Designed for server environments, the Kingston SSDNow E Series is the elite class of Kingston's SSD product line. This solid-state drive uses NAND Flash memory components and is not only faster but also more reliable and more durable than mechanical hard drives. The SSDNow E Series creates greater return on investment because of its impressive input and output operations per second (IOPS). Higher IOPS performance means you need significantly fewer SSDs compared to HDDs while saving energy in a server environment.
With no moving parts, Kingston's SSDNow generates less heat, no noise, faster boot times and faster application loads — all with lower power consumption than traditional hard drives. SSD uses a standard hard disk drive interface but unlike an HDD, SSD is very rugged and can handle more extreme environments.
Kingston's SSDNow E Series drives are equipped with S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) to tell the user when a drive is about to fail. For added peace of mind, the drives are backed by 24/7 tech support, a three-year warranty, legendary Kingston reliability and KingstonCare, a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to reduce downtime.
SSD Storage TechnologyActing without any moving parts, the Kingston SSDNow E Series SNE125-S2/32GB solid-state drive boasts multiple advanced features including zero mechanical noise, faster data rates compared to conventional HDDs, over 2-million-hour life span, ultra-low power consumption and impressive shock, vibration and extreme temperature resistance. Using Intel solid-state drives, the SSDNow E series are the best-performing drives on the market, ideal for server applications.
2.5" Form FactorThe Kingston SSDNow E Series SNE125-S2/32GB solid-state drive is specifically designed for server computers equipped with a 2.5" SATA drive bay.
SATA 3.0 Gb/s InterfaceThe Kingston SSDNow E Series SNE125-S2/32GB solid-state drive features the next-generation SATA II interface supporting up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections for optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
Pros: I was waiting for the Intel X-25E or these to come in for a client for a critical server build and these came in first. Stupid fast. Sped up my client's accounting database by a factor of four versus a four hard drive RAID-5 previously installed. I max out their gigabit network transfer now instead of waiting on the server with a simple RAID-1 with these drives. Going to have to team the network connections to gain network speed since the server is soooo fast! Solid state drive SLC architecture is killer on the servers.
Cons: Waiting on the price to drop to dump all the mechanical hard drives in all the servers I manage, still a tad high. What, no terrabyte SSD yet? I need storage!
Overall Review: Clients love the SSD on the desktop and the servers. So quiet and I can remove some of the fans in PCs and servers. Big power saving over RAID-5 arrays. Not quite cheap enough yet or large enough yet to eliminate all the mechanical hard drives.