The main concern for enterprises is reliability, perhaps the main reason that most companies have not immediately jumped onto SSD storage as their primary solution. The cost is another barrier but for high volume database usage as well as disk intensive tasks like transforming video the speed advantage can pay for the initial investment in very little time, as long as the medium is reliable. Where an SSD failure on your home machine is frustrating, it can cost a business a lot of money. This is changing as we are starting to see more companies offering Enterprise class SSDs, usually SAS SSDs which can help ameliorate the possibility of downtime due to a failed drive. The Toshiba MK4001GRZB 400GB SAS 6Gb/s Enterprise SLC SSD is one such drive and when the SSD Review had a chance to test this $7000 drive they jumped at the chance. Check out the review to see its speed in action and keep in mind the stellar warranty which Toshiba offers, unlimited writes for the life of the 5-year warranty, when you are considering the drive for business use.
"Our SSD review today will be on the Toshiba MK4001GRZB 400GB SAS 6Gb/s Enterprise SLC SSD and will be the first to experience our new Enterprise Test Protocol. This SSD brings with it some of the best sustainable performance in the realm, and also has recently taken the Grand Prize for Excellence in Energy Efficiency and Conservation from the Japan Energy Conservation Center, so it is definitely a top candidate to initiate our new Enterprise Test Protocol."
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Anyone considering a Toshiba
Anyone considering a Toshiba product should consider The OEM’s track record with software/firmware updates. And as a Toshiba laptop owner, I can say this: Toshiba does not update their customized Intel HD graphics drivers, and if you purchase a Toshiba product do not expect to recieve any software/frimware updates, unless you are buying a new product, and you will most likely never recieve a needed software/firmware update after do you purchase a product!
I had to Purchase an ASUS laptop to get regular updates for my Intel genaric HD graphics drivers from the Intel website!