Seagate Begins to Ship Pulsar Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology on Monday began distribution channel shipments of the Pulsar XT.2 solid state drive (SSD) that combines performance with the data integrity and drive endurance needed for the demanding enterprise environments. The company also announced it is on track to commence channel shipments of the Pulsar 2 SSD enterprise SSD based on multi-level cell NAND flash.

The Pulsar XT.2 is SLC NAND-based, comes in 100GB, 200GB and 400GB capacities and features native SAS 6Gb/s interface. According to the maker, the Pulsar XT.2 SSD delivers the highest levels of consistent performance, data integrity, and drive endurance for the most demanding enterprise environments. The Pulsar XT.2 is the fastest drive in the Seagate portfolio, with sustainable random reads at 48K and writes at 22K IOPS and sequential reads at 360MB/s and writes at 300MB/s.

The Pulsar.2 SSD is the first MLC NAND flash-powered solid-state drive from an enterprise HDD vendor delivering the price/performance, data integrity, and endurance needed for performance-hungry enterprise applications. The drive can automatically detect and correct a multitude of data errors than can occur during normal drive operations to deliver the highest levels of enterprise-class data integrity and endurance. The Pulsar.2 supports both native 6Gb/s SAS and SATA 6Gb/s interfaces and available in 100GB, 200GB, 400GB and 800GB capacities.

“Most SSD suppliers aren’t fully aware of the needs of the enterprise. It isn’t just a fast interface like SAS, Fibre Channel, or PCIe that they need, and it isn’t just IOPS levels in the tens to hundreds of thousands. Without data integrity and reliability, an SSD is worthless to most enterprise users. Seagate’s undeniable leadership in the enterprise HDD market has given the company a deep understanding of the necessity of data integrity and endurance," said Jim Handy of Objective Analysis.

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