Taiwanese NAND flash storage device manufacturer, APRO has launched the BON serial ATA II SSDs (solid state drives) in a ruggedised 2.5inch form factor. The company claims that it offers the highest capacity SATA II SLC (single level cell) NAND Flash SSD at 256Gbyte and also the highest capacity SATA II MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash SSD at 512Gbyte. Other data capacities of 32, 64 and 128Gbyte are also available. The ruggedised metal casings measure 9.5mm high, except the 256Gbyte drive which is 15.3mm high. The SSDs support fast erase of media data either by hardware trigger or by software ATA vendor code command across the range. Drives also support hardware and software-triggered secure erase; particularly useful for military applications, will be available later in the year. The internal dual control RAID-0 design helps deliver the high performance, providing a maximum sequential read capability of 240Mbyte/s with an average access time of 0.1ms and a maximum sequential write capability of 190Mbyte/s. The SSDs comply with both the SATA 1.0a and 2.6 specifications supporting the required data throughput rates of 1.5Gbit/s and 3Gbit/s. The drives weigh just 115g and have an extended operational temperature range of -40 to +85ºC, vibration, shock and humidity compliance to MIL-STD-810F environmental specifications and are capable of operating up to an altitude of 70,000 feet. MTBF is in excess of 3million hours, endurance performance greater than 2million cycles with data retention of 10 years or more.
