615 System Manual
Version 1.0 March 21, 2010
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Solid State Drive / Hard Disk Drive
The J2 615 has one drive bay that supports a 2.5 inch SATA SSD or HDD. The standard
drive supplied is an 8GB Solid State Drive (SSD). The SSD or HDD can be accessed
simply by loosening the one screw on the drive bay panel on the right side of the unit.
The drive can now easily be slid into or out of the drive bay.
SSD/HDD Access
The J2 615 is the first product on the market to come standard with a SSD drive as
opposed to a HDD. There are many advantages to choosing an SSD over an HDD,
reliability and speed being the most two important. For more information on SSD
benefits, please see J2’s white paper on the subject:
http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support.php
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Most POS applications do not need a great deal of storage capacity. J2 research has
determined that an 8GB SSD fits most all requirements. A number of POS software
vendor hardware requirement lists state that they required a 40GB hard drive. This was
because at the time the lists were published, the smallest new HDD available was a 40GB
drive and they did not envision running their software on an SSD. Today the fact is that
most POS software packages can run easily on an 8GB SSD with room to spare.
J2 currently offers SSD drives for its systems in 8GB, 16 GB and 32GB sizes. Higher
capacities are available if required. J2 also supports a HDD on the J2 615 with an 80GB
SATA drive being the standard HDD option.
