CONCLUSION

   Marvell controllers are not really the fastest thing around in the SSD industry so when we opened the housing of the PX02SMF020 and saw it used one we didn't really know what to expect from it in terms of performance. True we are talking about an enterprise class SAS SSD but if the controller is not up to the task that matters very little. Fortunately Toshiba uses their very own proprietary firmware so there's no doubt in my mind that it also helped a lot with the results we got. As for the results well it's not hard to see that even with our "heavier" than usual tests the PX02SMF020 blows up every SATA II/III SSD model we've ever reviewed although i can't say we expected anything else by an enterprise class model that costs many times over the price of a regular SSD. My only "slight" issue is with the drives write I/Os since we haven't seen such results for quite a long time now. Luckily the very high I/Os read performance (according to Toshiba) more than just makes up for that but still i think that such a drive should blow everything beneath it out of the water in every test possible.

   We've tested several products oriented for enterprise use in the past from HDDs, NAS Servers and even USB Flash Drives so whenever we get one such device we always expect a hefty price tag attached and the PX02SMF020 with its price tag set at around USD900 inside the USA and 900Euros inside the EU is certainly not an exception to that rule. Of course such products are aimed towards people and enterprises who have little to no concern about money so we don't expect regular consumers to be interested in it although it is overall the fastest 2.5" SSD we've tested to date. Still the fact that it's the fastest one yet in our charts is not a small deal and although the price tag takes some points away still an enterprise grade product is not ment for regular consumers which is why in the end the PX02SMF020 200GB SAS SSD by Toshiba gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (Enterprise Grade/2.000.000 Hours MTBF)
- Superior Performance (Fastest 2.5" SSD In Our Charts To Date)
- SAS Connectivity/Dual-Port 12Gb/s Compatible
- Models Up To 1.6TB In Capacity
- Power Loss Protection/Improved ECC/Optional Crypto-Erase Function
- 5 Years Warranty

CONS

- Price (For Some)