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To see how much SanDisk SSD can save your company, replace the default numbers in the fields below with your company's numbers.
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Number of laptops in your company
units
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Average laptop lifecycle in your company
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Number of laptop users who can benefit from 128GB SSD

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IT hours per laptop to repair HDD failure

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IT hours per laptop to recover from HDD fatal error

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Annual number of HDDs with fatal errors that were sent for data recovery
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Average number of hours that employee waits for a HDD repair
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Percentage of laptop users in your company for each profile
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Road warriors
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Moderate travelers
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Office/home workers
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The total percentage should sum up to 100%
- Calculations are based on SanDisk Ultra® SSD 2.5"1 and HDD 7200 rpm SATA 2.5"2
- Mean time between failures (MTBF) rate [hours]3: SSD 2,000,000
- According to industry analysts, the price of a 128GB SSD is expected to be $215 during 2011. This price is based on Gartner SSD Summary 2Q2011 report8.
- The average annual IT employee salary in the US is $70,000.
- The average annual laptop user salary in the US is $100,000.
- Productivity when users are without their laptops falls on the average to 30%.
- 1SanDisk Ultra® SSD 240 GB 2.5”
- 2Seagate 7200.4 500 GB ST9500423AS 2.5”
- 3MTBF – Mean time Between failures, calculated based on the Parts Stress Method, Telcordia SR-332
- 8Base on Gartner, SSD Summary Q2/11, 128GB pricing in 2011
Results
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Key SanDisk SSD benefits for
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Higher reliability
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Increased user productivity
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Longer battery life
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Total savings$ 0
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SSD price premium for laptops with up to 128GB SSDs over HDD
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Net savings$ 0
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SSD Benefits vs. HDD:
Contributing factors adding up to
total SSD savings
| Financial Benefits | SSD Savings vs. HDD |
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| Total savings for laptops with SSDs for entire laptop lifecycle |
| Major Benefits | SanDisk Ultra® SSD 2.5"1 | HDD 7200rpm 2.5"2 | SSD vs. HDD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance3, 4 | Sequential Read MB/s | 280 MB/s | 103 MB/s | ~2.5 better |
| Sequential Write MB/s | 270 MB/s | 100 MB/s | ~2.5 better | |
| Random Read | 33,000 IOPS | 570 IOPS | ~57x faster | |
| Random Write | 51,000 IOPS | 425 IOPS | ~120x faster | |
| Reliability | MTBF 5 | 2,000,000 hours | N/A | |
| Shock - Operating | 1500G | 350G | More rugged | |
| Longer battery life | Active Power read/write6 | 0.43W | 0.91W | ~2x less |
| Noise | Acoustics - Active(Typical) | None | 26dB7 | No noise |
| Weight | 98gr | 115gr | Lighter | |
| Heat | Produces minimal heat during operation | Produces heat during operation | Minimal heat | |
1SanDisk Ultra® SSD 240 GB 2.5"
2Seagate 7200.4 500GB ST9500423AS 2.5"
3Sequential Read / Write - MB/s. ATTO 2.46 performance benchamrk, Sequential 128KB, NCQ enabled
4Random Read / Write - Input output per second. IOMETER 2008, Random 4KB, NCQ enabled
5MTBF – Mean time Between failures, calculated based on the Parts Stress Method, Telecordia SR-332
6While running MobileMark 2007, as primary drive. measured average current by Fluke at 1 second intervals
710dB = 1 Bel
