Samsung SSD User Manual

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Samsung's SSD
is superior to hard
drives in many areas:
performance, reliability,
weight, power usage,
noise and security.
Samsung Solid State Drive
Breakthrough Flash storage Device
selecteD By leaDing Pc venDors
Proven Quality, High Performance and
Differentiating Features Put Samsung
SSDs Ahead of the Pack
Samsung's Solid State Drives (SSDs) are light,
rugged and reliable MLC NAND flash-based PC
storage devices, available in a range of sizes and
densities. After being qualified by several top-tier
PC suppliers, Samsung SSDs have become widely
chosen solid-state drives, currently offered in a
variety of notebook and other portable PCs. In
addition to the drives' outstanding quality, OEMs
are attracted by superior performance and special
features like self encryption for greater security.
This next-generation product offers many advantages
SSD
100% nanD flash
MtBF >1 million hours
1,500g/.5ms
3800/600 @4kB
.43W
75g
0°c to 70°c
1
Performance based on PCMark08 benchmark tests of Samsung 256GB MLC SSD vs. WD Black 1TB 7200rpm HDD. Source: Register Hardware, March 17, 2009
2
Time measured with the following system specification: Platform: Dell E6400 (Intel core2Duo 2.4GHz, 2GB DDR2, ICH9M-E); OS: Windows Vista 32-bit; SSD:
Samsung 256GB MLC SSD; HDD: Hitachi 7200 rpm SATA 3G 200GB
3
Samsung 128GB MLC SSD compared to industry-leading 7200 rpm hard disk drive
over rotating magnetic media such as better reliabil-
ity and performance, remarkable ruggedness, less
weight and significantly lower power consumption.
For example, the performance of the 256-gigabyte
Samsung SSD is 4.2 times greater
rpm notebook hard drive. Compared to an HDD
the SSD's booting and application loading time are
50% less and file copy time is 60% less.
Samsung's SSDs are ideal for traveling profes-
sionals, on-the-go students and others. SSDs
use significantly less power—about 0.26 watts in
operational mode and 0.15 watts in standby mode,
which gives users up to 10% more battery life.
In addition, the SSDs weigh 25% less than most
HDDs, which further improves portability.
SSD vs. HDD Comparison Chart
mechanism type
endurance
shock resistance
IOPS (read/write)
active power consumption
weight (2.5")
operating temperature
1 than a 7200
2
3
HDD
magnetic rotating platters
MtBF < 600k hours
170g/.5ms
102/84 @ 4kB
2W
98g
5°c to 55°c
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