860 Series SATA SSDs

[Diagrafeas]

When should we expect 860 Evo and 860 Pro SATA SSDs with 64 layer V-NAND?

 

[Ratman6161]

When should we expect 860 Evo and 860 Pro SATA SSDs with 64 layer V-NAND?

Here is a counterpoint. The existing 850 drives can come close to saturating the sSATA 3 interface. So there just isn't much more performance to be had with data drives. So about the only reason to wait for an 860 pro...if there ever is one is on the off chance that the 850 pro will get cheaper while supplies last.

 

[Billy Tallis]

They already moved the 850 series from 32L to 48L V-NAND without changing the model numbers (but they did change the part numbers). They can probably do it again with the 64L V-NAND, since the controller is still fine.

 

[mikeymikec]

I'd be interested to know if the SATA interface is being saturated (or near saturated) even when say an 850 PRO is transferring a tonne of tiny files (e.g. overheads to do with instructions), or whether it might be possible to push 500MB/sec over SATA 6Gbps for even the smallest of files. Considering the best stat I've seen for a SATA SSD when transferring the tiniest amounts of data is about 50MB/sec (testing with ATTO), that would probably be a performance difference worth paying for in the realm of SATA SSDs.