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SanDisk® Vaulter™ Disk
Advanced Storage
System Solution
High Performance with
Parallel Transactions
Low Cost per GB
SanDisk® Vaulter™ Disk,
a ash-based PCI Express
(PCIe) module tucked
away inside a consumer
laptop, represents a new
system approach to high-
performance and high-
capacity data storage.
Enabled by prede ned
SanDisk software scripts,
Vaulter Disk cleverly con-
trols the distribution of
storage data between itself and a high-capacity hard
disk drive (HDD). All personal data and program les
are stored on the HDD, while in parallel the Windows
operating system (OS) is stored on Vaulter Disk.
This unique storage concept transparently speeds
up data retrieval for boot and application load
operations, as well as for unexpected user access
to new les.
Main Features and Bene ts
High User Responsiveness
Vaulter Disk was designed with consumer laptop
users in mind. It consistently boosts user responsive-
ness by taking advantage of the best, native charac-
teristics of the ash-based Vaulter Disk and the HDD.
At the same time, it enables users to enjoy high-
capacity HDD storage at a low cost per Gigabyte.
Vaulter Disk heightens user responsiveness when ran-
domly accessing many small les. Users can feel the
difference in speed both when performing repeated
operations, such as opening frequently used applica-
tions, as well as for unexpected behavior, such as
retrieving new applications or entries on the Internet.
Enhanced Performance with
Parallel Transactions
Unlike caching solutions that are based on serial
transactions, Vaulter Disk consistently boosts the
speed of data retrieval using parallel transactions.
Vaulter Disk operates in parallel to the HDD to opti-
mize data transfer to the host. Vaulter Disk handles
small Read les, representing the majority of system
le transfers. The HDD handles application les and
user data.
When loading a typical application such as Microsoft®
Word, for instance, Vaulter Disk reads the thousands
of small OS kernel les while the HDD reads the
hundreds of heavy program and data les. This
parallel activity boosts Read performance by over
25% as compared with a HDD-only con guration.
High Reliability
SanDisk patented ash management technology
brings top data reliability to Vaulter Disk, even during
power loss.
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Vaulter Disk Speci cations
High Performance
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• Sequential transfer2 Read: 63 MB/sec
Write: 25 MB/sec
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• Random transfer
Read: 22 MB/sec
Write: 3.5 MB/sec
Compatibility and Certi cations
• Cross-PC open platform: requires no changes to
the Microsoft stack storage driver
• Interface: PCI Express (PCIe), Rev 1.1, supports
• Superior power management architecture as
compared with USB or CompactFlash
• Native boot and “return from hibernation”
• RoHS compliant
High Reliability
• Unlimited Read cycles
• Dynamic and static wear-leveling
• Dynamic bad block management
• Advanced error detection and correction code (EDC/ECC)
Electrical Speci cations
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• DC supply voltage: 3V ± 9% (max)
• Read/Write: <250 mA typ
OS Support
• Microsoft Windows®
Vista™, XP™
Con guration
• Fixed disk
Capacity Range
• 8, 12, 16 GB
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(Vista compatible)
Warranty
• 3 years
Technical Speci cations
• Form factor: Full mini PCIe module
• Dimensions (L x W x H): 2.00in x 1.18in x 0.16in
(50.95mm x 30mm x 3.85mm)
• Weight: 7g
• Temperature
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• Operating 0°C to +75°C
• Storage -40°C to +85°C
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• Operating shock
• Non-operating shock
• Operating vibration
: 50g, 11msec, half sine
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: 1500g, 0.5msec, half sine
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: 2.17g RMS
(7Hz to 700Hz)
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• Non-operating vibration
: 3.08g RMS
(8Hz to 500Hz)
1. Vaulter Disk 16GB; Desktop Pentium D 3.41Ghz Asus P5LD2-SE with 2G DDR2 RAM OS - Vista Premium
2. Winsat IO size 65536
3. 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes; 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; speed based on internal testing;
performance may be lower depending on host device. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting
and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.
4. Winsat 4096 IO size
5. Preliminary
USA
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OEMsalesjp@sandisk.com
Taiwan
OEMAsia@sandisk.com
China
OEMAsia@sandisk.com
Korea
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EMEA
CSDEMEA@sandisk.com
For more information, visit
www.sandisk.com/vaulter
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Other brand names mentioned herein are for identi cation purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s).
©2007 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. 12/07 80-11-01491
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