Kingston Offers Bigger Volume mSATA Drives

Kingston announced the addition of 240 GB and 480 GB capacities to the existing SSDNow mS200 mSATA SSD line. Kingston's SSDNow mS200 mSATA solid-state drive allows system builders and enthusiasts a cost-effective performance boost with quicker boot time and application loads while requiring less power than HDDs. 

The mS200's small-form factor is perfect for notebook, tablet and Ultrabook PCs, as well as a variety of embedded systems. It can also be used as a caching device with motherboards that support Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) to improve system performance. mS200 has read speeds up to 550 MB/s and write speeds up to 520 MB/s.

The 30 GB, 60 GB, 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB mS200 mSATA SSDs have a caseless, PCB-only design with no moving parts and are backed by a two- or three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability.

SSDNow mS200 mSATAFeatures & Specifications:

• LSI SandForce 2241 (30 GB, 60 GB, 120 GB) and 2281 (240 GB, 480 GB) controller with SATA Rev. 3.0 (6 Gb/s) interface: twice as fast as the previous generation, yet more cost-efficient
• mSATA interface: fully compliant with industry standard, easy to fit, guaranteed to work
• NAND Flash memory based: shock-resistant with low power consumption
• Supports Intel's SRT: combines capacity advantage of HDD with performance improvements of SSD in dual-storage configuration
• Supports S.M.A.R.T.: monitors the status of your drive
• Supports TRIM: maintains maximum performance on compatible operating systems
• Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s), SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s)
• Capacities1: 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
• Automatic Encryption (AES 128-bit): Password at the drive level ensures secure data protection
• Sequential Read/Write:
  30 GB - 550 MB/s / 510 MB/s
  60GB - 550 MB/s / 520 MB/s
  120 GB - 550 MB/s / 520 MB/s
  240 GB - 540 MB/s / 530 MB/s
  480GB - 530 MB/s / 340 MB/s
• Maximum 4k Read/Write:
  30 GB - up to 86,000/ up to 77,000 IOPS
  60 GB - up to 86,000/ up to 79,000 IOPS
  120 GB - up to 86,000/ up to 48,000 IOPS
  240 GB - up to 72,000/up to 40,000 IOPS
  480 GB - up to 72,000/up to 18,000 IOPS
• Random 4k Read/Write:
  30 GB - up to 7,500/71,000 IOPS
  60GB - up to 14,000/77,000 IOPS
  120 GB - up to 17,000/45,000 IOPS
  240 GB - up to 21,000/41,000 IOPS
  480 GB - up to 21,000/13,000 IOPS
• PCMARK Vantage HDD Suite Score: 60,000
• Power Consumption: 0.4W Idle / 1.2 (TYP) Read / 1.8W (TYP) Write
• Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
• Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C
• Dimensions: 50.88 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 6.86g
• TRIM Supported
• Vibration operating: 2.17G
• Vibration non-operating: 20G
• MTTF: 1,000,000 Hrs
• Warranty/support:
  30 GB - two-year warranty with free technical support
  60 GB, 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB - three-year warranty with free technical support
• Total Bytes Written (TBW):
  30 GB: 121 TB
  60 GB: 218 TB
  120 GB: 337 TBW
  240 GB: 585 TBW
  480 GB: 1562 TBW