Monday, October 19th 2020
Plextor Unveils M8V Plus Series SATA SSDs
Plextor late last week unveiled the M8V Plus line of mainstream SATA SSDs in the 2.5-inch and M.2-2280 form-factors. The M8V Plus is an incremental update of the original M8V series from 2018. What's new is the implementation of KIOXIA-sourced 96-layer TLC NAND flash replacing 64-layer chips from Toshiba. The M8V Plus series comes in 256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB variants, while the original M8V came in 128-thru-512 GB variants.
The Silicon Motion SM2258 controller under the hood of the M8V Plus, has been updated to its latest revision, and supports Plextor-innovated Plex Compress technology. This feature uses the controller's idle time to compress files that haven't been accessed for over 30 days. The Plex Turbo feature, which is essentially variable-size SLC cache, has also been improved to be larger in size. On-paper performance hasn't changed, with the company claiming up to 560 MB/s sequential reads, up to 520 MB/s sequential writes, up to 90,000 IOPS 4K random access for the 256 GB and 512 GB variants; and up to 88,000 IOPS random access for the 1 TB variant. The company rates write endurance for the 256 GB variant at 140 TBW, 512 GB variant at 280 TBW, and 560 TBW for the 1 TB variant. All three variants are backed by 3-year warranties. The company didn't reveal pricing.
The Silicon Motion SM2258 controller under the hood of the M8V Plus, has been updated to its latest revision, and supports Plextor-innovated Plex Compress technology. This feature uses the controller's idle time to compress files that haven't been accessed for over 30 days. The Plex Turbo feature, which is essentially variable-size SLC cache, has also been improved to be larger in size. On-paper performance hasn't changed, with the company claiming up to 560 MB/s sequential reads, up to 520 MB/s sequential writes, up to 90,000 IOPS 4K random access for the 256 GB and 512 GB variants; and up to 88,000 IOPS random access for the 1 TB variant. The company rates write endurance for the 256 GB variant at 140 TBW, 512 GB variant at 280 TBW, and 560 TBW for the 1 TB variant. All three variants are backed by 3-year warranties. The company didn't reveal pricing.
6 Comments on Plextor Unveils M8V Plus Series SATA SSDs
2.5" sata....whahdatbe ??? :D :cry:
Worth me investing in, N.O.P.E.... simply because I choose speeeed/performance over capacity, since my local storage needs are not that great, but my time is very valuable :)
And no, I am not going to get into some convoluted discussion about read/write speeds or whatever. I just know that I like & utilize the performance of my m.2's way more than I ever did with any SATA drive...and since I have 2x M.2 slots on my mobo + 4 moar on my hyper M.2 card, thats why I said "yawn" :)
That's not being elitist, it's just my reality... time is money, and anything that saves me time means moar money for me & my company...
As for dismissive, YES I am, especially towards companies that burn R&D time & money trying to improve upon what is essentially a soon-to-be-dead tech. I would much rather see them spend it on current/upcoming tech, like better/faster controllers, NAND, and larger capacities etc...
I expected moar from a well-known, well-respected company like Plextor, thats all ...
Peace out :D