
PRELIMINARY/CONFIDENTIAL
MACH2 2.5-Inch Serial ATA Solid State Drive
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P
ERFORMANCE
C
HARACTERISTICS
ATA Modes
Table 1 lists the ATA operating modes supported by the SSD.
Table 1.
ATA Operating Modes
Endurance
The product life of the SSD is approximately five (5) years when operating within the environmental
specifications. See
Environmental Characteristics
. For a detailed life expectancy of the drive under
different conditions, please refer to the
SSD Life Endurance Calculator
. The remaining conditions are
outlined in Table 2.
Table 2.
Endurance Conditions
Wear-Leveling Algorithm
The dynamic wear-leveling algorithm integrated in the firmware ensures that erase/write cycles are
evenly distributed across all of the flash memory block locations to eliminate repeated writes to same
physical location.
Mode
Specification
PIO
U
0 - 4
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
0 - 5
Serial ATA
2.0 (1.5Gb)
Condition
Value
Power-On Hours
100%
Active/Idle
90%
Write Percentage
25%
Drive Capacity
8GB
File Transfer Size (Average)
64KB
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