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  • "Data is money in today's economy and our new ASIC-based ZeusIOPS SSD family delivers high-performance, advanced wear-leveling, and exceptional data integrity, at a cost that is unmatched in the industry."

    unknown title 2011

  • The Crucial C300 supports the Trim command and an advanced wear-leveling algorithm to help mitigate the effects of heavy usage.

    Legit Reviews Hardware Articles 2010

  • For example, if a 256MB MLC card can typically store 250 pictures from a 4-megapixel camera (a conservative estimate), its 10,000 read/write/cycles, combined with wear-leveling algorithms in the controller, will enable the user to store approximately 2.5 million pictures within the expected useful life of the card.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • For example, if a 256MB MLC card can typically store 250 pictures from a 4-megapixel camera (a conservative estimate), its 10,000 read/write/cycles, combined with wear-leveling algorithms in the controller, will enable the user to store approximately 2.5 million pictures within the expected useful life of the card.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • SSDs have a finite number of times each block can be written to, so technologies like wear-leveling are important to keeping the drive performing well over time.

    Macworld 2010

  • A tour around the EMC World exhibition floor reveals a new solid state drive (SSD) under development by STEC called the ZeusRAM, which is said to have better wear-leveling and performance than the current ZeusIOPS enterprise flash drive.

    Channel Register 2010

  • The entire M1S.series will feature a 1. 5-million hour MTBF, along with S. M.A.R.T (S.lf Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) and unique flash-NAND wear-leveling for product life extension.

    OCTools 2010

  • Another way SSD manufacturers have dealt with MLC wear issues is through the use of wear-leveling software, which spreads writes out more evenly so that no one block of cells is worn out before another.

    ARN News 2010

  • To assure durability and consistent performance, tachIOn comes with end-to-end error correction, advanced capacity management, and global wear-leveling.

    theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News 2010

  • But wear-leveling software is common to all SSD manufacturers.

    ARN News 2010

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