OCZ Technology’s pushing SSDs on step further this morning, with the introduction of the Octane SATA 6Gbps and Octane-S2 SATA 3Gbps SSDs. These guys promise “record-breaking access times” and as much as 1TB of capacity, with Indilinx Everest internals playing things out at the inside. Oddly enough, the corporate claims that here is the world’s first SSD to hit 1TB, but actually, we saw the primary one from pureSilicon long ago in early 2009. At any rate, the corporate claims that these guys can deliver as much as 560MB/sec of bandwidth and 45,000 IOPS, and so they depend on a proprietary page mapping algorithms allow for steady mixed-workload performance. The Octane series also incorporates a variety of features unique to Indilinx — including latency reduction technology — enabling both read and write access times as little as 0.06ms and nil.09ms, respectively. Except that 1TB flagship, there’ll even be 128GB, 256GB and 1TB models, and while no pricing details are being outed just yet, we’re told to expect around $1.10 to $1.30 per gigabyte. Interested? They’ll start shipping on November 1st.
New 2.5 inch High-Capacity Octane SSDs Leverage the Indilinx Everest Platform to Deliver Superior Performance and Endurance for a variety of Workloads
SAN JOSE, CA-Oct 20, 2011-OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a number one provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), today launched the Indilinx Everest-based Octane SATA 3.0 and SATA 2.0 SSD series, striking the correct balance between capacity, physical size, and speed. As well as being the world’s first SSD to realize as much as a 1TB capacity in a compact 2.5 inch format, OCZ’s Octane SSD series combines high-speed data transfer rates with record-breaking access times to supply an outstanding user experience and improved application performance.
“OCZ has reached an incredible milestone inside the development of its own controller technology,” said James E. Bagley, Senior Analyst with Storage Strategies NOW. “The high sustained performance, in spite of compressed files, the rapid boot feature and high access speeds using SATA 3.0 protocol puts their controller technology inside the major league.”
“Beforehand SSDs has been tailored for specific applications, forcing users right into a product which maximizes performance for a narrow band of applications, but is significantly lacking in others,” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. “The Octane Series solves this problem by providing the best level of performance across varied workloads including mixed file sizes and mixed compressible and uncompressible data, all while nearly doubling NAND flash endurance.”
The Octane series leverages the cutting-edge Indilinx Everest platform to deliver as much as 560MB/s of bandwidth and 45,000 IOPS and is optimized for the entire spectrum of file types and sizes. Exceptionally, the Octane’s proprietary page mapping algorithms allow for steady mixed-workload performance, mirroring real world conditions across quite a lot of applications. The Octane series also features a collection of advanced features unique to Indilinx, including innovative latency reduction technology, enabling both read and write access times as little as 0.06ms and nil.09ms respectively, the bottom of any commercially available SSD. This enhances application responsiveness and enables features which include “fast boot” in consumer applications.
Octane SSDs also come equipped with Indilinx’s proprietary NDurance™ technology, increasing the lifespan of the NAND flash memory, ensuring probably the most consistent and reliable performance in addition to minimizing performance degradation even after the drive’s storage capacity is very utilized. Similarly, Octane series drives support AES and automated encryption to secure critical data.
Octane Product Features:
- Dual Core CPU
- As much as 512MB DRAM cache
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB models
- High sequential speeds:
Octane (SATA 3.0) Read: 560MB/s; Write: 400MB/s
Octane-S2 (SATA 2.0) Read: 275MB/s; Write: 265MB/s
- High transactional performance – Optimized for 4K to 16K compressed files
Octane (SATA 3.0) 45,000 random read 4K IOPS
Octane-S2 (SATA 2.0) 30,000 random read 4K IOPS
- Industry-low latency:
Read: 0.06ms; Write: 0.09ms
-Strong performance at low queue depths (QD 1 – 3)
- As much as 8 channels with as much as 16-way Interleaving
- Advanced BCH ECC engine enabling greater than 70 bits correction capability per 1KB of data
- Proprietary NDurance™ Technology: increases NAND life as much as 2X of the rated P/E cycles
- Efficient NAND Flash management: Dynamic and static wear-leveling, and background garbage collection
- Boot time reduction optimizations
- NCQ support as much as 32 queue depth
- End-to-end data protection
- TRIM support
- Industry standard SMART reporting
The OCZ Octane SSD Series could be available November 1st in models starting from 128GB-1TB capacities throughout OCZ’s global channel.
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