World’s largest SSD has a whopping 100TB of storage

Think your 1TB, or 5TB, or even 30TB solid-state drive can store a lifetime of documents, music, movies and games? Think again.

Nimbus Data has now shattered the previous 60TB 3.5-inch SSD drive record with the world’s first 100 terabyte drive. Holy moly!

Not only is the ExaDrive DC100 the world’s largest 3.5-inch SSD, but it’s also reportedly the world’s most energy efficient according to the company. The SSD draws 80-90 percent less power (0.1-watts per terabyte) than competing SSDs.

Though the SSD is designed for the enterprise, its standard 3.5-inch design means you could easily  pop this baby into your own PC tower and never have to worry about storage again. Speeds are roughly in-line with enterprise-grade SSD, too: up to 100K read/write IOps “for balanced performance.” Read more…

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