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Kingston to Introduce 256GB SSDNow Drives in India

Kingston Technology announced a new addition to its SSDNow

NewsStorage8/21/2009

Delhi, [India]

Kingston Technology announced a new addition to its SSDNow line of solid-state drives targeted at prosumers and enterprise companies looking to increase performance and extend the life of existing systems.

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.
"The SSDNow V+ is the ideal solid-state drive 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, director (Flash Memory Sales), APAC Region, Kingston.

Users will be more productive as the drive s higher capacities and IOPS will enable more data storage and faster boot and application load times, he said.

A computer s operating system will benefit from the drive s 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 sequential read speed of up to 220MB/sec. and write speeds 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, a company release said.

The SSD is backed by a three-year warranty, free tech support. The products are distributed in India by HCL, Tech Pacific India, and Transtek Infoways.
 

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