The 480GB mSATA TAA Compliant Solid State Drive from VisionTek is suitable for saving data on notebook and Ultrabook computers, tablets, and desktop machine motherboards with an onboard mSATA port.

This portable, low-power storage solution is 1/8^th the size of a traditional 2.5" hard disk drive (HDD). The drive incorporates DuraClass technology that delivers data rates up to 540Mb/s, up to 100x greater data reliability than an Enterprise class HDD, and access times up to 50x faster than a conventional HDD. It is SATA 6G ready, but backward compatible with SATA 3G and 1.5G machines too, making the drive a versatile storage performance booster for a wide variety of devices.

Ideal for Ultrabook PCs, the drive can also be mounted directly to an mSATA interface equipped desktop PC motherboard. Now, instead of using up a drive bay for a 2.5" SSD and having to buy an adapter, you can easily add this SSD as a performance-boosting cache drive to complement a large storage capacity HDD.

No moving parts

Silent, cool, energy efficient operation

Shock, vibration, and temperature resistance

Access time up to 50x faster than HDD

Designed to deliver SATA 6G speeds, yet backward compatible to SATA 3G and 1.5G

Ultra-thin form factor doesn't add bulk

DuraClass Technology offer reliability, performance, and power efficiency

DuraWrite extends the drive endurance by 20x or more compared to standard SSD controllers

Advanced Wear Leveling & Monitoring distributes data evenly across the entire drive

Advanced Read/Disturb Management safeguards against data corruption by spreading read/write cycles across the flash components

Intelligent garbage collection "recycling" maintains optimal write speeds by clearing blocks of unneeded data during off-peak usage times

RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive from flash block failures without typical RAID inefficiencies

Error correction (ECC) protection for data retention and drive life

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. is this drive useable in the AJA Ki Pro Quad Solid State 4K Recorder or does it use a different drive?

A: No, different drive. the 4k ki pro uses AJA - Pak512 512GB SSD for Ki Pro Quad

Q: 2. Will the SanDisk 128GB Extreme Pro USB 3.0 Flash Drive work with a Mac OS X ?

A: Yes. The biggest problem I have is in transferring large files (i.e., 4GB) between platforms. That's not the drive's fault, though, that's a problem with different software drive formats. You have to format the drive for the kind of system you want to use it with. If you're exclusively using it on Macs, it's way simpler, but if you want to transfer 4GB files between Mac and PC, then you have to make sure that you format the drive appropriately (and I must admit I don't remember the name of the most appropriate file format for such things, I have to look it up each time I have to do it, which isn't often).

Q: 3. What does TAA compliant mean and is this limited to use in the USA?

A: TAA compliance is a requirement of some purchase contracts. The mLogic Internal LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive (TAA Compliant) BH #MLDRIVELTO8 is not limited to use region.

Q: 4. How is the drive formatted?

A: HTFS + (Mac journalled)

Q: 5. What color is the LED activity light?

A: When the thumb drive is plugged in, you have to look directly on the top of the thumb drive to see the blue activity LED. Most thumb drives have the activity LED on the end of the drive to make it easier to see when files are being read or written to the drive. But is is a great product overall.

Q: 6. Will this flash drive work with a Mac OS X ?

A: It comes formatted for PC (fat-32) and it is ready for use on Mac OS X for both read and write. But if you need it be bootable on Mac, you need to format it to Mac format(GUID partition) by using the Disk Utility.

Q: 7. On Sandisk website, the latest 1TB version has model #SDCZ880-1T00-G46 How can I order this?

A: We carry this product as well BH #SACZ8801T00A • MFR #SDCZ880-1T00-A46 https://bhpho.to/3zYHGxv

Q: 8. Do I have to have a MAC to read the AJA drive?

A: They are Mac striped but you can use software like Macdrive to use with Windows.

Q: 9. What model number is this? If you are selling it, you should at least know that? Right ? You're a legit company, right ?

A: The manufacturer model number of the mLogic Internal LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive (TAA Compliant) is: DRIVE-LTO8.

Q: 10. How robust is the recovery software? A reviewer stated they lost 1 year of photos... can you recover full drive if it fails?

A: Recovery software might be able to recover a deleted file in some cases. If a drive fails you will not be able to recover it. USB sticks are not long term or high reliability storage they are meant for moving information from one system to another.