Toshiba today announced that it will start sample shipments of its enterprise SSD (eSSD) PX02SM series, including PX02SMB160, which has a 1.6TB capacity, the largest-class of storage capacity in the market, in July. Targeted at applications requiring the highest levels of eSSD performance, the PX02SM series is Toshiba’s first eSSD to utilize eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND technology, with capacities of 200, 400, 800GB and 1.6TB and is Toshiba’s first offering with a dual-port 12Gb/sec SAS interface with a form-factor equivalent to industry-standard 2.5-inch HDDs.
With 900MB/s of sequential read speed and a random read speed of 120kIOPS, the PX02SM SSD series can expand the data transfer capabilities of high-end servers and tiered high-end storage systems. The flagship 1.6TB model will be showcased during Computex 2013.

