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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 73650, member: 636"]
SSSTC just dropped their ER4 enterprise SATA drives that max out at 16TB, which is pretty massive for SATA tech these days. The drives hit 98K read IOPS and between 30K to 55K write IOPS, depending on capacity, with sequential speeds capping at 550MB/s read and 530MB/s write. They use a standard 2.5-inch form factor with hot swap support so data centers can yank old spinning drives and slot these in without rebuilding infrastructure.

The company built these specifically for AI inference workloads, online transaction processing, and cloud platforms that need low latency under heavy concurrent access. They pack enterprise features like end-to-end data protection, power loss protection, AES 256-bit encryption, and 3 million-hour MTBF ratings with five-year warranties. Target use cases are virtualization environments, big data platforms, NAS boxes, and video surveillance systems, where organizations want better performance without overhauling existing hardware setups.
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