| OCZ Octane SATA 6 Gb/s Indilinx Everest SSD |
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Featured Reviews: Storage
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| Written by Olin Coles |
| Tuesday, 21 February 2012 |
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OCZ Octane SSD Series Features
Combining high-speed data transfer rates with record-breaking access times, OCZ Octane SSDs are designed to provide a superior user experience and improved application performance. Octane leverages the cutting-edge Indilinx Everest platform and is optimized for the complete spectrum of file types and sizes, with proprietary page mapping algorithms mirroring real world conditions across a wide range of applications.
The Octane series also includes advanced features unique to Indilinx, including latency reduction technology to enhance system responsiveness and enable instant-on boot-ups, and proprietary NDurance technology to increase the lifespan of the NAND flash memory and minimize performance degradation. In addition, Octane drives support AES and automatic encryption to secure critical data, bringing unique enterprise features within the reach of enthusiasts. Octane SSDs also deliver the energy efficiency, durability, and reliability that traditional hard drives cannot provide.
Octane Series are available in 128GB to 1TB capacities and come backed by a 3-Year warranty.
OCT1-25SAT3 Specifications
- Available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB capacities
- Interface: SATA 6Gbps / Backwards Compatible 3Gbps
- 512MB Onboard Cache
- Indilinx Infused
- TRIM Support
- Background Garbage Collection Support
- Boot Time Reduction Optimization
- AES and Automatic Encryption
- SMART Support
- Proprietary Indilinx Ndurance Technology
- Low-Latency Seek Time: 0.06ms Read; 0.09ms Write
- Slim 2.5" Design
- 99.8 (L) x 69.63 (W) x 9.3 mm (H)
- Lightweight: 83g
- Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
- Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
- Low Power Consumption: 1.98W active,1.15W standby
- Shock Resistant up to 1500G
- RAID Support
- MTBF: 1,250,000 hours
- 3-Year Warranty
- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32/64 bit), Linux, Mac OSX
128GB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 470MB/s
- Max Write: up to 210MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 18,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
256GB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 480MB/s
- Max Write: up to 310MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 25,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
512GB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 480MB/s
- Max Write: up to 330MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 26,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
1TB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 470MB/s
- Max Write: up to 330MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 25,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
*Performance specifications reflect update to current firmware version
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Comments
Once they get their prices down, (by more than a little) they will have an explosion in sales.
However, I had a 60Gb Patriot Inferno SSD that was a pretty good boot drive, and all I could afford (~250 MB/s). A year later I added another in a RAID 0 and got quite the speed boost (not only in benchmarks, but boot times and load times for games and apps). If anyone had an older SATA II SSD but can't afford to purchase a larger drive, look around for another SATA II SSD for a RAID (make sure your board supports hardware RAID, not software). I wouldn't recommend this for people who already own an SATA III SSD since they're already fast, however you could add another in RAID 0 if you wanted to increase the size of your boot drive using a RAID volume without paying the higher cost for a larger drive.
the IOPS of 35,000 is less than half that of half a
dozen other SATA 111 SSD's on the market that are 40%
cheaper.
I've just ordered a Corsair 120Gb Force GT series 3
and admittedly is a very small temporary storage drive it's
IOPS is 85,000 and 4K sequential read is 550Mb/s and writes at
515Mb/s. Price $234 Aussie dollars.
Currently my 300Gb velociraptor (10,000rpm) is really showing
it's age and is holding the system back.
Any info I want to keep long term I burn onto 25Gb Blu-ray
media and catalogue.
I would be in heaven if I owned OCZ's Vertex 3 X2 hybrid
drive but the price right now is just too high, even if it
is the quickest out there.
At any rate, Octane is a plenty-fast SSD that's ideal for users like yourself. If you're running a database server on your system, then IOPS will matter. If you're just running standard applications, you won't notice a difference.
Sorry, I am kind of a newbie looking to upgrade to a new SATA III board and SDD that is at least 300Gig, and don't understand your recommendation?
I don't run a database server on my system (and don't anticipate doing so on the new system), so I'm trying to get my hands around what is a worthwhile investment if i use standard applications plus a couple games like COD MW3, that may benefit from SSD performance?
I am currently under the impression that moving from my Raptor 10k rpm HDD to ANY ssd drive is a move in the right direction, but am thinking a really don't need to be paying the premium to get the highest performing SSD, since per your comment, I'm mostly using standard apps that won't realize much benefit. If COD MW3 is the most demanding app I use, should I even be looking at SSD at this point?
Any SSD will blow the doors off any mechanical hard drive. Personally, I don't think how demanding the app is should be your deciding factor. I think you should look more at boot times and sheer performance in load times. I could only afford 120G worth of SSD (2 x 60GB in a RAID 0), but my system flies now, and I have installed the games I play the most on this volume and the performance difference is unreal. My system boots in about 15 seconds now. If you're looking at a 300G SSD, you'll get a pretty highly performing unit. It will cost a fair amount, but the performance increase will justify it easily.