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OCZ Technology Group, a member of
JEDEC, designs, develops
and manufactures ground-breaking, high performance memory and computer
components that set industry standards. OCZ products are the first choice for
users needing high-reliability, ultra-high performance solutions. In 2007, PC
Power & Cooling and Hypersonic PC were brought into the OCZ Technology
Group, forming a well-rounded, highly innovative organization that places the
company at the forefront of high-end computing. All of OCZ Technology Group's
products are available through its worldwide network of distributors, online
resellers and retail stores. For more information visit our website at
www.ocztechnology.com
see also
OCZ
- editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's comments:- March 2010 - OCZ
entered the
flash SSD market 2
years ago - in March
2008. Although there are about
1,000
pages on its website which include the word "enterprise" - I think
of it as a consumer market SSD company. That's where I think its heart is -
even though (like many SSD oems in the
SSD bubble) it's
attracted by the greener looking grass and higher ASPs and profit margins in the
enterprise SSD world.
If you want to find products which compete with
OCZ - look in these directories -
notebook SSDs,
2.5" SSDs and
PCIe SSDs. |
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OCZ recent milestones in
SSD market
history
In March 2009 -
OCZ unveiled a
PCIe SSD at
CeBIT. The
Z
Drive uses
MLC flash and has
capacity of 1TB.
But later:- (in April 2009) - OCZ disclosed
that the sustained write speed is a mere 200MB/s - which is 4x slower than
single slot PCIe SSDs from
Fusion-io and
Texas Memory Systems.
In
April 2009 - OCZ
unveiled new
2.5"
SATA flash SSDs for MacBooks. OCZ also published
a
list of MacBooks which the company says are compatible.
Also in
April 2009 - OCZ
unveiled its
1st miniPCI-Express
compatible SSDs. Aimed at
notebooks OCZ miniPCI-E options include:- 16GB or 32GB capacity, and 2
interface options.
SATA
models - have R/W speeds 110MB/s and 51MB/s respectively .
PATA
models - have R/W speeds 45MB/s and 35MB/s respectively.
In May
2009 - OCZ
launched its
fastest 2.5"
consumer SATA SSDs -
the
Summit Series - with 200MB/s sustained write and 250GB capacity.
Although
not the fastest SSDs
in the industry, they are more than 2x as fast as OCZ's Core series
launched less than a year before.
In July 2009 -
OCZ was ranked #12 - just
outside the Top 10 SSD
companies - Q2 2009 - in the 9th quaterly edition of this popular feature
based on search volume.
Also in July 2009 -
OCZ
announced
faster versions of its
2.5"
SATA flash SSDs. By increasing the internal cache speed by 8% the Vertex
Turbo now delivers read and write speeds clocking in at up to 270MB/s read and
210MB/s write. These are fast for consumer SSDs - but see the
fastest SSDs list
for much faster devices.
In November 2009 -
OCZ
announced
it will launch a new SAS
SSD family based on SSD
SoCs from SandForce
which will probably be shown at CES in
January 2010.
Also in November 2009 -Symwave
announced that
its USB 3.0 controller
has been designed into a new
flash SSD by
OCZ - which will be shown
at CES in January 2010.
In March
2010 - OCZ
announced
it's shipping a 32GB 2.5"
MLC
SSD for under $100.
R/W speeds are
unremarkable - at a mere 125MB/s and 70MB/s respectively - but the main point
of this launch - according to OCZ's CEO, Ryan Petersen - was to
publicize the price
point and show what the company is doing "to make SSDs more affordable
to end-users."
Editor's comments:- You get exactly what
you pay for in
SSD pricing. The
big problem is knowing what you want. OCZ's new
Onyx
is a very low capacity, slowish
notebook SSD
which is unsuitable
for server apps. But it does appear to be a good price today according
to
this
comparison. (It may not look so good later.) | |
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| We have
hundreds
of SSD articles on StorageSearch.com |
Here, below, are some
examples.
- SSD
Market History - lists product and technology milestones in the 30 years of
the SSD market upto the end of 2009.
- RAM Cache
Ratios in flash SSDs - it's important to know the underlying RAM cache
architecture - even if you're happy with the R/W and IOPS performance.
- 2010 - 1st Fizz
in the SSD Bubble? - even the dogs in the street know this is going to be a
multibillion dollar market. Greed will play as big a part as technology in
shaping the
SSD year ahead.
- the pros and cons of
using SSD ASAPs - auto tuning SSD appliances are a new category of SSD
which entered the market in the 2nd half of 2009 to accelerate servers without
needing human tune-ups. How can you tell if they are right for you? And how
well do they work?
- the Problem
with Write IOPS - in flash SSDs - long established as a useful performance
modeling metric - this article explains why some specs are exaggerated when
applied to flash SSDs - or predict the wrong results for many common
applications.
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