OCZ VeloDrive PCIe SSD Announced – PCI-E Storage Tiering Device

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OCZ Technologytoday unveiled the VeloDrive PCI-Express SSD. Designed to meet the needs of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), enterprise clients and system integrators, the VeloDrive optimizes high-performance computing and storage applications, providing unparalleled versatility and simplified integration. Eliminating the SATA/SAS bottleneck, the PCIe-based VeloDrive has the ability to delivers transfer speeds of up to 1GB/s and 130,000 4KB random write IOPS, and features SandForce SF-1565 SSD processors for enhanced reliability and power loss data protection. The VeloDrive utilizes MLC NAND flash and will be available in 300GB, 600GB, and 1.2TB configurations.

OCZ VeloDrive PCI-Express SSD

OCZ VeloDrive 1.2TB (VD-HHPX8-1.2T) Max Performance

  • Read: Up to 950MB/s
  • Write: Up to 1000MB/s
  • Random Write (4k aligned): 70,000 IOPS

The VeloDrive is the latest addition to our comprehensive lineup of PCIe SSDs. A truly configurable solution, it helps a range of customers accelerate their application performance, said Daryl Lang, VP of Product Management, OCZ Technology Group. The ability to run the VeloDrive in multiple modes provides clients with the freedom to use the raid stack of their choice. This maximizes performance and creates faster, more seamless deployments with RAID stacks that may already have been qualified for their unique usage model.

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