Micron Technology has announced another addition to its growing lineup of solid state drives (SSDs) targeted at data center appliances and enterprise storage platforms. The new Micron P410m SSD is a high-endurance, high reliability 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drive built to provide the performance necessary for mission-critical tier one storage applications that require uninterrupted, 24/7 data access.

SAS is preferred in these applications due to its dual-port interface, which offers the high availability and accessibility customers have come to expect from a SAS drive. The new Micron P410m provides the consistent low latency and balanced read/write performance necessary for tackling the unique workloads of persistent data storage.

"EMC is pleased to be qualifying the new Micron P410m for future delivery to EMC customers," said Tim Smith, VP of global product operations at EMC.

In addition, Micron disclosed that the new P410m drive uses its 25nm MLC NAND flash technology. Also loaded with Micron's XPERT architecture, the P410m is designed to achieve 10 drive fills per day for five years to deliver increased data performance and reliability.

Like all of Micron's enterprise-proven SSDs, all manufacturing, testing, and qualification for the P410m is completed solely at Micron facilities, the company added.

The new Micron P410m drive comes in 100, 200 and 400 gigabyte (GB) capacities in a space-saving 2.5-inch 7-millimeter (mm) form factor. The drive is currently in production and is sold direct to OEMs and through Micron's extensive sales and distribution channels.