Thursday, August 6th 2009
PhotoFast Announces CFast-based G-Monster Quad Drive
PhotoFast's solid-state drive (SSD) development has been on a roll in the last year or so. The company has been coming up with new SSD designs on a regular basis. Its latest doing is the G-Monster "Quad-Drive". Simply put, this SSD encloses four PhotoFast CFast (compact-flash derived standard) cards driven by a JMicron RAID controller, which then connects to the host machine over standard SATA II interface, and is seen as a single drive. Internally, the controller lets you configure the cards in RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD modes. With the default configuration, the drive boasts of speeds of up to 250 MB/s read, and 170 MB/s write. Its price is yet to be known, as the product is on its way to the markets.
12 Comments on PhotoFast Announces CFast-based G-Monster Quad Drive
Edit: That SuperTalent SSD was their 128GB model for an even comparison in prices.
I just think that the compact flash cards with SATA connections are effing cool. I want a connection right where that useless IDE connector is so I can plug one of these in for an OS drive.
If it aint cheaper than a regular SSD, its got no place on the market - and it wont sell well unless its half the price of SSDs
Also, if you do decide to do that, keep in mind the rules of the internet. "Pics or it didnt happen" (or at least a link to the news article about you being arrested)
Sorry for the O/T posts :p
I still want to know the price :)
What is the storage capacity of this?