OCZ Unleashes Vertex 4 SSDs: Extreme Performance Comes to Consumers

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group, a leading manufacturer of high-performance solid-state drives (SSD) for consumers, businesses and enterprises, on Wednesday introduced its highest-performing solid-state drive for consumers. Powered by Everest 2.0 controller and architecture, the Vertex 4 family of SSDs offers up to 400% performance improvement compared to previous-generation Vertex 3 solid-state drives. In addition, the new drives will be offered with 5 years warranty.

“The Vertex 4 represents an evolution in SSD technology and is a milestone product, delivering maximum performance and the highest NAND flash durability to date while eliminating the tradeoffs typically associated with on-the-fly data compression in MLC-based SSDs,” said Ryan Petersen, chief executive officer of OCZ Technology.

OCZ Vertex 4 solid-state drives will be available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities and will utilize Serial ATA 6Gb/s interface. Powered by OCZ's new Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform, featuring a dual-core architecture and 400MHz clock speeds, the Vertex 4 eliminates the need for internal data compression, further enhancing drive reliability. This advanced controller architecture also includes key features such as an advanced error correction code (ECC) engine, dynamic wear-leveling, auto encryption, and Indilinx’s next generation Ndurance 2.0 NAND flash management technology, enabling OCZ to support the Vertex 4 SSD line with a 5-year warranty.

Thanks to Everest 2.0 controller and architecture, the Vertex 4 features sequential bandwidth up to 535MB/s, maximum random performance up to 120 000 IOPS [input/output operations per second], and with hard to manage incompressible data, delivers 95 000 4K random read IOPS and 85 000 random write IOPS, a massive improvement over Vertex 3 SSD that is rated at 60 000 sustained 4K random write IOPS. OCZ claims that the Vertex 4 also generates best in class latency as low as 0.04ms for read operations and 0.02ms for write operations, delivering an improvement of approximately 80% over the Vertex 3. In typical use case scenarios, the Vertex 4 outperforms the Vertex 3 by as much as 400%.

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