FORESEE Industrial SATA Solid State Drive with On-Board Temperature Sensor and Innovative Technology

FORESEE has grown rapidly into a storage brand specializing in industrial applications. It was launched in 2011 by Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. Ltd. It is one of the most competitive industrial storage solutions brands in the market that is driven by innovation and powered by technology.  FORSEE industrial memory products are efficient, professional and customizable.

Variations of FORSESEE Industrial SATA SSD

FORESEE SSD product types include 2.5-inch SSD, m SATA SSD, M.2 SSD, and BGA SSD, all of which support the popular SATA and PCIe interfaces. FORESEE SSD products use a high-quality Flash resource base from Samsung, Micron, and other suppliers. They are also vital in the enterprise market, server system, and data center sectors. FORESEE SSD products can help improve the quality of desktop computers, personal computers, and business computers.

Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 are much closer than they appear on the horizon, bringing disruptions and a need for dependable data storage. As a result, the number of SSDs in the industrial storage sector has increased. The requirements for each element in an industrial SSD differ significantly from those in a consumer product. Surprisingly, most of these distinctions are addressed by a single central feature: the flash storage control system inside the SSD.

Why Industrial SATA Solid State Drive (SSDs) is Becoming Popular?

In recent years, SSDs have increasingly replaced the traditional hard drives (hard disc drives, HDDs) in many applications. In many ways, they outperform storage media, particularly in industrial markets. Small SSD form factors, such as Compact Flash or SD cards, have been proven in manufacturing sectors for many years.  FORESEE SSD products can meet various custom demands with guaranteed similarity and stability thanks to significant custom control and in-house firmware.

An industrial SSD's flash memory controller must support advanced flash management to ensure a more robust operation with high data endurance via a lower write-amplification-factor (WAF), higher data integrity via highly capable ECC, and higher data retention. End-to-end data path protection goes a step further in ensuring data integrity across all processing blocks. Another crucial component of an industrial SSD is protected against unauthorized access.

While flash memory comes in various sizes, interfaces, and capacities, the technology that powers it is the same. It is inherently unreliable by design, and the controller and individual use-case ultimately determine the SSD's lifetime and quality. As a result, FORESEE latest industrial-grade SSD controller provides all of these fundamentally necessary features of an industrial SSD.

Essential Considerations for FORESEE industrial SSD

Devices in industrial applications are subjected to harsh environments, operate continuously in a wide range of extreme temperatures, handle massive workloads, and are constantly battling threats that could compromise certain functionality. Storage devices must therefore be highly reliable, as device failure can result in data loss and lengthy downtime, both of which can have disastrous consequences.

Low latency and optimized performance

Consumer flash products are intended for single or small groups of users handling a limited amount of data, typically for personal use. Industrial SSDs are designed to process millions of bytes of data multiple clients can access simultaneously. Latency, also known as responsiveness or wait time, is when an instruction is sent and when it is executed. Low latency is provided by industrial flash products, allowing for long-term performance and productivity.

The Temperature Range is Broad

While consumer flash products are only rated for temperatures ranging from 0°C to 70°C, industrial-grade products are designed to withstand temperature ranges ranging from -40°C to 85°C, enabling them to operate incredibly even in extremely cold or hot operating environments. FORESEE was one of the  storage companies to provide M.2 industrial SSDs with industrial temperature ratings.

Longevity is driven

 Heavy workloads in industrial applications necessitate more program/erase (P/E) cycles, reducing storage drive endurance. TLC-based consumer SSDs have endurance cycles of around 1,000 P/E cycles, whereas FORESEE's products have approximately 100,000. Higher P/E cycles imply that industrial SSDs wear out more slowly.

FORESEE's industrial flash products also include advanced wear-leveling to extend SSD life by evenly distributing writing across all blocks to avoid writing on the same blocks too frequently and guaranteeing that they all wear out evenly. Drive endurance is also reflected in a high Terabytes Written (TBW) rating. It indicates how much can be data to the drive throughout its life.

Durability is tough

The average period of hours a device operates before failing is the mean time between failures (MTBF). FORESEE's industrial SSDs range from 2 million hours (114 years) to 5 million hours (over 570 years). Furthermore, FORESEE flash products are designed with additional safeguards to protect against solid particles and liquid and gaseous corrosions that could damage components. FORESEE memory cards are waterproof, dustproof, and shock/vibration proof because System in Package (SiP) technology captures all exposed elements to provide protection and shielding.

Protection against power failures

While consumer SSDs provide some resistance to power outages, industrial SSDs take it further by employing methods and circuitry to mitigate the risks of unpredicted power failure. FORESEE's flash storage products include advanced power failure security, which restricts data loss in the event of a power outage.

FORESEE Power Protector ensures that the most recent read/write/erase command is completed and that data is safely stored in non-volatile flash memory. FORESEE SSDs with Power Protector employ tantalum capacitors with low temperature and humidity sensitivity, ensuring high reliability and endurance even in extreme conditions.