Kingston’s high-performance KC100 SSD is S.M.A.R.Ter than yours

Good news for secure data fans who aren’t fond of moving parts: Kingston ‘s shipping a new line of security-focused solid state drives for all your info-hiding needs. Despite being touted as an enterprise product, the new line will happily sit in any SATA-capable machine you wish, smoothly chugging along thanks to its beloved SandForce DuraClass technology . It’s not often you find a veritable plethora of features tucked between slabs of NAND, but these guys do have some smarts. Literally. S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology — don’tcha know) is firmly onboard, as well as self-encrypting tech to keep any schadenfreude at bay. Beyond that, you can look forward to 6Gb/s throughput, backwards-compatibility with current SATA 2 systems, plus a pretty darn generous five years of warranty. For your cut of the action you’ll be shelling out $337 (120GB), $650 (240GB) or $1,270 (480GB), depending on how much data you just can’t walk away from. A not-at-all pushy infomercial is embedded after the break — for laughs, or learning. Continue reading Kingston’s high-performance KC100 SSD is S.M.A.R.Ter than yours Kingston’s high-performance KC100 SSD is S.M.A.R.Ter than yours originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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