Virtium announced Tuesday that it has doubled the capacity of its StorFly 2.5-inch line of SATA industrial SSDs. Now with a top-capacity of four terabytes (4TB), the drives are ideal for large file-write applications such as security/surveillance and data logging, as well as demanding file-content uses such as 3D mapping and databases in growing demand in the transportation, IIoT, edge computing, and military/aerospace markets.
The new, double-capacity Virtium StorFly industrial SSDs are among the first 4TB 2.5-inch SATA SSDs on the market. The drives are also among the few of that capacity that also feature industrial temperature (I-Temp) support, high shock/vibration tolerance and integrated data protection. Moreover, the 2.5-inch SSDs are designed around triple-level-cell (TLC) 3D NAND flash that yields higher densities at a lower cost per bit. They use the SATA interface for maximum compatibility, and feature a low operating power of 3.4W.
The higher-capacity drives in 2.5-inch form factor enables them to be deployed in standard storage enclosures/racks and to replace older SSDs with lower capacities and/or that are less tolerant of extreme temperature, shock and vibration.
As with all StorFly industrial SSDs, these new 4TB drives are supported by a suite of tools providing additional data protection and solid-state storage monitoring. These software modules provide users the ability to optimize, protect, manage and qualify SSDs. Additionally, the new StorFly drives feature an integrated AES-256 encryption engine with on-the-fly encryption to protect data at rest, as well as secure-erase capabilities.
Virtium StorFly SSDs use one of the market’s only NAND manufacturer-endorsed industrial-temperature 3D flash storage. This is in contrast to other, previously introduced industrial-temperature 3D NAND that lack manufacturers’ endorsement, posing the risk of longer-term reliability issues.
With I-Temp support, the drives are designed to operate reliably in extreme temperatures that are typical across the embedded-systems landscape.
“The transportation, IIoT, edge computing, and military/aerospace markets are forever on the hunt for storage solutions to efficiently collect and protect their ever-growing volume crucial data, making highly durable, dependable solid-state storage an imperative,” said Scott Phillips, Virtium vice president of marketing. “These new 4TB StorFly industrial SSDs check all the boxes for those markets: tolerance to extreme conditions, cost-efficient flash, much higher capacities, and capability in both form factor and interface. Our customers in those markets trust Virtium to address their needs with proven SSD solutions.”
