Kingston Technology Releases SSDNow V+ Solid-State Drive
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 00:00

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – (August 19,, 2009) – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a new addition to its SSDNow line of solid-state drives. Shipping immediately, the SSDNow V+ features capacities up to 256GB, higher input and output operations per second (IOPS) and faster read/write speeds than a standard mechanical hard-disk drive. It is targeted at prosumers and enterprise companies looking to increase performance and to extend the life of existing systems.

“The SSDNow V+ is the ideal solid-state drive that for power users, system builders, system integrators, and in demanding corporate environments where efficiency and performance are important as more system resources are in use,” said Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston. “Users will be more productive as the drive’s higher capacities and IOPS allow for more data storage and faster boot and load times.”

 

A computer’s operating system will benefit from the drive’s impressive random 4K read speeds of up to 6,300 IOPS, and random 4K writes of up to 291 IOPS. The Kingston SSDNow V+ has a blazing sequential read speed of up to 220MB/sec. and write speed of up to 180MB/sec.

The V+ is the latest addition to the SSDNow family of solid-state drives. The V+ is currently available in the United States in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities; the 64GB drive is available worldwide with increased capacities to come. It uses a standard SATA interface and is extremely durable with no moving parts and less heat generation than a typical hard-disk drive.

The SSD is backed by a three-year warranty, free tech support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information, visit www.kingston.com/asia.

Kingston SSDNow V+ Features and Specifications:

  • Sequential Read Throughput*: 64GB, 128GB & 256GB – 220MB/sec.

  • Sequential Write Throughput*: 64GB – 140MB/sec.

128GB – 170MB/sec

256GB – 180MB/sec

  • IOPS (Input and Output Operations per Second)*:

Random 4K read – 6,300 IOPS

Random 4K write: 64GB – 84 IOPS

Random 4K write: 128GB – 158 IOPS

Random 4K write: 256GB – 291 IOPS

  • Form Factor: 2.5"

  • Interface: SATA 1.5Gb/sec. and 3.0Gb/sec.

  • Capacity**: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB

  • Supports S.M.A.R.T.: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology

  • Storage temperatures: -40° C to 85° C

  • Operating temperatures: 0° C to 70° C

  • Dimensions: 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm

  • Weight: 84 grams

  • Vibration operating: 2.7G

  • Vibration non-operating: 20G

  • Power specs: Active: 2.6W; Idle: 0.15W

  • Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF

  • Operating Shock: 1500G

  • Guaranteed: backed by a three-year Kingston warranty, free tech support

* Based on internal testing across suite of benchmarks.

** Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. For more information, please consult Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.


Kingston SSDNow V+ Solid-State Drives (stand-alone drive)

Part Number

Capacity and Features

SNV225-S2/64GB

64GB 2.5″ SATA SSD

SNV225-S2/128GB

128GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (U.S. & Canada only)

SNV225-S2/256GB

256GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (U.S. & Canada only)

To discuss this product on Kingston Blog, please go to www.kingston-blog.com. To try the game “Challenge Your Memory”, please go to www.kingston-blog.com/challenge_your_memory/en/.

To find out if your Kingston product is genuine, Kingston also provides an online verification site: www.kingston.com/asia/verify. To try the game “Search for Genuine Kingston”, please go to http://anti-counterfeit.kingston-blog.com.

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