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Contact Information

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USA: OEMinfo@sandisk.com
Japan: OEMsalesjapan@sandisk.com
Taiwan: OEMAsia@sandisk.com
China: OEMAsia@sandisk.com
Korea: OEMAsia@sandisk.com,
Europe: CSDEMEA@sandisk.com

For more information, please 
visit: www.sandisk.com/ssd

SanDisk Corporation, 
Corporate Headquarters 
601 McCarthy Boulevard 
Milpitas, CA 95035 

SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. SanDisk 

pSSD and nCache are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only 

and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s). ©2009 SanDisk Corporation. 5/09 Rev. 2 80-11-01576

* 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage.

** The MTTF calculation does not take into account the disk endurance limitation. For the disk endurance, please refer to the 

endurance section in the product specification. 

1.  Lower price than the least expensive HDD in certain capacities. 

2.   Based on TestMetrix benchmark performance may be lower depending on host device. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes. 

3.  Weight of second generation pSSD varies from 5.3 grams – 9 grams, depending upon capacity. This is compared to the 

eight of the weight of 1.8 HDD MK6006GAH MK3006GAL, which weighs 51-62 grams.

4.   While running MobileMark and average (typical) power

5.  vRPM (virtual Revolutions Per Minute) - a metric to compare SSD performance in client PCs with the HDD and with other 

SSDs. vRPM answers the question how fast would a HDD have to spin in order to deliver the same performance as a SSD in a 

client PC. vRPM = 50 / ((0.5 / 4kB random read IOPS) + 0.5 / 4kB random write IOPS))

6.  LDE (Long-term Data Endurance) - an industry metric, introduced by SanDisk, that quantified how much data can be written 

to an SSD in its lifespan expressed in terabytes written (TBW). Data is written using typical PC transfer size distribution of 

writes, written at a constant rate over the life of the SSD and data is retained for at least 1 year upon LDE exhaustion. Typical 

client PC user writes 4GB/day, Based on SanDisk internal measurements.

7.  Based on IOMeter  2003.12.16 benchmark measurements.

8.  nCache™ is a large Non Volatile Write Cache, a unique feature in pSSD-P2 and S2 that improves random write performance 

and ensure an improved user experience.  

Studies show that modern operating systems mostly access the storage device using 4k access blocks. pSSD-P2 and S2 

include a non-volatile write cache which is used to accumulate these small writes at high speed, with no risk of data loss.  

The cache is filled during small write commands and emptied during idle time when the host is not accessing the drive.  

For a typical everyday use, the write performance that the users see is the nCache™ (burst) performance, and not steady  

state (sustained) pSSD performance. Based on IOmeter 4K random write test.

9.  Assumes HIPM (Host Initiated Power Management) is enabled.

10.  Based on Parts Stress Analysis, in accordance with the Telcordia Special Report SR- 332.

SanDisk pSSD Modular Solid State Drives Features and Specifications

Module Name

pSSD-P2

pSSD-S2

Interface

PATA UDMA6

SATA II 3Gb/s 

Capacity (GB)*

8, 16, 32, 64

8, 16, 32, 64

Characteristics

Form Factor
Connector

Half 1.8", miniPCIe
ZIF, LIF, miniPCIe

Half 1.8", miniPCIe
Standard SATA, uSATA, miniPCIe

High Performance

vRPM

5

Sequential read

2

Sequential write

2

Sustained 4K random write
Burst 4K random write

9000
70MB/s

2

70MB/s

2

100 IOPs

7

550 IOPs

7

9000
70MB/s

2

 

70MB/s

2

100 IOPs

7

550 IOPs

7

Highly reliable & 

durable

MTTF**
Operating shock 
Operating vibration
LDE

6

More features

Up to 2,000,000 hours
1000G
15G
36.5TBW (64GB)
- Unlimited read cycles
- SMART feature supported
- Security and password protection 
- No preventive maintenance

Up to 2,000,000 hours
1000G
15G
36.5TBW (64GB)
- Unlimited read cycles
- SMART feature supported
- Security and password protection
- No preventive maintenance

Small and light 

weight

Size

Weight

54mm x 32mm x 2.7mm (8, 16GB)
54mm x 32mm x 4.3mm (32, 64GB)
4.7g (8GB), 5.5g (16-32GB), 7.1g (64GB)

54mm x 39mm x 4mm (Half 1.8”)
50.95mm x 30mm x 4mm (miniPCIe)
7g (8-16GB), 7.5g (32GB), 9g (64GB)

Low power  

consumption

DC supply
Sleep mode (typical)
Active power (typical)
Average power (typical)

4

3.3V ±5%
1mW
1W
0.2W - 0.3W

5V ±5%, 3.3V ±5%
90mW

9

 

1.5W
0.3W - 0.4W

9

Environmental  

Specifications

Operating temperature
Storage temperature
Acoustic noise

0°C to +70°C
–25°C to +85°C
0dB

0°C to +70°C
-25°C to +85°C
0dB

Warranty

3 years Limited Warranty
3 years – in regions not recognizing 
Limited.

3 years Limited Warranty
3 years – in regions not recognizing 
Limited.

OS Support

Windows® XP, Linux, Windows Vista®, 
Win 7, Win 7 Mobile

Windows® XP, Linux, Windows Vista®, 
Win 7, Win 7 Mobile

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