SandForce released its latest controller for solid state drives announced. The SF-2481 is designed specifically for use in servers that cloud services deliver. The controller can cheap flash memory last longer.
The latest controller from SandForce-stable should help data centers to meet the demand for ssd-based storage, without the high costs often go hand in hand. The SF-2481 controller is therefore designed for the relatively cheap mlc memory is that often in consumer products is used. For serverdoeleinden is usually for the more expensive slc memory is selected.
The short lifespan of mlc flash is one of the reasons for the more durable slc-memory. The SF-2481 is, however, equipped with techniques to prolong the life of the memory to extend the memory status to check for data loss to occur. The DuraWrite technology from SandForce have the battery life to maximize. Encryption is of course also supported and a manufacturer can choose how much space for overprovisioning is reserved.
The controller is suitable for sata-600 interfaces, and supports sata-600-connector delivers read speeds up to 500MB/s. Write is in theory just as quickly and the controller can be up to 60,000 iops for read and write processing. The controller can have up to 512GB of mlc memory that is at 2xnm is produced in the control. The first samples of the controllers are provided, but mass production will only begin in January 2012.