Product Description

Operation and Performance Characteristics

 

 

1.6.2Power Consumption

The amount of power consumed by Zeus SSDs is determined by the storage (memory) capacity of the drive, and the flash controller/memory configuration of the drive. Table 3 lists (by capacity) the power consumption of Zeus SSDs during typical operations at 5 Vdc.

Table 3. Zeus SSD Typical Power Consumption (watts/mA)

 

8 GBa

16 GBa

24 GBa

32 Ga

72 GBb

Sustained Read/

2.50 watts/

2.15 watts/

2.15 watts/

2.15 watts/

3.63 watts/

Write

431 mA

431 mA

431 mA

502 mA

726 mAc

Sanitized Erase/Fill

3.00 watts/

2.92 watts/

3.38 watts/

3.71 watts/

7.43 watts/

(running low power option)

600 mA

583 mA

675 mA

741 mA

1485 mAc

a.10-40 MB/sec

b.10-60 MB/sec

c.Estimated value

1.7OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

1.7.1ATA (IDE) Bus Modes

Zeus SSDs support the following ATA operating modes:

•PIO Modes 0 through 4

•Ultra DMA Modes 0 through 4

1.7.2Mount Time

The amount of time required to initialize and mount a Zeus SSD varies, depending on the operating system (Windows®, Linux®, etc.) in which the SSD is running and the storage capacity of the drive.

1.7.3Seek Time

Unlike a magnetic rotating disk, the Zeus SSD has no moving head or platter. There is no seek time or rotational latency issues to contend with. Zeus SSDs dramatically improve transaction throughput, particularly for applications that are configured to take advantage of the characteristics of the drive.

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Zeus Ultra DMA Solid State Drives