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Review Summary
2017-02-28T12:19:29
This drive was easy to install and definitely makes everyday operation faster, but I'm having issues with very slow response to password entry upon waking from sleep in my Macbook Pro 7,1 Mid-2010.
John A.
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SandForce 2181 Series Processor with 7% Over Provisioning
Tier 1 Asynchronous MLC NAND Flash Memory
Standard 7mm / 2.5"
SATA 3Gb/s
480GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components 512GB
32GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
447GiB
Qualified for single drive and multiple drive production workstation RAID 0/1/10/0+1 and SPAN usage
Standard
Up to 32 commands
Yes
ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
Less than 1 sector per 1016 bits read
285MB/s
275MB/s
208MB/s
235MB/s
Up to 60000 IOPS
Up to 60000 IOPS
Less than 0.1ms
Less than 0.1ms
32 to 158 deg. F / 0 to 70 deg. C
-67 to 302 deg. F / -55 to 150 deg. C
7.0 x 70.06 x 100.12mm / 0.276 x 2.758 x 3.941"
77g +/- 2g (2.72oz +/- 0.07oz)
794504337754
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