Plextor M5 Pro solid-state drive (512GB)
Manufacturer: Plextor Corp. Part number: PX-512M5P
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Plextor M5 Pro solid-state drive (512GB) price range: $490.00 - $653.61
- Reviewed by: Dong Ngo
- Reviewed on: 08/07/2012
The good: The Plextor M5 Pro solid-state drive (SSD) offers fast performance and comes with useful accessories and software.
The bad: The drive doesn't include a USB-SATA adapter, and its pricing is not known at the time of the review.
The bottom line: Fast and compatible with all systems, the Plextor M5 Pro would be a great solid-state drive for anyone who can afford it.
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show Specifications
- Manufacturer: Plextor Corp.
- Part number: PX-512M5P
- Description: The Plextor M5Pro is a professional SSD designed for business and advanced users who demand high performance, reliability, and true data integrity. Even under heavy loads the multi-core controller and exclusive Plextor firmware make the M5Pro extremely fast, reliable and stable. It has the ability to consistently deliver random read/write speeds up to 94,000/86,000 IOPS and sequential read/write speeds up to 540/450 MB/s. This makes the M5Pro suitable for use in a heavy workstation, server role, or Raid 0 configuration. In line with the needs of advanced users for data integrity and confidentiality the M5Pro offers a unique enterprise-grade double-data protection technology. Using 128-bit error correction system built into the latest Marvell controller it is able to automatically check and correct the accuracy of data being read from the Flash memory. This is complemented by a second layer of read protection offered by the robust data hold-out algorithm in Plextor's exclusive firmware, allowing the drive to achieve total data accuracy even in the long-term. With the M5Pro, Plextor has focused on developing and supplying one of the most stable drives on the market. To achieve this, extensive pre-production testing took place using the world's most advanced SSD testing facilities - FLEXSTAR testing chamber. It was only when the design was able to pass strict enterprise-grade zero error standard of 400 units surviving 500 hours of the toughest continuous testing without a single error or failure that the drive was approved. To ensure stability and reliability for individual drives all drives undergo rigorous high-temperature burn-in tests and accelerated usage simulation testing.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Device Type Solid state drive - Internal hard drive
- Capacity 512 GB
- Form Factor 2.5"
- Interface Serial ATA-600
- Buffer Size 768 MB
- Features TRIM support , S.M.A.R.T.,
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) , 256-bit AES - Width 2.8 in
- Depth 3.9 in
- Height 0.3 in
- Weight 2.5 oz
Performance
- Data Transfer Rate Details Serial ATA
- Drive Transfer Rate 600 MBps
- Internal Data Rate 540 MBps (read) / 450 MBps (write)
Reliability
- MTBF 2,400,000 hour(s)
Expansion & Connectivity
- Interfaces 1 x Serial ATA-600 - 7 pin Serial ATA
- Compatible Bays 1 x Internal - 2.5"
Power
- Power Consumption (Active) 0.25 Watt
Software & System Requirements
- Software Included Drivers & utilities,
Cloning and backup utility - OS Required Apple MacOS ,
Microsoft Windows Vista / XP / 7 ,
Linux - System Requirements Details Windows XP/Vista/7 - Pentium 4 - 1.3 GHz - RAM 512 MB
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Hard drive bracket
- Compliant Standards WHQL,
VCCI,
KCC,
BSMI,
FCC,
RoHS,
UL Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 5 years warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 5 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 158 °F
- Shock Tolerance 1500 g @ 1ms half-sine pulse (operating)
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