Seagate Rehashes the Entry-Level Server SSD Storage

Seagate Rehashes the Entry-Level Server SSD Storage

Recently, the Seagate Company has released four kinds of BarraCuda SSDs. And they are different from capacities. And the performance of these four Seagate server SSDs also are different. Thus for some detailed information, you can go on your reading.

As a matter of fact, the Seagate Nytro SSD in the channel reling on the Phison PS5010-S10 SATA controller has been slipped in the last year. And the 256GB Seagate solid state drive sells cheap. And a Seagate customer booked many Nytro 141 SSDs to use a boot drive in servers.

So in order to use a server SSD, Seagate releases the BarraCuda SSD, which takes advantage of a Phison S10 SATA III controller. And this Seagate SSD pairs with Toshiba TLC BiCS FLASH (3D NAND memory).

Here, we will introduce what is 3D NAND memory simply. 3D NAND is a vertical implementation of NAND flash cell memory array. And higher capacity storage is the main benefit of 3D NAND. Higher throughout, increased endurance and improved power efficiency are some other features and benefits of 3D NAND.

Now, we will go on to the Seagate BarraCuda SSD. Its firmware on the BarraCuda SSD is two generations newer than Nytro 141. And the main difference between Nytro 141 and Seagate BarraCuda SSD is the flash.

Some Specific Parameters of BarraCuda SSD

As we have mentioned in the above, Seagate has released four kinds of BarraCuda SSDs, whose capacities are from 256GB to 1TB. And the performance of each Seagate BarraCuda SSD is different the various capacities. Now, we can see some specific parameters of these four Seagate SSDs.

First, with different SSD storage, the prices are different. Then the form factor of these four SSDs is 2.5-inch. All of them use SATA III interface. And the controllers are also the same.

Now, we can see the DRAM is same except the 256GB Seagate BarraCuda, whose DRAM is 256MB DDR3. Then the Memory takes advantage of Toshiba 64-Layer TLC. The sequential read speed of these four Seagate BarraCuda SSDs is 560MB one second.

However, there are some differences in sequential write speed among the four Seagate BarraCuda SSDs. The sequential write speed of 1TB and 2TB Seagate BarraCuda SSDs are 540MB/second. But the sequential write speed of 512GB Seagate BarraCuda SSD is 535MB/second and 256GB Seagate BarraCuda SSD is 530MB/second. In addition, the random read and write times are 90,000 IOPS. All of them are the same.

Nevertheless, the endurance of these four kinds of Seagate BarraCuda SSDs is various. The 256GB Seagate BarraCuda SSD is 120TBW and 249 TBW is for 512GB Seagate BarraCuda SSD. The 1TB Seagate BarraCuda SSD is 485TBW and 1067 TBW is for 2TB Seagate BarraCuda SSD. All capacities include a 5-year limited warranty through Seagate.

Therefore, you can see some detailed specifications of Seagate SSD from above part.

Conclusion

From above information, user can know that Seagate has released four BarraCuda server SSDs with different capacities and users can also get some specific information of each BarraCuda server SSDs. All in all, solid state drive has more advantages than HDD. Thus, if users want to migrate operating system to SSD or clone a whole disk, they can use MiniTool ShadowMaker to help them to complete the task.