Anobit has introduced their Genesis line of enterprise SSDs, which they claim are the first MLC SSDs to achieve enterprise-class reliability courtesy of their Memory Signal Processing technology.
Anobit’s MSP technology allows the Genesis drives to have a 50,000 cycle write endurance rating using a standard low-cost MLC SSD. In practical terms this means the drive can withstand a full disk write with random data ten times a day for five years. MLC technology is considerably less expensive than SLC, which is used in nearly all enterprise-class drives. This approach is similar to the SandForce/IBM announcement a few weeks ago.
The main difference between SLC and MLC memory is that SLC stores a single bit of information per cell; MLC stores multiple bits.
Anobit says the Genesis SSDs have 20,000 IOPS random write 30,000 IOPS random read; 180MB/s sustained write and 220MB/s sustained read.
Availability
Anobit Genesis SSDs are available today for OEM qualification in 200GB and 400GB capacities.
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