IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed technology leader, announces two new enterprise solid state drives (eSSDs) series – the HK3E2 for value endurance workloads and the HK3R2 drive for read intensive workloads. These 6Gbit/s1 SATA enterprise SSDs join Toshiba’s broad portfolio of enterprise storage solutions featuring a variety of endurance ratings to meet the needs of specific application requirements and customer environments.
Value Endurance HK3E2: Available in capacities up to 800GB2 in a 2.5-inch standard form-factor (7mm Z-height). The HK3E2 is designed for mainstream enterprise applications such as exchange mail servers, web servers, database servers, indexing servers and data center storage workloads. The HK3E2 Series has a three drive writes per day (DWPD) endurance specification for five years3 with a random 4KiB enterprise workload.
Read Intensive HK3R2: Available in capacities up to 960GB in a 2.5-inch standard form factor (7mm Z-height). The HK3R2 is designed for read intensive applications and workloads such as read caching, video streaming and data center storage. The HK3R2 has an endurance rating of one DWPD for five years4 with a random 4KiB enterprise workload.
Ideal for the enterprise environment, both eSSDs are equipped with power loss and end-to-end data protection features with a common controller and mechanical design. Additionally, both the HK3R2 Series and the HK3E2 Series incorporate Toshiba’s proprietary QSBC® (Quadruple Swing-By Code) error-correction technology5, a highly efficient error correction code (ECC), which helps protect customer data from corruption caused by NAND flash memory media wear, thus improving reliability and extending the life of Toshiba SSDs. The series also feature both a Toshiba-designed SATA SSD controller and Toshiba 19nm second generation MLC NAND flash.
“The HK3E2 and HK3R2 Series address different application requirements but offer the same platform commonality to help customers leverage testing and minimize redundant qualification activity,” said Cameron Brett, director of SSD product marketing at Toshiba Storage Products Business Unit. “With a Toshiba-designed enterprise SATA SSD controller and integrated Toshiba 19nm second generation NAND flash memory, customers are offered the performance and data integrity they need.”
Customer samples of the HK3E2 and HK3R2 Series are now available. For more information on Toshiba’s line of industry-leading SSDs, HDDs and SSHDs, visit www.toshibastorage.com. To connect with Toshiba Storage, visit the corporate blog at http://storage.toshiba.com/corporateblog/ and follow @ToshibaStorage on Twitter.
Key Features
HK3E2 Series
Value endurance enterprise SATA SSD in capacities up to 800GB with power loss protection and end-to-end data protection
- Toshiba’s 19nm second generation MLC NAND
- Up to 800GB capacity in SATA-3.2 6Gbit/s interface
- Three DWPD endurance for five years with random 4KiB workload
- Power loss protection and end-to-end protection
- Toshiba’s powerful proprietary QSBC error correction
HK3R2 Series
Read-intensive enterprise SATA SSD in capacities up to 960GB with power loss protection and end-to-end data protection
- Toshiba’s 19nm second generation MLC NAND
- Up to 960GB capacity in SATA-3.2 6Gbit/s interface
- One DWPD endurance for five years with random 4KiB workload
- Power loss protection and end-to-end protection
- Toshiba’s powerful proprietary QSBC error correction
For complete specifications visit www.storage.toshiba.com/storagesolutions/enterprise
About Toshiba Storage Products
Toshiba Corporation and its affiliates offer one-of-a-kind global storage solutions, offering hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs) and NAND flash memories — technologies that drive a wide range of consumer electronics, computer and automotive applications, as well as enterprise solutions for the global marketplace. Toshiba is a leader in the development, design and manufacture of mobile, consumer and enterprise hard disk drives and solid state drives. In North America, the Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., markets high-quality storage peripherals to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, value-added resellers, value-added dealers, systems integrators and distributors worldwide. Inherent in the Toshiba storage family are the high-quality engineering and manufacturing capabilities that have established Toshiba products as innovation leaders worldwide. For more information, visit www.toshibastorage.com.
About Toshiba Corp. and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)
Through proven commitment, lasting relationships and advanced, reliable electronic components, Toshiba enables its customers to create market-leading designs. Toshiba is the heartbeat within product breakthroughs from OEMs, ODMs, CMs, VARs, distributors and fabless chip companies worldwide. A committed electronic components leader, Toshiba designs and manufactures high-quality flash memory-based storage solutions, solid state drives (SSDs), hard disk drives (HDDs), discrete devices, advanced materials, medical tubes, custom SoCs/ASICs, imaging products, microcontrollers and wireless components that make possible today’s leading smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, cameras, medical devices, automotive electronics, enterprise solutions and more.
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Japan’s largest semiconductor manufacturer and the world’s fifth largest semiconductor manufacturer (Gartner, 2012 Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue, April, 2013). Toshiba Corporation was founded in 1875 and today has over 554 subsidiaries and affiliates, with 210,000 employees worldwide. Visit Toshiba's web site at www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.
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1 Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.
2 Definition of capacity: Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, such as Microsoft Operating System and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
3 DWPD endurance specification for five years is a result of internal Toshiba testing but actual results may vary based on system configuration, usage and other factors.
4 DWPD endurance specification for five years is a result of internal Toshiba testing but actual results may vary based on system configuration, usage and other factors.
5 QSBC is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation in the United States.
