Micron Technology has introduced a new solid-state drive (SSD), providing enterprise customers with a compelling price-to-performance NAND flash memory storage option. This new drive is designed for read caching, direct attached storage (DAS) and booting virtual desktop infrastructures – key applications for servers and blade designs, Micron said.
With the addition of the new RealSSD P400e, Micron's enterprise SSD portfolio now covers the entire enterprise storage spectrum from boot applications to data storage (RealSSD P300) and caching applications (RealSSD P320h).
Storage architects and system administrators demand an increasingly lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Many have previously attempted to achieve this by using client SSDs that are not designed to handle rigorous 24x7 enterprise workloads. Micron claimed that its 25nm MLC NAND is the foundation of the P400e's low TCO, a key driver for the growing encroachment of SSDs into enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) slots.
The P400e SSD ships in capacities ranging from 50GB to 400GB in a standard 2.5-inch, 7-millimeter Z-height form factor that is ideal for thin server blade designs. The drive's SATA 6Gb/s interface is backward compatible to SATA 3Gb/s.
Shipping now, Micron is qualifying the P400e drives with multiple OEM customers. It will also be available to customers through Micron's extensive distribution network.