL-STD-810 compliant 2.5" SSD family - which includes encryption and fast erase.
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SMART Xcel-100 SMART's rugged Xcel-100 2.5" SSDs are designed to meet the needs of mission-critical applications where high shock, vibration and temperature tolerances are as important as high performance and reliability. A comprehensive set of diagnostic tools is provided through SSD-specific S.M.A.R.T. attributes which can be used to monitor the health of the drive.
  • interface:- SATA 2.6 (3Gbps)
  • Tested to MIL-STD-810F standards.
  • High reliability, single-level cell (SLC) flash.
  • upto 30k IOPS random R/W (4KB blocks)
  • Capacities available:- 50GB, 100GB, 200GB (9.5 mm height).
  • 250MB/s R/W speeds (sustained), 300MB/s (burst)
  • access time - <100 µsec
  • endurance:- static wear leveling, upto 10,000TB writes
  • data reliability:- < 1 in 1017 bits read
  • error correction:- upto 12 9-bit symbols for every 512-byte sector
  • data fail recovery:- recover up to 1 NAND flash erase block of data
  • operating temperature:- -40°C to +85°C
  • power consumption:- 0.7W (idle), 1.5W (operational)
  • power fail recovery:- array of high reliability capacitors

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