Samsung Testing Multi-Level-Cell SSDs for Primary Enterprise Storage

Published: Dec 21, 2010
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
1 minute read
eWeek Inhalte und Produktempfehlungen sind redaktionell unabhängig. Wir können Geld verdienen, wenn Sie auf Links zu unseren Partnern klicken. Mehr erfahren

Samsung, the world’s largest seller of NAND flash-based storage, said Dec. 21 that it has been sampling 100GB, 200GB and 400GB multi-level-cell (MLC) solid-state drives for use as primary storage in enterprise storage systems.
Virtually all primary storage in enterprise systems currently is contained in DRAM cache or hard disk drives, so this marks a milestone of sorts for the SSD and NAND flash industries.
Samsung claims that the new drives can process random read commands at about 43,000 input/outputs per second (IOPS) and provide random writes at 11,000 IOPS.
These speeds, as expected in most SSDs, blow conventional hard drives out of the water. Standard 15K-rpm HDDs provide a rate of about 350 IOPS; thus the new SSDs-at least in benchmark research-offer a 120 times gain in random IOPS read performance and a 30 times gain in random IOPS write performance.
Samsung’s new drives use 30-nanometer-class MLC NAND flash chips with a Toggle DDR interface and a controller that uses a 3G-bps SATA interface. The performance numbers approach-or exceed-some of the single-level-cell (SLC) NAND-based SSDs now in the marketplace, Samsung said.
The announcement is further evidence that solid-state drives are moving deeper into the data center and other IT system territory historically dominated by spinning-disk drives.
The South Korea-based IT giant also said it is planning to start mass-manufacturing and shipping the high-density SSDs in January.

Chris Preimesberger

Chris J. Preimesberger is Editor Emeritus of eWEEK. In his 16 years and more than 5,000 articles at eWEEK, he distinguished himself in reporting and analysis of the business use of new-gen IT in a variety of sectors, including cloud computing, data center systems, storage, edge systems, security and others. In February 2017 and September 2018, Chris was named among the 250 most influential business journalists in the world (https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-250-business-journalists/) by Richtopia, a UK research firm that used analytics to compile the ranking. He has won several national and regional awards for his work, including a 2011 Folio Award for a profile (https://www.eweek.com/cloud/marc-benioff-trend-seer-and-business-socialist/) of Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff--the only time he has entered the competition. Previously, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. He has been a stringer for the Associated Press since 1983 and resides in Silicon Valley.

eWeek Logo

eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site's focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

Eigentum von TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. Alle Rechte vorbehalten

Werbetreibenden-Offenlegung: Einige der auf dieser Website erscheinenden Produkte stammen von Unternehmen, von denen TechnologyAdvice eine Vergütung erhält. Diese Vergütung kann beeinflussen, wie und wo Produkte auf dieser Website erscheinen, einschließlich beispielsweise der Reihenfolge, in der sie erscheinen. TechnologyAdvice schließt nicht alle Unternehmen oder alle auf dem Marktplatz verfügbaren Produkttypen ein.