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Review Summary
SandForce 2281 Series Processor with 7% Over Provisioning
Tier 1 Asynchronous MLC NAND Flash
Standard 7mm 2.5"
SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s supported, SATA 3.0 Compliant
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
Sustained Reads 6Gb/s (up to): 556MB/s
Sustained Writes 6Gb/s (up to): 523MB/s
Sustained Reads 3Gb/s (up to): 284MB/s
Sustained Writes 3Gb/s (up to): 268MB/sRead
Incompressible Data Rate (up to): 208MB/sWrite
Incompressible Data Rate (up to): 235MB/s
Random 4K Read4: Up to 60,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write4: Up to 60,000 IOPS
Read Latency: less than 0.1ms
Write Latency: less than 0.1ms
Operating: 32 to 158 deg. F / 0 to 70 deg. C
Non-Operating: -40 to 185 deg. F / -40 to 85 deg. C
ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
OS Dependent
Less than 1 sector per 1016 bits read
Idle (Typical): 0.0 bels
Seek (Typical): 0.0 bels
Yes
7 x 70.06 x 100.12mm / 0.28 x 2.76 x 3.94"
77g / 2.72oz (+/- 2g / 0.07oz)
794504338454
OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Electra 6G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 7mm Solid State Drive for High Speed Personal Computing, Home Office, Gaming and Personal Photography. When only the fastest and most reliable Solid State Drive on the market today will suffice for your data storage and backup, look no further than the OWC 480GB Mercury Electra 6G SSD.
DuraWrite extends the endurance of your Solid State Drive (SSD).
Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly across the entire SSD.
Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads the active read/write across the flash components eliminating data corruption caused by constant use.
Intelligent "Recycling" for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted.
RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup.
Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life.
This internal 2.5" SATA SSD uses the latest SandForce 2281 Processor and DuraClass technology to deliver the highest transfer speed, endurance and performance available today. With sustained reads up to 556MB/s and writes up to 523MB/s, up to 100x greater data protection than enterprise class Hard Disk Drives and RAISE technology for RAID like data protection and reliability, the OWC 480GB Mercury Electra 6G SSD line delivers unbeatable performance that's backed by a 3 Year OWC SSD Limited Warranty.
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