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    Fujitsu Launches SSD Line

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by WhatsThePoint, Feb 1, 2012.

  1. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    Fujitsu Launches SSD Line As The Old Guard Protects Its Turf

    Fujitsu, a one time supplier of high performance SCSI and mobile hard drives, has announced the release of a new SSD line.

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    Based on the SF-2281 controller, the drives will offer 550MB/s reads and 500MB/s writes along with 55,000 and 40,000 R/W IOPs .

    The drives will be offered in capacities of 120GB and 240GB with prices of $252 and $530 respectively. The products come with a three year warranty and are available, at least initially, in the APAC region.

    Fujitsu Launches SSD Line As The Old Guard Protects Its Turf - The SSD Review
     
    WhatsThePoint, Feb 1, 2012
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    Eew, Sandforce
     
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    Sounds like another Western Digital style half-hearted attempt at entering the SSD market.

    If they're serious about defending their market like Samsung is, they should at least make their own controller, if not the entire drive from the flash up to the firmware.
     
    Peon, Feb 1, 2012
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    good luck with that pricing.
     
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    It is expensive, but check out the label. The label is designed so well compare to say corsair force or patriot or intel oem. I would say it even look better than crucial line design.

    Update on price
    "The drives will be offered in capacities of 120GB and 240GB with prices of $202 and $427 respectively"
     
    baii, Feb 4, 2012
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    So is it faster or more reliable than other brands in the market?
     
    jhl1989, Feb 5, 2012
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    SSDs with decent randoms and ultra low latency CAN make a drive that doesn't score the highest in benchmarks give excellent overall results in real usage.

    About 80% of daily disk access is 16K,8K and 4k reads and writes with writes being the larger of the 2.

    The high sequential numbers in benchmarks ar important 1% of the time.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Feb 5, 2012
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