Can we see the horizon where modern 4TB and 8TB flash drives will be at least as affordable as the 1TB and 2TB models?
Corsair has a large amount of NVMe drives in the PCI-Express 4.0 generation, most of which belong to the Force MP600 brand – but it shows no signs of stopping even when a new generation is already at hand, as it launches another pair of products that joins the array and tries to diversify him a little more.
The Corsair MP600 Pro NH is based on Phison’s E18 controller combined with modern 3D TLC NAND memories (probably from Micron which is the main partner in the field) to provide storage volumes between 500GB and 8TB, with continuous performance of up to 7,000 MBps in reading and up to 6,500MBps in writing, in addition to random performance with small 4KB files of up to 1,200,000IOPS in reading and up to 1,000,000IOPS in writing. These data are at their peak in the 4TB version of the drive – but even the versions with volumes between 1TB and 8TB are not far from the stated maximum, with the 500GB version being the exception here with a drop in continuous and random write performance, apparently due to the use of a smaller number of communication channels between The controller for the NAND memories according to the reduced amount of storage chips required.
These drives come with an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) figure of 1,600,000 hours and a five-year warranty, within the scope of writing 41 percent of the drive volume every day – with support for 256-bit AES encryption and with declared average power consumption during operation of between 10 watts and 11 watts which will probably make it difficult for them to become a hit for laptops, while other Gen 4 drives are able to offer an average power consumption of between 6 watts and 8 watts.
Corsair’s recommended prices for the MP600 Pro NH models are $73 for 500GB and $112 for 1TB, through $213 for 2TB which makes it the most affordable of the bunch and $530 for 4TB and $1,075 for 8TB . The pricing for the largest volumes is still discouraging, but this is an increase of about 25 percent “only” in the price per terabyte of storage compared to the most affordable 2TB model – so for us this is a starting point with quite a bit of potential, assuming that the real prices in stores will start In a downward trend near the launch. Will $100 per terabyte of PCIe 4.0 storage be within reach in 4TB and 8TB soon?
Corsair’s second new drive family is the MP600 GS, which uses the Phison E21T controllers without built-in dynamic memory to save costs, along with 3D NAND chips and effective volumes between 500GB and 2TB.
These models will be able to reach a continuous transfer speed of up to 4,800 MBps in reading and up to 4,500 MBps in writing, together with random performance of up to 1,000,000 IOPS in reading and up to 530,000 IOPS in writing, within a 5-year warranty period with a scope of writing 33 percent of the volume every day. the prices? Starting at $58 for 500GB, through $93 for 1TB and up to $178 for 2TB.