14 DAY TRIAL // Installing the computer's operating system on a separate partition (or a separate drive altogether) has become a common practice among a lot of computer users around the world, as this configuration enables faster access speeds and a higher overall performance level of the respective PC or laptop. However, it seems that the people over at SanDisk have managed to develop a device that will greatly improve this setup, namely the Vaulter Disk, a flash-based solution that can be described as a combo between a SSD and a PCI card.
With SanDisk's Vaulter Disk, which is a flash-based PCI Express module, the computing systems will be able to take advantage of the speed of embedded flash memory for frequently accessed files while continuing to use a spinning hard drive for bulk storage of less frequently accessed data. The Vaulter Disk requires only enough memory to host the computer's operating system and selected optional user data that is benefited by the faster access time using flash memory. The hard drive stores files, user-generated content and applications that do not require or benefit from faster seek times. The two drives operate in parallel, thereby increasing the overall speed and performance of the PC compared to "classical", HDD-only configurations.
The SanDisk Vaulter Disk will be offered to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) early next year in capacities of from 8 gigabytes (GB)1 to 16GB. "This system solution brings SanDisk's flash performance benefits to the price-sensitive consumer who needs high-capacity storage," said Doreet Oren, SanDisk director of product marketing for the computing solutions division. "While we make other products for the PC market, Vaulter allows us to expand our offerings," she added.
"SanDisk Vaulter Disk consistently boosts user responsiveness by taking advantage of the best native characteristics of a flash-based module and a hard drive," said Tavi Salomon, Vaulter product manager at SanDisk. "It is the parallel operation oThe device, which won an innovations award from the Consumer Electronics Association, will be shown at International CES in Las Vegas in January.f both Vaulter and the hard disk that provides an affordable solution for consumer PC users who will benefit from flash memory performance."
The SanDisk Vaulter Disk's storage concept speeds up data retrieval for boot and application load operations, as well as unexpected user access to new files. With SanDisk Vaulter Disk, Salomon explained, there is faster response time when a user randomly accesses many small files for repeated operations, such as opening applications and for unexpected behavior, such as retrieving new applications or entries on the Internet.
Although it has just been announced, the new solution has already won an innovations award from the Consumer Electronics Association and will be shown at International CES in Las Vegas in January.
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