Legacy POS Storage Upgrade and Service-Life Extension
An installed POS terminal estate required improved boot performance and extended service life without replacement of existing system hardware.
Application Overview
A distributed POS terminal estate of more than 11,000 sites, operating on system hardware approximately a decade old.
Project Requirements
Boot performance and service life had to improve without replacement of the existing system hardware.
At this deployment scale, installation logistics carried equal weight to component selection: each unit had to be installed within store operating constraints across the full estate.
Project Configuration
SSD 110 Series, 2.5-inch SATA III, 128GB.
Project configuration as recorded for this programme. Current product availability is listed under Products.
Qualification & Implementation
- The 2.5-inch SATA III form was specified because the installed systems accept it without board-level modification, which allowed the refresh to reach the full estate rather than the most recent portion of it.
- Supply logistics were scheduled against the installation plan rather than the order date.
- One specification held across the estate, so every site received an identical build.
Recorded Outcomes
More than 12,000 units were shipped across 2024 and 2025. Boot performance improved threefold on legacy systems, service life was extended by five years, and installation time per terminal was reduced by approximately one third.
Key Engineering Factors
A form the installed systems already accepted, so no board-level work was required.
Supply scheduled against the installation programme rather than the purchase order.
A single specification maintained across every site in the estate.