Pliant Lightning LS 300S Enterprise Flash Drive Sets New Performance Standard
When Pliant Technologies set out to build the highest performing enterprise solid state drive (SSD), there were a series of decisions involving format and interface that could make or break the project. By choosing Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), they opted for an interface that could take advantage of the drive’s ability to simultaneously read and write. While SAS is a complex interface implying more development time and cost, it would be worth it. While the majority of SSDs are 2.5 inch format, Pliant chose to provide both 2.5 and 3.5 inch formats. The larger format will support higher capacity and higher bandwidth because more flash chips in the package provide more simultaneous access paths for reads and writes, boosting performance. Like EMC and other enterprise storage providers, Pliant chose the term Enterprise Flash Drive (EFD) to describe the offering and differentiate it from other SSDs.SSG-NOW Subscription Content
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