All-electronic flash drive and solid state hard drive

Typhoon747 · 11-18-2002, 03:20 PM

BiTMICRO® Networks E-Disk® ATA/IDE products deliver an
all-electronic flash drive and solid state hard drive solution for
data storage and protection while providing the powerful
performance and speed today's data-intensive applications
demand. They feature FlashBus™ storage technology to speed
performance, eliminate system bottlenecks, and offer durable,
plug and play data storage for easy installation and start-up.

E-Disk® all-electronic IDE/ATA solid state hard disk drive and
flash drive solutions require no device drivers for installation and operation, do not need hard disk drive, battery back-up nor UPS for data storage non-volatility, and boast I/O rates of up to 25,000 IOPS, greater than 110 MB per second sustained read and write data transfer rates, up to 133 MB per second burst data rate, and capacities up to 34 GB and 155 GB in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDD form factors respectively.

http://www.bitmicro.com/products_edide.html

B3AND1P · 11-18-2002, 05:14 PM

these seem to be faster than the sandisk flash drives. DOes anyone know where you can buy one?

ShinkunoNamida · 11-18-2002, 05:42 PM

It also seems to be EXTREMELY durable as compared to other solid state memroy devices.

Typhoon747 · 11-18-2002, 06:12 PM

I requested a price list. This afternoon.

I have a feeling they are going to be expensive, but I will let everyone know when I find out.

Typhoon747 · 11-19-2002, 02:16 PM

I got a call today for them.
As a reseller it looks like I can get these for less than $2 a MB. The larger the drive the better the price, but it will not be less than $1 a MB
In the 2.5" form factor then sell them drives from 128MB to 17GB.

If anyone wants more info I can email it to you.

cj · 11-19-2002, 02:27 PM

So you're saying that the 17GB disk will be about $17,000? Ouch!

Telek · 11-20-2002, 02:24 AM

they seem like a great idea, but the cost is insanely prohibitive. Even if you wanted to do a base windows install on one and then use a HD for the rest, you're looking at what, $256 for the 128MB card? That can get you several 40GB *laptop* drives...

Do you know the power specs on those?

ShinkunoNamida · 11-20-2002, 11:27 AM

This isn't really intended for home (car) users I think. and the pricing seems about right compared to other solid state memory, no ?

Telek · 11-20-2002, 11:57 AM

yeah the pricing seems about right.

actually I think that these are designed for rugged in-the-field use, so a car would fit right in with the intentions for use.

too bad it's so $$$y

Skippman · 11-20-2002, 01:22 PM

DOC (DiskOnChip) modules can be had for as little as $100 for 144mb. My only concern was getting WinXP small enough to fit on it.

B3AND1P · 11-20-2002, 02:15 PM

Are DOCs as fast as the SanDisk Flashdrives? Can you get a 500mb DOC? I have found the SanDisk drives pretty cheap on ebay.

ShinkunoNamida · 11-20-2002, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Telek
yeah the pricing seems about right.

actually I think that these are designed for rugged in-the-field use, so a car would fit right in with the intentions for use.

too bad it's so $$$y

What I mean is that I don't think it's supposed to be a consumer product. Most likely designed for industrial and governmental applications.

The Durango Kid · 12-12-2003, 02:20 PM

I found a few out there.. I just haven't gotten any replies back asking if it hard any write limitations like CF cards do..

This one seems like the best price so far..
512meg for $211.15
http://www1.dealtime.com/xPO-Simple_..._STI_FLD25_512