Kingston SSDNow Solid state drive 240GB internal M.2 2280 SATA 6Gb / s

Description

Kingston's M.2 SATA solid-state drive features a thin, compact form factor that saves space in small-design embedded systems, appliances and ultra-thin computing devices. It meets the M.2 industry standard and integrates into designs with next-generation connectors. It's caseless to allow for easier design-in and lighter weight than a cased SSD and to match today's thin-and-light systems. Its 2280 module optimizes performance with advanced garbage collection, wear-levelling and TRIM support to keep performance consistent over the life of the drive. DevSleep, a new addition to the SATA specification, is an efficient power-management option that minimizes power consumption and extends battery life.

Special Features

• Based on NAND Flash memory - shock-resistant with lower power consumption
• Supports Intel's SRT - combines capacity advantage of HDD with performance improvements of SSD in dual-storage configuration
• Supports SMART - monitors the status of your drive
• Supports TRIM - maintains maximum performance of compatible operating systems
• Space-saving caseless design
• DevSleep conserves and extends battery life
• Power loss protection enables drive to recover from unsafe power shutdown

Product features

• Small form factor PCs and appliances
  Small Form Factor PCs (SFF PCs) are becoming increasingly popular and finding their way into a variety of applications such as home theater systems, digital signage, desktop computing - and anywhere space is limited. SFF PCs are designed to put as many I/O devices on the motherboard as possible in order to save space typically consumed by bulky peripheral bays. SSDs are used in SFF PCs and appliances to increase system performance and improve system reliability over traditional mechanical hard drives.
• Embedded systems (purpose-built)
  Embedded system designs are more compact and more powerful than ever and are often located in remote, hard-to-service locations. Reliability and endurance are key design considerations. By using non-volatile flash storage as an alternative to spinning magnetic storage, Kingston solid-state drives help ensure that system data is reliable and continuously available all the time.
• Specialty integrators
  Included are SSDs with features and performance characteristics designed for high-end server applications, virtualization, virtual desktop computing and for mobile platforms such as notebooks, ultrabooks and thin clients.