OCZ Boosts Write Speed with New Vertex 3 Max IOPS Edition SSD

Posted 04/26/2011 at 1:08pm | by Paul Lilly

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OCZ Technology ditched the DRAM business in order to focus on the more profitable solid state drive sector, and that's exactly what they've done. Adding to an already crowded lineup of SSDs, OCZ today unveiled a new addition to its Vertex 3 SATA III Series, the Vertex 3 Max IOPS edition. Compared to other Vertex 3 drives, this latest entry brings higher write speeds to the table.

"Following the successful launch of our Vertex 3 SATA III 6Gbps solid state drives we are pleased to introduce the new Max IOPS edition," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology Group. "Vertex 3 Max IOPS drives increase random write performance, and are the ideal storage solution for applications that require high aggregate workloads and increased IO throughput."

The Vertex 3 Max IOPS SSD is built around SandForce's new SF-2200 controller and contains "premium NAND flash components." This combination allows the drive to churn out 4KB random writes with up to 75,000 IOPS, OCZ says. That's up from 40,000 (480GB model) to 60,000 (120GB and 240GB) IOPS on the original Vertex 3 drives.

There are two capacities available, 120GB and 240GB, the larger one topping out at 65,000 IOPS and the 120GB model rated at 75,000 IOPS.

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