OCZ Vertex SSD

LeJimster said:
Ok, So Tony had a Poll on the official forum asking which firmware people would like to see shipped on the drives.

Results:

around 85>100MB/s writes but best IO performance 405 49.27%
around 130>150MB/s writes mid level IO performance 364 44.28%
180>240MB/s writes and low IO performance. 53 6.45%

And Tony has gone with best IO performance option. So the drives should be out soon now.

At first glance it looks like a big disadvantage.. But the performance gains in multitasking etc, make it the right choice I think. If people are wanting high sequential writes they're probably better getting a couple of drives in Raid-0.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51364&page=13 -- post #192

They'll probably release the different firmwares at some point, so people might eventually be able to choose for themselves anyway.
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Good, when the hell do you ever need massive sequential writes speed anyways? DVD and even Blu-Ray drives couldn't keep up, and you're at the limits of a GB net connection.
Oh, i'm sure there's some specific Job that needs it, but the majority of users do very little sequential writes in the course of a day, Improving IOPS and thus the random reads/writes will give a more relevent benefit.
 
Good news looking at wendy's benchmarks on the release firmware hint that they've managed to tweak it so it has closer to 115-120MB sequential writes and 220-230MB reads. She did the benchmarks with OS and apps loaded on the drive and they looked pretty good.

On paper atleast it looks better than Intel's offering.. We wait and see what people actually make of the drives now :).
 
Zarf said:
Good, when the hell do you ever need massive sequential writes speed anyways? DVD and even Blu-Ray drives couldn't keep up, and you're at the limits of a GB net connection.
Oh, i'm sure there's some specific Job that needs it, but the majority of users do very little sequential writes in the course of a day, Improving IOPS and thus the random reads/writes will give a more relevent benefit.
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a lot of ppl just want to see high numbers in bench programs for their epeen, and i'm not kidding :)

you're spot on though as the whole point of SSD right now is eliminating the stutters and improving IO, sequential reads/writes aren't that important to me on a 64GB drive :p
 
Latest is the drives will be with retailers end of this week beginning of next week.

Also interesting that Wendy (one of the SSD reviewers) claims sequential writes in real world hit 169Mb/sec http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=345819&postcount=281

Very interesting indeed. I'll take typical real world results over synthetic benchmarks anyday. If these results are accurate and I have no reason to doubt her.. This drive will blow Intels away by some margin! I just hope it aint buggy and the prices come down by a nice margin over the coming weeks.
 
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nice to hear. im thinking of getting 2 in raid 0 for my OS and programs (read games lol)

ill probably wait until windows 7 comes out and hopefully prices will come down or a 2nd revision will be out by then ^_^
 
What are the file systems like with SSDs? Is NTFS fairly poor when it comes to solid state? Is there a difference in file systems depending on the media type, i.e. are some file systems better with mechanical platters, are other file systems better for SSD? Just curious really :) WOndering what we'll see in the future from Microsoft, Apple, Linux etc.
 
VaderDSL said:
What are the file systems like with SSDs? Is NTFS fairly poor when it comes to solid state? Is there a difference in file systems depending on the media type, i.e. are some file systems better with mechanical platters, are other file systems better for SSD? Just curious really :) WOndering what we'll see in the future from Microsoft, Apple, Linux etc.
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Well it is NTFS that specifies that all files have recorded dates for Creation, Modification, Access and POSIX Change. Now Access here is the one that's going to be most relevant. If there is a file that your computer accesses regularly, and multiple times every hour isn't unreasonable, this date will have to be rewritten each time. Due to the block erase/byte write capability of SSDs they are really not designed to deal with this very well at the moment.

As previously stated SSD would probably benefit greatly from a redesigned file system that takes their specifics into account. I'm sure people will be looking into and tackling this soon.
 
THEY ARE ON SALE::::::::::::::


I deleted link as links to competitor



According to our info, OCZ's SSD crown jewel, the Vertex, is shipping as of today. This highly anticipated SSD series comes with onboard DRAM buffer and very high performance numbers, which are enough to beat Intel's X25 performance SSDs.

OCZ's Vertex series is available in 30, 60, 120 and 250GB capacities and offers read and write speeds of up to 250MB/s and 180MB/s, respectively. The new Vertex will be shipped with high IOPS optimized firmware, and OCZ will give firmware option updates for specific requirements depending on customers needs. We guess that these will be available shortly and that users will be able to update theirs according to their needs.

All four versions are currently listed and the price goes from €115,96 for the 30GB version, up to €718,74 for the top notch 250GB version. The 120GB version is listed at €370,04, while the 60GB version sells for €217,32. The price might seem steep, but it is actually quite good when compared to Intel's X25 which sells for €714,90 for the 160GB X25-M version and €737 for the 64GB X25-E version.
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even though I've gone with another brand of SSD for my solid state adventure, I really want the vertex's to take off. They sound like an awesome product. I hope they beat Intel's drive into the dust :).
 
found them listed on a news site as being on sale in germany... but i dont think thats even allowed even though another country
 
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