FAQ MTRON solid state disk SSD.

What is Mtron Solid State Disk?
What is SSD Solid State Disk?
What applications are well-suited for Solid State Disk?
How reliable are Solid State Disks?
How long after ordering will I get my solid state disk?
How do I buy a solid state disk?
How can the cost of state disk technology be justified?
Is it possible to use the Mtron - MemoRight drives in a storage area network?
Which form factor do I have to choose for laptops?
Can I pay with Paypal?
Can you pls mail me pricing and availability about Mtron's ssd's for industrial environment.
I make music with Apple MacBooks.
Can I order PATA (IDE) Mtron's - MemoRight's?
In working condition, do the Mtron's - MemoRight's make any noise?
In working condition, do the Mtron's - MemoRight's produce heat?
Do the Mtron's - MemoRight's need drivers?
Can i use an Mtron - MemoRight (form factor) 2.5" in a desktop computer? (3.5")
Is there an Mtron 3.5" 128GB?
Is there a minimum order quantity?
Are the new Mobi 3000, Pro 7000, Pro 7500 series commercial versions

Q. What is Mtron Solid State Disk?

Flash SSD is an innovative storage device with much faster speed and higher reliability than those of the conventional magnetic disk (HDD).

Mtron is targeting wide application areas with its high performance Flash SSD, ranging from portable consumer electronic market such as notebook PC, camcorder storage to enterprise / industrial high-end market.

Mtron also develops DRM based MMC business with its advanced technology of flash memory control. Mtron's "Multi-Channel Processing on Flash Memory" architecture performs astonishing Read: 120MB/second and Write : 90MB/second sustained transfer rate with less than 0.1 millisecond of access time. Furthermore, its single architecture can support both high performing Single Level Cell flash memory and economical Multi Level Cell memory, which enables its controller to apply for diverse applications.

With its complete flash memory based product applications, Mtron will be 'The Expert of Flash Memory applied Media' in the world.

Q: What is SSD Solid State Disk:

A solid state drive is primarily a data storage device, for use in computing applications that traditionally use a hard disk drive.

A solid state drive is based on either non-volatile memory or volatile memory instead of the spinning platter and mechanical-magnetic head found in a conventional hard disk drive.

With no moving parts, a solid state drive eliminates seek time, latency and other electro-mechanical delays and failures associated with a conventional hard disk drive.

Q. What applications are well-suited for Solid State Disk?

A. In general terms:
1) transaction processing
2) batch processing
3) query or decision support analysis.
Many types of application software can take advantage of the super-fast access times SSD offers.

Q. How reliable are Solid State Disks?

A. Based on real world user data from a large SSD site, the actual power on hours mean-time between failure is greater than 1,000,000 hours. Since this site has yet to have a failure, the number is likely to go up.

Q. How long after ordering will I get my solid state disk?

A few days, between 1 - 3 weeks, somethimes a little bit longer , all depending on availability and stock. Contact us and we keep you informed

Q. How do I buy an Mtron - MemoRight solid state disk?

Please call us at +32 475 774374 or +32 472 560257 or complete our form for product information and prices to have a representative contact you.

Q. How can the cost of state disk technology be justified?

A. First an explanation of why solid state disk technology is more expensive:

Market size. Unit volumes of SSD products sold are very small in comparison to the PC, Workstation and Server markets as a whole; therefore Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Support Service costs/unit are much higher than their mechanical disk drive counterpart.

Cost Justification

Reliability: A SSD has no mechanical failure points, therefore reliability issues associated with mechanical drives are eliminated.
Time Saving: Example, below, of a common business problem:
100 users of a common database. Problem, long wait times associated with retrieving/storing information on database server.
Solution: Place database on SSD to eliminate/reduce wait times.
Conservative Example:
Reducing wait times save each user 10 minutes/day
Savings =100 users x 10 minutes/day x 25 euro/hour average overhead rate = 416 euro/day = 2080 euro/week = 8320 euro /month=104,000euro /year

Summary:
Mechanical drives maybe penny wise, but can prove to be pound-foolish.

Q. Is it possible to use the Mtron - MemoRight drives in a storage area network? Does they retain RAID technology when inserted into the array (Assuming the SAN has RAID built in)?

A: Yes. The current main market for Mtron - MemoRight SSD is the flied of server, storage, and network including all kind of mission critical areas. The attachment is the tested RAID controllers by Mtron SI team so far, whose list will be continuously updated as keeping testing in the future.

Q: Which form factor do I have to choose for laptops?

A: In most cases, you have to choose form factor 2.5inch.

Q: Can I pay with Paypal?

A: Yes, you can also pay with paypal, address paypal@ssdisk.eu.

Paypal address: paypal@ssdisk.eu

For Buyers who pay with Paypal, Visa or Mastercard please refer to the Paypal costs below.

€0,00 - €2.500,00 = 3,4%
€2.500,01 - €10.000,00 = 2,9%
€10.000,01 - €50.000,00 = 2,7%
€50.000,01 - €100.000,00 = 2,4%
More than €100.000,00 = 1,9%

Q: Can you please mail me pricing and availability about Mtron's ssd's for industrial environment. Do you have 32 GB for that purpose ?

A: Mtron does not make the industrial version (-40°C to +85°C) yet.

Q: I make music with Apple MacBooks. I was thinking a solid-state drive would speed up math intensive soft synths, what do you think? Would they be compatible with MacBooks/OSX?

A: Yes.

Q: Can I order PATA (IDE)?

A: Yes.

Q. In working condition, do the Mtron's - MemoRight's make any noise?

A. No.

Q. In working condition, do the Mtron's - MemoRight's produce heat?

A. No.

Q. Do the Mtron's - MemoRight's need drivers?

A. No. The drives are plug and play.

Q. Can i use an Mtron - MemoRight (form factor) 2.5" in a desktop computer? (3.5")

A. Yes, you can use 2 little brackets to make the 2.5" Mtron 3.5" form factor.

Q. Is there an Mtron 3.5" 128GB?

A. Yes, the MSP-7535-128

Q. Is there a minimum order quantity?

A. No

Q. Are the new Mobi 3000, Pro 7000, Pro 7500 series commercial versions?

A. Yes. The industrial versions are not available yet.