Ive currently the intel x25m, although I dont regret it, im yet to decide if to purchase the new Vertex 2E, main thing is am concerned with is, is the Vertex 2E 4K Read/Writes a lot faster than the intel x25m?
I just got a 90GB Vetex 2E and Ive just found out,, that sandforce controller compresses all of its data before it reads so it can achieve 250+mb's speeds. So this means the data it cant compress you'll only get about 150mb/s speeds. I dont think intel ssd's needs to compress data to achieve fast read speeds
This guy says over at OCZ............
Sandforce drives are rated among the fastest OS drives on the market across the net. Despite the fact that this controller writes incompressible data more slowly, it's all in the "average" time spent using the drive through the entire session. In other words, you don't write incompressible data to the drive constantly anyways, and will only see smaller losses in the average when that is done. If it's OS/apps/games buy Sandforce. Storage(who really does this with SSD yet, right?) will favor another controller type if the data in already highly compressed/incompressible(vid,pics,music,etc).
I've tried a few different controllers(close to 50 drives) and the Sandforce is the best. This is said despite the fact that my old Indilinx array actually wrote around 100MB/s quicker with incompressible data. Even considering that into the equation I still save about 10-15% more time with this array. Multi-tasking ability is much better with this controller as a result of the phemonial small file performance and high IOP's.
Should be noted that I'm no fanboy though and eagerly await the competitors next gen drives due out this spring. IMHO, Sandforce will pay the price for previous debauchery. We'll see who gets my cash then and it will surely go to the highest bidder.
