STEC announces innovative 2TB solid state drives, new versin of caching software

STEC,Inc, a leading global provider of solid state drive(SSD) solutions, introduced a pair of two-Terabyte(2TB) Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) and Serial attached SCSI(SAS) SSD drives each with select versions supporting unlimited writes becoming the first supplier to offer 2TB SSDs with both interfaces. The new STEC 2TB s840 SAS SSD and 2TB s1120 PCIe Accelerator SSD, along with the updated EnhanceIO software, deliver on STEC's mission of providing innovative solid state storage solutions that solve many of the performance and optimization challenges in the enterprise storage market. The newest member of STEC's s800 series SAS SSDs, the versatile 2Tb s840 drive works seamlessly with existing enterprise storage infrastructures. The s840 appears to any system or RAID controller as a standard drive that can be managed by existing storage management tools, delivering true plug and play architecture. The 2TB s840's proprietary controller allows the product to support 12 to 25 % greater capacity than other SAS SSD on the market. The drive's PowerSafe Technology protects against unscheduled power outages, a critical requirement for rapidly growing, data intensive market segments, including cloud computing, data centers and large scale internet properties. The 2TB s1120, which establishes a new level in capacity for the STEC s1100 Series PCIe accelerators, improves data access without expanding hardware footprints and operational costs, uses extremely low power, and provides high performance and endurance. Its low power consumption less than 25W is essential to hyper scale data centers, in which every watt is critical. The s1120 PCIe accelerator enables multiple SSDs to be deployed on a single server and features data protection functions such as PowerSafe technology that ensure that data is not lost in the event of power failure. The 2TB s1120 card is ideal for accelerating applications such as big data, data analysis , statistical analysis and modeling, and video imaging, editing and sharing. The STEC 2TB s840, SAS SSD and 2TB s1120 PCIe accelerator SSD will be available in February with volume pricing starting at $7,995 and $9,425 respectively. EnhanceIO Cache Software is priced at $295 for Linux and $495 for Windows. for more information on s840 visit http://www.storagereview.com/stec_s840_enterprise_ssd_review