NAND with 30K P/E cycles?

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/enterprise?ktc_campaign=US_Biz_SSD-GDN

This was linked from an ad here on AT forums. Anyone know what kind of NAND that they are using to be able to claim 30K P/E cycles? They're still using a SandForce controller, which for an "Enterprise" drive would make me a bit twitchy.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

http://www.storagereview.com/kingston_ssdnow_e100_enterprise_ssd_review

Toshiba eMLC NAND. It's also a 2500-series sandforce controller (not the 218x/228x that caused consumers so many problems.)

*shrug*

Different products for different markets.

Most NAND is rated for far fewer P/E cycles than it can take. Rating Enterprise stuff (supposedly hand picked) for what we already know the consumer gear can probably do - doesn't surprise me.

 

[Hellhammer]

Most NAND is rated for far fewer P/E cycles than it can take. Rating Enterprise stuff (supposedly hand picked) for what we already know the consumer gear can probably do - doesn't surprise me.

That's because according to JEDEC spec the NAND must retain a minimum data retention of 1-year (client) or 3 months (enterprise) after the P/E cycle rating has been reached.