OWC's SSD vs HDD Shootout!
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Why OWC SSD?
- Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant.
- Intelligent "recycling" for advanced free space management.
- Best in class error correction (ECC) and SandForce RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) technology provides RAID-like data protection and reliability without loss of transfer speed due to parity.
- SandForce Processor with 7% over-provisioning maximizes read and write performance to greatly extend the endurance and overall reliability of the drive.
- Up to 100X greater data protection than what the highest rated enterprise class conventional hard disk drive (HDD) provides.
- SandForce DuraClass technology with Ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling offers highest endurance, performance and power efficiency in a SSD.
Over Provisioning & Wear Management Explained
Some of the drive space in OWC SSDs are allocated for RAISE – which provides real time data redundancy, ECC Error Correction, and reserve cell space.
Example: An OWC Pro SSD that's 240GB in size with 7% over-provisioning is actually a 256GB drive with 7% allocated for data management, and to maintain the drive's high-performance level.
Unlike most SSDs on the market today, the Mercury Pro family uses advanced DuraWrite wear-leveling and block management technologies to keep Read/Write performance at peak while others see performance fall.
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- SandForce 2181 Series Processor with 7% Over Provisioning
- Asynchronous Tier 1 NAND Flash Storage
- Standard 9.5mm 2.5"
- SATA 3Gb/s
- Standard
- up to 32 commands
- Yes
- Height (max) 7mm (0.276")
- Width (max) 70.06mm (2.758")
- Length (max) 100.12mm (3.941")
- Weight 77g (0.170 lbs.)
- ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
- Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
- OS Dependent
- Sustained Reads (up to) 285MB/s
- Sustained Writes (up to) 275MB/s
- Read Incompressible Data Rate (up to) 208MB/s
- Write Incompressible Data Rate (up to) 235MB/s
- Random 4K Read Up to 60,000
- IOPS Random 4K Write Up to 60,000
- IOPS Read Latency less than 0.1ms
- Write Latency less than 0.1ms
- Read Latency less than 0.1ms
- Temperature (°F) 32°F to 158°F
- Temperature (°C) 0°C to 70°C
- Temperature (°F) -67°F to 302°F
- Temperature (°C) -55°C to 150°C
- Idle (Typical) 0.0 bels
- Seek (Typical) 0.0 bels