M Systems Flash Disk Pioneers announced the availability of a
Fast Flash Disk (FFD), the industry's fastest flash memory SCSI
disk. The FFD is designed for systems that require highly
reliable data storage in rugged or demanding environments, such
as flight instrumentation, mobile systems, and PBX systems. In
such environments, conventional disks tend to fail, due to their
mechanical components - magnetic drives (including hard drives)
are much less reliable than solid state disks. In many
environments, motion, vibration and contamination to the hard
drive can cause data to become unreadable or even lost. The FFD
has a sustained read rate of 3 Mbytes/sec and a write rate of 1
Mbyte/sec, making it the fastest Solid State Disk on the market.
To prevent compromising sensitive data, an ultra fast security
erase feature wipes out all the data on the Flash Disk in less
than one second. The FFD is offered in capacities ranging from 20
to 800 Mbytes, larger than any solid state flash disk currently
available. M-Systems has combined its industry-leading True Flash
File System (TrueFFS(R)) software with an enhanced Reed-Solomon
Error Detection and Correction (EDC/ECC) to provide full
read/write capability, high performance, and data reliability.
Evaluation units of the FFD are available now