Intel X25-E Extreme 32GB SATA 2.5-Inch SLC Solid State Drive

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• Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001J2LQBU
• Item model number: SSDSA2SH032G1C5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 29, 2009

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Amazon.com Product Description The Intel X-25E Extreme SATA Solid State Drive is the ideal storage solution for servers, high-end workstations, and other enterprise applications. Unlike traditional hard drives with moving parts, the X-25E uses NAND flash memory that offers extreme performance and reliability and delivers the highest Input/Output Operations per second (IOPS) per watt.

The X-25E drive offers extreme performance and reliability.

A New Kind of Storage for Faster Performance and Better Reliability
For enterprise applications, where performance, reliability, power consumption, and space are critical, the X-25E is the ideal solution. Instead of spinning platters like traditional hard drives, the X-25E is a Solid State Drive (SSD) and uses flash memory for storage, so there are no moving parts to break down.

The X-25E works and installs just like traditional drives: it uses the latest SATA interface for throughput of up to 3.0 Gbps and is in the industry-standard 2.5-inch form factor. For your peace of mind, Intel has even tested and validated every X-25E drive on the latest Intel-based server and workstation platforms, so you'll be confident of its superb reliability.

All this adds up to a storage solution that is quieter, cooler, takes up less space, and uses less power. Just imagine the reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) when you replace dozens of high-RPM traditional drives in your server with just one X-25E.

Performs Even Faster than Other Solid State Drives
Intel has been making memory chips for decades, and it shows with the X-25E's intelligent design and outstanding performance. The drive implements an advanced architecture, using 10 parallel NAND flash channels with single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory for greater performance and reliability than drives that use multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory. The drive also features technologies such as Native Command Queuing, which enables up to 32 simultaneous operations.

The result is higher input/output operations per second (IOPS) and throughput than other SSD drives on the market. It achieves sustained sequential read speeds of up to 250 MBps and sustained sequential write speeds of up to 170 MBps, with a read latency of just 75 microseconds. The X25-E performs more than 35,000 IOPS with random 4 KB reads, and more than 3,300 IOPS with random 4 KB writes.

Higher Reliability and Silent Operation
Compared to traditional hard drives, the X-25E is both faster and more durable. Since it doesn't have spinning disks or writing heads, there are fewer parts to fail. It is also less susceptible to vibrations and shock and is completely silent. The X-25E is rated at 2 million hours mean time before failure (MTBF) for superb reliability.

Lower Power Consumption is Good for the Wallet and Environment
The X-25E also consumes far less power than traditional drives, lowering energy costs an making it an environmentally friendly choice. When active, the drive draws 2.4 W on a typical server workload and just 0.06 W when idle.

The Intel X-25E Extreme SATA Solid State Drive is RoHS compliant for its use of non-hazardous materials. It supports Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands as well as additional SSD monitoring. It is backed by a three-year limited warranty.

The great performance of the X-25E makes it ideal for servers, workstations, and other critical use.

Product Description

Intel 32GB 2.5" X25-E Extreme SATA SSD drive, NAND Flash Memory. It offers outstanding performance and reliability, delivering the highest IOPS per watt for servers, storage, and high end workstations.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked fast amazing drive, January 16, 2009

By	Benjamin Healy - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been using one of these for about 6 months now and I must say it's amazing. The snappiness of applications on starting up is fantastic. It is a bit of a pain to have to offload a lot of things to slower storage, but it's made development on this system a breeze!

I'd give it 4.5 stars just because of the price, but otherwise it's been good to me.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review..., March 14, 2009

By	fujitsufreak (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

Ubuntu boots up so fast i'm going to cry.

Cons.
Btrfs isn't out yet.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The future of Hard drives is here (minus the size and price), July 10, 2009

By	Mark Muehlbauer "-Mark" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The X25-E is, simply put, awesome. Over the next few years ALL and I do mean all hard drives will move toward this technology. For those of you on the fence debating the X25-E there are a few points to consider.
1) Storage needs: This is a 32 GB drive (formats to about 30 GB). After the OS and your main apps there is not a lot of room left for data, unless we are talking text docs, spreadsheets, etc. (Note: on a high speed 32 GB USB flash drive Warcraft plays very well).
2) Price point: These drives, although awesome as they are, have a heavy price. Typical early market adoption scenario.
So, those were the `negative' points <cracking knuckles> now allow me. . . .
1) This drive is so fast. This is not a hard drive as we used to know it. This is RAM stuffed into a hard drive; sort of. Non volatile (without power it keeps your data, like a typical hard drive). Search youtube for mem89756 and watch the video on this drive to see it in action.
2) In the Windows world use Vista or, preferably, Windows 7 with this drive as there have been many optimizations around this type of drive relative to those two operating systems. I won't digress here, just to say that we now must think of drive space efficiency with respect to longevity coupled with the capacity to spread the data out throughout the memory space.
3) Power consumption has been reduced substantially. There are no moving parts. This is analogous to moving from portable CD players to flash memory MP3 players. However, being that a hard drive is only a function of the total power consumed in a computer; this will hold a value in relation to the hard drive consumption. So, this new hard drive, in a laptop, may now use 40% less power. However, in relation to overall system power demand we may see a 5 to 10 percent increase in battery life. In the smaller netbook laptops we would see the most increase in battery life per charge as the rest of the system has, in ratio, a better power consumption proportion.
4) This is an SLC drive, not MLC. This means better read/write speed from the memory array. Wikipedia these two terms to understand why these (SLC, MLC) are different relating to performance and storage capacity.
5) G-shock rating. Although for what I paid for the drive I am not wanting to voluntarily test this. The drive has no moving parts and can therefore take as much abuse as the welding points can handle. Easy to say, this is exponentially higher than the "record player" style hard drives prevalent of today's mass storage drives.
6) I am sure others will have a few more to add. The single slowest component of your computer is your hard drive. I have been harping on this since 1992. Now, I hope you can follow the mantra with a BIG smile on your face after installing your OS on this great new technology. The single LARGEST improvement to computer performance in 2009.