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Intel recently announced (http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2014/07/22/intel-solid-state-drive-pro-2500-series-brings-trusted-security-features-and-lower-cost-of-ownership-to-business) a new edition to its Professional Family of solid state drives, the Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series. These new business-class drives offer a wealth of security and manageability features, fast performance and a lower total cost of ownership according to a press release on the matter.
All of the drives in the Pro 2500 Series are self-encrypting drives (SED) that utilize hardware-based 256-bit encryption. They also feature the Trusted Computing Group's OPAL 2.0 standard and are Microsoft eDrive capable, policy-based controls designed to help prevent data breaches.
Rob Crooke, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group, said the need to protect assets, keep an eye on the bottom line and ensure employees have the best tools is a challenge for IT departments.
The Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series is a well-rounded solution to help balance those often competing needs, he added.
Pro 2500 drives will be available in both 2.5-inch and M.2 form factors with capacities ranging from 120GB up to 480GB. Sequential read/write speeds check in at 540MB/sec and 490MB/sec, respectively, across the board while random 4KB read/write speeds vary depending on capacity.
A total of 10 drives have been added to the Pro 2500 family (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/solid-state-drives-pro-2500-series.html) as of writing, all carrying a standard five year warrant. Unfortunately, Intel didn't provide a release date or pricing for any of the new models.
source:techspot