14 DAY TRIAL // We may all think of SanDisk, Samsung and Intel, together with Fixtars's mind-blowing futuristic 6TB SSD, as being top tier manufacturers and nothing will change their dominance in the field.
This way we all tend to forget that a portable memory drive like SSDs tend to have sensibilities thanks to their nature as being data banks for other machines, when faced with Mother Nature.
Usually, SSDs come encased in plastic or metal boxes that do nothing but offer minimal protection against light scratches or mild drops, and to generally not leave sensitive hardware exposed. But when it comes to heavy-duty usage on an Industrial scale that involves high risks of dropping, heating, water splashing and even high G-forces, there's only one company that can manufacture SSDs that can deal with such perils. Enter SMART company, supplier of military-grade hardware and SSDs.
The HRS-S3 SSD is built for high-performance and high-capacity solid-state drives for defense, aerospace and industrial markets and SMART claims it is perfect for industrial temperature applications.
Having a large experience in SMART's long line of SSD for the defense industry, the HRS-S3 SSD delivers performance metrics of 500MB/s sequential read and 400MB/s sequential write speeds while delivering 35K IOPS and 20K IOPS respectively during random operation. Using the SLC NAND Flash, the HRS-S3 is available in typical consumer capacities from 120 to 960 GB.
Get ready for some mil-tec roughness
The HRS-S3 also has a backup power circuit comprising high-reliability capacitors. These capacitors prevent data loss in case of unplanned power interruptions. Also, the Secure Data Elimination Technology (SDET) functionality is compatible with all NSA and DOD sanitization algorithms, as well as IRIG while SDET helps erase and sanitize every block of Flash in a compliant fashion.
All user data stored on the HRS-S3 SSD is automatically encrypted with AES 256-bit encryption. When the two are combined in the HRS-S3, SDET deletes the encryption key in less than 1 second, and can erase the entire Flash array in less than 10 seconds!
For more macho characteristics, the MIL-STD-810 can operate in high shock and vibration applications at industrial operating temperatures of -40°C to +85°C, and of course you can't go Top Gun with this thing if it weren't able to operate at up to 80,000 ft.
What more is there to say, except that we should expect some hefty acquisition prices and basically have this go with you in some extreme places on the planet, and do some data storage activities, because clearly who wouldn't do some movie or file transfers at 80.000ft?
Except the military.