OCZ Introduces Octane SATA SSD Series w/ Indilinix Everest & 1TB Drive!

By Nathan Kirsch

OCZ Technology today launched the Indilinx Everest-based Octane SATA 3.0 and SATA 2.0 SSD series, striking the ideal balance between capacity, physical size, and speed. In addition to being the worlds first SSD to achieve up to a 1TB capacity in a compact 2.5 inch format. The Octane series leverages the cutting-edge Indilinx Everest platform to deliver up to 560MB/s of bandwidth and 45,000 IOPS and is optimized for the complete spectrum of file types and sizes. The OCZ Octane SSD Series will be available November 1st in models ranging from 128GB-1TB capacities throughout OCZs global channel.

OCZ Octane SSD

Octane Product Features:

  • Dual Core CPU
  • Up to 512MB DRAM cache
  • 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB models
  • High sequential speeds:
  • Octane (SATA 3.0) Read: 560MB/s; Write: 400MB/s
  • Octane-S2 (SATA 2.0) Read: 275MB/s; Write: 265MB/s
  • High transactional performance – Optimized for 4K to 16K compressed files
    • Octane (SATA 3.0) 45,000 random read 4K IOPS
    • Octane-S2 (SATA 2.0) 30,000 random read 4K IOPS
  • Strong performance at low queue depths (QD 1 3)
  • Up to 8 channels with up to 16-way Interleaving

    • OCZ has reached an important milestone in the development of its own controller technology, said James E. Bagley, Senior Analyst with Storage Strategies NOW. The high sustained performance, even with compressed files, the rapid boot feature and high access speeds using SATA 3.0 protocol puts their controller technology in the major league.

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