A-Data has been carrying out a demo of a system with 8 SSDs in raid. Enough to exceed read speeds of 780 MB/s and write speeds of 1100 MB/s! For that the manufacturer has used 4 of its 3.5” converters, each connecting two 2.5” S592 SSDs based on Indilinx controllers.
Note that A-Data also presented a similar converter except for the fact that it is equipped directly with a RAID chip to combine a pair of 2.5” SSDs or hard drives so as to be transparent for the system, which means for example that you can easily move it from one machine to another.
A-Data is typical of many SSD manufacturers with a range that covers almost all the variants of available products, with this range becoming, as far as we can see, difficult for the consumer to understand. In its “classic” range, for example, A-Data is offering entry level SSDs, mid-range SSDs based on the Indilinx controller and Intel’s X25-M at the top end. In its “hardcore users” XPG range however you’ll find simple JMicron controllers in raid at the high end.
While you do find the best memory modules in the XPG range, this isn’t really the case for SSDs. It is therefore difficult to understand the logic in terms of homogeneity of the range. The problem is that, like many manufacturers, A-Data is trying to distribute all available SSDs on the market. In terms of commercial rationale this is understandable but it makes for uneven placement of the various products in its range.
