What brand of 128 Gb SSD did Apple offer for 2009 MacBook Pros?

Anyone know what brand of 128gb ssd was stock for the mid-2009 MacBook Pro?
Was it a good one?
I'm thinking of buying a used MacBook Pro - MC118LL/A which has one in it.

rmichaud91 wrote:
Hello everyone,
  I just bought a 2.9 GHz core 17 processor MacBook pro mid 2012 13" with 8 GB of RAM
16 GB of RAM is the best you can do.
The optibay HD will null  and void your warranty.

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