Serial ATA Flash Drive
APS18AXAxxxG-XXTM1GXX
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©2016 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.2
1. Product Description
1.1 Introduction
Apacer’s SFD18A is a well-balanced solid-state disk (SSD) drive with standard form factor and great
performance. Designed in SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, the SSD is able to deliver exceptional read/write speed,
making it the ideal companion for heavy-loading industrial or server operations. In regard of reliability, the drive
comes with various implementations including powerful hardware ECC engine, power saving modes, wear
leveling, flash block management, S.M.A.R.T., TRIM, and power failure management.
1.2 Capacity Specifications
Table 1-1 Capacity Specifications
*Display of total bytes varies from file systems.
**Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies.
LBA count addressed in the table above indicates total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the lifespan of
the device. However, the total usable capacity of the SSD is most likely to be less than the total physical capacity because a small
portion of the capacity is reserved for device maintenance usages.
1.3 Performance
Table 1-2 Performance
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
256 GB
Sustained Read
340 375 510 505
Sustained Write
100 85 380 350
48,000
81,000
82,000
24,000
22,000
81,000
80,000
Note: Performance varies from flash configurations or host system settings.
IOPS: measured on 8GB span (16777216 sectors Disk Size), 32 Outstanding I/Os (QD=32), Full Random Data pattern,
4KB Align I/Os and test durations 15minutes.
