IBM 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapters come with all the benefits of standard storage in addition to enterprise-class high performance of up to 100,000 sustained IOPS. These adapters are designed primarily for performance-hungry high-performance servers and computing appliances while providing the added benefits of lower power, cooling, and management overhead with a smaller storage footprint.Based on standard PCIe architecture coupled with silicon-based NAND clustering storage technology, High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters are optimized for System x towers, racks, and blades.These adapters use NAND Flash Memory as the basic building block of solid state storage, contain no moving parts, and do not have the issues associated with vibration, noise, and mechanical failure. The adapters are built as block devices on a PCIe bus with advanced wear-leveling, 11-bit ECC, and N+1 chip-level redundancy, providing unparalleled reliability and efficiency.