SSDs for purpose-built computers: Industrial SSDs

Kingston’s Industrial SSDs were created due to a strong demand from system builders and OEMs who are creating “Purpose-Built” and “Embedded” systems for various vertical market applications. The term “Industrial SSD” describes solid-state drives that system builders put through a thorough qualification process in order to add qualifying SSDs to their Approved Vendor List (AVL) system BOM (Bill of Materials).

Kingston’s Industrial SSD product line features SSDs that support both SATA and NVMe interfaces, offered in various form factors, and provide the lifecycle management required by system builders. Kingston’s Industrial SSDs are managed under controlled BOM so system builders can be confident that the SSD they qualify at the beginning stage of their project is the same drive they will be purchasing throughout the lifecycle of the SSD.

Sample and qualification stage

The Kingston Industrial SSD Team is ready to assist customers at the early stages of a project with SSD selection and sample delivery. Part of the Industrial SSD team’s responsibility is to ensure we are supplying the customer with the right SSD for the application workload. In many cases the read/write workload in purpose-built applications is relatively light. However, it is always best practice to verify the workload early in the design stage to avoid possible field issues later. Kingston may ask for a brief summary of the intended workload prior to the sample stage so that both companies are in agreement on the SSD selection.

Avoid costly field service issues

While most functional issues can be discovered in lab qualifications, it is impossible to test for every field scenario that may arise. It is Kingston’s goal to work with the system builder to provide adequate samples and technical information necessary for a thorough qualification. Kingston takes compatibility testing to the next level by running in-house test suites in our labs on customer-supplied systems to ensure quality, reliability and consistency in compatibility.