Wednesday, December 9th 2020

Mushkin Launches 8TB M.2 NVMe ALPHA Series SSD

Mushkin Enhanced MFG - An industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and high-reliability computer products, today unveiled its new ALPHA series of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) featuring an industry-leading capacity of up to eight terabytes (8 TB) the new SSD delivers an uncompromising mix of speed, storage capacity and reliability for mainstream and professional PC users.

The ALPHA Series, powered by Phison's 12 series controller, balances performance, capacity, cost, and energy efficiency, making it the ideal solution for cloud computing, big data, external storage systems, digital imaging and media, technical applications and cold storage. At 4 TB and 8 TB capacities, the ALPHA Series SSD line are the highest capacity in Mushkin's solid state drives line up shipping today.
ALPHA Specifications and Dimensions:
  • Capacities: 4 TB and 8 TB
  • Max Sequential: 3300 MB/s (Read) / 3000 MB/s (Write)
  • 4 KB Random: 550,000 IOPS (Read) / 680,000 IOPS (Write)
  • Operating Temperature: 0°C to 70°C
  • Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C
  • Dimensions: 22 mm x 80 mm X 2.25 mm
  • Warranty: 3 Year Limited Warranty
Pricing & Availability:

The Mushkin Alpha 4TB and Mushkin Alpha 8TB are now available for purchase on Amazon at 649.99 and 1,299.99 USD respectively.
Source: Mushkin
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29 Comments on Mushkin Launches 8TB M.2 NVMe ALPHA Series SSD

#26
micropage7
for that price i could buy another laptop
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#27
Palladium
BluesFanUKMuch less than that. The prices of SSD's and NVME drives may have come down a lot since their initial launch but they've stagnated over the past few years. Aside from the odd deal on Black Friday, you're looking at having to pay £100 for just a 1TB, and the higher capacities tack a premium onto it.

Meanwhile mechanical drives are powering on with going 20+TB by 2021, likely all under £800 too. Unless you're looking for the performance, SSD manufacturers just keep shooting themselves in the foot, spinning rust remains king. Small SSD for boot up, large capacity drive for storage, that probably won't change for at least another decade the rate they're going.
In 2013, I paid $120 for a 840 Evo 250GB: $0.48/GB
In 2014, i paid $400 for a M550 1TB: $0.40/GB
In 2018, I paid $250 for a EX920 1TB: $0.25/GB
In 2019, I paid $220 for a SX8200 Pro 2TB: $0.11/GB

So, I have no idea what you mean by "stagnated over the past few years."
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#29
Valantar
micropage7for that price i could buy another laptop
Not with 8TB of storage though :p
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