SMART Modular has announced the T6EN family of SSDs, designed for use in the aerospace, industrial and defense sectors. The series includes products in three versions – U.2, EDSFF E1.S and M.2 2280.
All drives are based on 3D TLC flash memory chips. The PCIe 4.0 x4 interface is enabled. The operating temperature range extends from -40 to +85 °C. The stated MTBF (mean time between failures) exceeds 2 million hours. It talks about support for TCG Opal 2.0 and AES-256 encryption.
T6EN U.2 devices are available in 960 GB, 1.92, 3.84, 7.68 and 15.36 TB capacities. Sequential read speed reaches 3500 MB/s, sequential write speed – 3000 MB/s. The value of IOPS (input/output operations per second) when working with 4 KB data blocks is up to 390 thousand for random reading and up to 55 thousand for random writing.
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EDSFF E1.S solutions have similar performance indicators, but they have a maximum capacity of 7.68 TB. Finally, M.2 2280 SSDs provide sequential read and write speeds of up to 3200 MB/s. The IOPS value is up to 390 thousand for random reading and up to 50 thousand for random writing. The maximum capacity is 7.68 TB.
For all products, a special conformal coating is available as an option, designed to protect against the negative influence of environmental factors: elevated temperatures, moisture, pollution, chemicals and mechanical influences.