Selection Requirements to Establish
Work through what you can. Anything still undecided is exactly what a conversation with our engineers is for.
01Form factor and capacity
- Form factor: 2.5in, M.2, mSATA, CFast, SD, eMMC, BGA, DIMM or SODIMM
- Interface: SATA, NVMe, PCIe generation and lane count, or UHS class
- Capacity required now, and the headroom to plan for
- Host platform, chipset and operating system
02Endurance and reliability
- NAND type: SLC, pSLC, MLC or TLC
- Daily write volume and expected service life, expressed as TBW or DWPD
- Power-loss protection requirement
- Wear levelling, over-provisioning and health reporting (S.M.A.R.T.)
- Data retention required at the operating temperature
03Environment and lifecycle
- Operating and storage temperature range (commercial or industrial)
- Shock, vibration and conformal coating needs
- Fixed bill of materials and revision control
- Longevity commitment and product change notification
- Security features: secure erase, write protect, encryption