200GB Seagate Pulsar Solid State Drive ST9200011FS Launched

First true enterprise-class SSD from the world's #1 enterprise storage supplier

Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) today introduced the Seagate Pulsar^TM drive, the first product in its new enterprise solid state drive (SSD) family. Designed for enterprise blade and general server applications, the Pulsar drive uses single-level cell (SLC) technology, delivers up to 200GB capacity, and is built in a 2.5-inch small form factor with a SATA interface. The Pulsar drive leverages Seagate's 30 years of leadership in meeting large enterprise customer needs in product development, qualification, and support.

Designed to meet OEM perrformance, power, size and reliability requirements for enterprise blade and general server applications, the Pulsar SSD leverages 30 years of Seagate history of successfully designing, building and supporting the industry's highest-quality enterprise storage devices for I/O-intensive, 24x7, enterprise computing environments.

Key Features and Benefits

Single-level cell (SLC) technology optimizes SSD reliability and endurance
Up to 200GB capacity in a 2.5-inch form factor and 7mm z-height
0.44 percent AFR for high reliability and endurance
Power loss data protection to ensure against data loss upon power failure
5-Year Limited Warranty
SATA 3Gb/s interface to support current blade server chipsets
30 years of Seagate leadership in meeting enterprise customer requirements
Leveraging industry-leading, global enterprise support Industry-leading SSS and SSD standards development through JEDEC and SNIA

Specifications	200GB1	100GB1	50GB1
Model Number	ST9200011FS	ST9100011FS	ST950011FS
Interface	SATA 3Gb/s
I/O Data Transfer Rate, Max	300MB/s
NAND Flash Type	SLC
Performance, Read/Write IOPS (IOMeter: 4K, Q=32) Peak Sustained (4K aligned writes, zero offset)	30,000/25,000 30,000/10,500	30,000/25,000 30,000/5300	30,000/25,000 30,000/2600
Performance, Bandwidth (IOMeter: 128K, Q=32) Peak Sustained (128K aligned writes, zero offset)	240/220 240/160	240/220 240/80	240/220 240/40
Product Application Class (JEDEC JC64.8 industry standard)	Enterprise Standard
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)	0.44%
Bit Error Rate New End of Product Life	<1 sector per 10E16 <1 sector per 10E15
Environmental Specs, Temperature Operating (°C) Nonoperating (°C)	5 to 60 -40 to 70
Physical Dimensions	0.28-inch x 2.76-inch x 3.96-inch (7.0mm x 70.0mm x 100.5mm)
Compatibility	SATA Rev 2.6, ATA/ATAPI-8, SSD Enhanced SMART ATA features, NCQ, Trim

"Seagate is optimistic about the enterprise SSD opportunity and views the product category as enabling expansion of the overall storage market for both SSDs and HDDs," said Dave Mosley, Seagate executive vice president, Sales, Marketing, and Product Line Management. "Our strategy is to provide our customers with the exact storage device they need for any application, regardless of the component technology used. We are delivering on that strategy with the Pulsar^TM drive, and you can expect additional products in the future from Seagate using a variety of solid state and rotating media components."

The Pulsar SSD delivers the necessary performance, reliability, and endurance to match the application environments of enterprise blade and general servers. It achieves a peak performance of up to 30,000 read IOPS and 25,000 write IOPS, 240MB/s sequential read and 200 MB/s sequential write. Its SLC-based design optimizes reliability and endurance and helps provide a .44% AFR rating with a 5-year limited warranty. As an additional safeguard, the Pulsar drive leverages Seagate's enterprise storage expertise to protect against data loss in the event of power failure.

Seagate began shipping Pulsar units to select OEMs for revenue in September 2009. With Seagate's enterprise knowledge and expertise, OEMs have peace of mind knowing that Seagate has the global enterprise systems, people and processes in place to support their largest requirements.

"To deliver and serve the enterprise SSD marketplace effectively, it is critical for suppliers to understand the needs of their storage system customers with respect to design, manufacturing, supply chain delivery, and support," said Dave Reinsel, IDC group vice president. "With its well-established OEM and eco-system relationships and a long history of serving global storage OEMs, Seagate is in a unique position to fortify its leading enterprise storage position with its entry into the enterprise solid state storage market."

As the worldwide market leader in enterprise storage and the first enterprise HDD vendor to deliver an enterprise-class SSD solution, Seagate brings credibility, experience and leadership to this new market segment.

"The enterprise SSD market is now primed and well-positioned for growth from both a revenue and unit perspective, with Gartner estimating unit growth to double and sales to reach $1 billion for calendar year 2010," said Joseph Unsworth, research director at Gartner. "Superior enterprise SSDs provide transformational capabilities when optimized in storage and server environments."

The Seagate Pulsar SSD is available to OEM customers for qualification. More information can be found at https://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/servers/pulsar/pulsar/

Benchmark Reviews also offers the the 20-page detailed Seagate Pulsar SSD product briefing.

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