Samsung 840 Pro Series SSD now standard
Unrivalled high performance SSD now standard
After extensive trials we are now pleased to announce that all SSD Rocket box servers now use the latest Samsung 840 PRO series drives.
This is our latest stage in a market leading solid state drive journey.
After the initial dismal performce of the crucial SSD dives and OCZ over the last 24 months we switched the first gen Samsung drives, then to the latest Intel 520 series.
We tested with the Latest 3.5ghz Dell/Intel Ivy bridge boxes and Magento flew.
The Samsung 840 PRO is a market killing drive with massive performance over anything else we have tried
Just look at the read and write speeds…
- Sequential Read Speed: Up to 540MB/s
- Sequential Write Speed: Up to 520MB/s
- Random Read Speed: Up to 100K IOPS
- Random Write Speed: Up to 90K IOPS
Official Specification
Unrivalled Performance
Samsung’s SSD 840 PRO Series is a high-performance SSD, capable of delivering up to 100,000 IOPS Random Read Speed and 540MB/s Sequential Read Speed—an SSD of unrivaled high performance. Built with an advanced MDX controller, Samsung’s SSD delivers high speeds regardless of data type, unlike competing controllers that greatly favor compressible data.
Superior Reliability
As the world’s #1 DRAM, NAND Flash, and SSD supplier; Samsung SSDs are designed and built completely in-house. The Samsung SSD 840 Series is optimized for exceptional, sustained performance and unrivaled reliability through its specially-engineered wear-leveling and garbage collection algorithms backed by a generous 5-year limited warranty.
Performance Sustainability
The Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series provides the same excellent performance throughout its entire lifetime even under extremely heavy workloads. In fact, the sophisticated MDX controller is capable of maintaining peak performances under punishing conditions for more than twice as long the nearest competitor.
Business Friendly Features
The 840 SSD 840 PRO Series introduces three important hardware features for businesses: Worldwide Name (WWN), LED Indicator support, and AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption (FDE). The first two features make it easier to integrate the 840 PRO SSD into server and storage systems while the AES Encryption helps safeguard data against attack. By encrypting all information on the disk at the hardware level, there is no detrimental effect on performance.