SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 1.8", with up to 64-gigabyte (GB)* flash memory, is targeted at enterprise users as the first step in mass consumer adoption of the solid state drive in the mobile PC market.

Field-Tested Durability

Our 5th generation SSD, SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 has been field-proven for over a decade in the harshest of environments. It uses NAND flash enhanced by our patented flash management technology. SanDisk SSD delivers an outstanding two million hour mean time to failure (MTTF)¹ rate. This superior level results in reduced tangible costs, such as IT labor costs, while also decreasing intangible costs associated with inaccessible data that can negatively affect business opportunities and reputations.

Enhanced Performance

With no moving parts, SanDisk SSD does not need to spin up into action or to seek files in the way that conventional hard disk drives do - enabling SanDisk SSD to work much faster. SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 achieves a sustained read rate of 67-megabyte (MB)*/sec and a random read rate of over 7000 inputs/outputs per second (IOPS) for a 512-byte transfer² – more than 100 times faster than any hard disk drive.

These performance figures boost system performance. For instance, SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 can boot Microsoft Windows® Vista™ Enterprise on a laptop in as little as 35 seconds.³ SanDisk SSD achieves an average file access rate of 0.11 milliseconds.⁴ On Windows Experience Index for Microsoft® Vista™, SanDisk SSD scores 5.6 out of a total 5.9, whereas a hard disk drive scores 3.7 on the same test inside the same laptop.⁵

Power Efficient

Another advantage of SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 is its low power consumption rate compared to the hard disk drive: 0.5W during active operation versus 1.0W. This is particularly important to extend the battery life for the benefit of road warriors.

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* 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage. Read more.

[1] MTTF is calculated based on the Parts Stress Method, Telcordia SR-332
[2] IOMETER 2003.12.16"
[3] Stopwatch test performed internally at SanDisk; Dell Latitude D620 notebook (Intel Core Duo Processor T7200, 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM); Microsoft Windows Vista
[4] Based on internal testing; H2BENCH 3.6; average access time = average seek time + average latency time
[5] Measurements were made on SanDisk SSD 1.8" SSD UATA 5000 1.8" 32GB ZIF and 1.8" HDD MK6008GAH, 4200RPM, 60GB, ATA ZIF. Measurements for Vista were made using these components inside a Dell D420 notebook.