Vertex LE reviews + other updates Written on February 22, 2010, by Scott.
With the release of the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition reviews are sprouting up around the web. 02/20/10: Legitreviews: OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review 02/19/10: Anandtech: OCZ’s Vertex Limited Edition Review & SSD State of the Union 02/19/10: PC Perspective: “OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review – Sandforce Goes Retail” The Anandtech article [...]
OCZ Vertex Limited Edition and Micron RealSSD C300 now available Written on February 22, 2010, by Scott.
The first Sandforce based drive from OCZ is now available on NewEgg for a whopping $949.99. This is for the 200GB version. Amazon lists the 100GB version for $439.99 but is currently not yet in stock. Right on time with the announced Feb 22nd availability date, Micron’s RealSSD C300 is also available from Crucial.com. Pricing [...]
Anandtech Storage Bench – Real World Performance Testing Written on February 10, 2010, by Scott.
With all the new SSDs coming out it’s nice to have all the different synthetic benchmarks to gauge their performance. Linear R/W speeds were great to gauge large file transfers. The 4k write benches were great to identify the problems the JMF602 controller was having. IOps is important if your doing databases. With the early [...]
Upcoming Sandforce based SSDs Written on February 4, 2010, by Scott.
By now everyone should know that the performance of an SSD is largely dependant on the controller being used. Sandforce is a US based SSD controller start-up that was founded December 2006 who is out to provide next generation SSD performance and reliability with thier SF-1200 and SF-1500 processors. The former being their consumer product [...]
Silverstone HDDBOOST – Hybrid SSD/HDD solution Written on February 3, 2010, by Scott.
Bit-tech.net posted an interesting article Silverstone’s new “hybrid” HDD product called HDDBOOST. HDDBOOST pitch is “Create your own superdrive with maximum storage and maximum speed”. It promises to give your system the benefits of an SSD without having to reinstall your operating system. The system consists of a 3.5″ caddy with a SATA controller chip [...]
Micron’s RealSSD C300 Written on February 2, 2010, by Scott.
Update Feb 10, 2010: Added CrystalDiskMark2.2 benchmark link from Hexus.net and non-official Anandtech benchmarks between the C300 and a X-25M G2 160GB. The higher transfer speed of the C300 has a positive effect on the light workload and in combination with higher IOps results in a big lead in the heavy workload. Update Feb 4, [...]
OCZ Technology Q1’2010 roadmap Written on February 1, 2010, by Scott.
OCZ Technology is capitalizing on it’s success in the consumer segment with their Indilinx based Vertex Solid State Drives. They continue to innovate with their product offerings and are now looking to increase their presense in the enterprise space as well with their Sandforce controller based designs as well as their PCIe products. At CES [...]
OCZ Z-Drive p88 with modularized NAND SODIMMs Written on February 1, 2010, by Scott.
The latest incarnation of the Z-Drive has a couple of interesting features. Besides the impressive 1.3 GB/s read and 1.2 GB/s write performance using MLC NAND, Indilinx Barefoot controllers and a PCIe x8 interface. It also is OCZ’s first product to support custom NAND SODIMMs. OCZ states that this allows more flexibility for managing their inventory [...]