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Nitro N1

Introduction

Nitro™ N1 Solid-State Drive (SSD) is designed to deliver uncompromised performance and efficiency in Data Center environments. Nitro N1 SSD offers enhanced read and write speeds, industry-leading random IOPS, and the highest storage density of any product on the market.

Energy Efficient

Nitro N1 was designed to offer the highest levels of performance per watt, a metric that is highly justifiable in data centers struggling to keep available IO high and energy costs low. Until now, this type of performance efficiency was unheard of in data center environments.

The Nitro is capable of providing 10,000 IOPS/watt, this is over 160X better than hard disk drive alternatives. The end result to customers is reduced short term IT spending, lower energy and maintenance costs, and higher levels of performance and reliability; this equates to a significant reduction in overall Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and more 'Green Friendly' operations.

Superior Performance and Storage Density

Nitro N1 accelerates performance to industry-leading levels by leveraging a multi-channel, highly parallel controller architecture utilizing high-speed Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) for processor offloading and data buffering. The result is throughput reaching 245MB/s and random input/outputs (IOPS) at small block sizes reaching 50,000.

Nitro N1 is offered in a wide range of storage densities from 32GB to 512GB utilizing industry standard Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND Flash based on the latest 34nm process technology, or densities to 1 Terabyte utilizing the lastest 34nm Multi Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash technology. This allows the highest possible densities in smaller form-factors and higher device-level performance than storage devices built using older lithography techniques.

Features & Benefits

Feature
Benefit
High Read/Write Throughput
Allows faster large file and streaming data transfers
Extreme Read/Write IOPS
Allows fastest small and random file transfers and access times
Highest Capacities
Store more data in less space
Low Power Requirements
More efficient, less energy needed, and environmentally friendly
SLC or MLC Flash Memory
More choices, decide between higher density MLC or higher endurance SLC NAND Flash technology

Specifications

Interface, Capacity, Memory Technology
Host Interface
SATA 2.0
Interface Ports
1
Capacities
32, 64, 128 256, 512 GB, and 1 TB (MLC only)
Sector Size
512 bytes per sector
Memory Type
SLC or MLC NAND Flash
Performance (Preconditioned, Steady State)
Sequential Read
245 MB/s
Sequential Write
215 MB/s
Random Read
50,000 IOPS @ 4K
Random Write
10,000 IOPS @ 4K
Average Latency
< 100 us
Power Characteristics
Input
5.0 V
Idle
0.1 W
Typical
4.8 W
Reliability
Read Endurance
Unlimited
Write Endurance
Guarenteed Unlimited 5 years
Power-on Hours
8760 per year
MTBF
2.0 million hours
Environment
Operating Temperature
0° C to +70° C
Non-operating Temperature
-55° C to +100° C
Shock
1500 G, Duration 0.5 ms, Half Sine Wave
Vibration
20 G Peak, 10 ~ 2000 Hz, x3 Axis
Physical Dimensions
Height
9.5 mm
Length
100.5 mm
Width
69.85 mm
Weight
95 gram