This week we were looking around for the best deal at the ~250GB capacity range of SSDs. Hands down, it turned out to be the AMD Radeon R7. At a low price of just $69.99 it is even cheaper than many of its competitors and delivers great performance! The Radeon R7 is a 2.5″ 7mm form factor, SATA 6GB/s SSD. It …
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Today, OCZ is introducing HMS technology in their Saber 1000 2.5” SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. What is HMS? HMS or Host Managed SSD technology is a new frontier for SSDs and the initiative is referred to as Storage Intelligence. HMS functionality is now defined in the T10 Technical Committee and is in the ratification process as part of the T13 Technical …
Read More » This year at FMS it really shows just how close Toshiba and OCZ are based upon their booth location. Right near the entrance you have Toshiba’s grand display, but at first glance the OCZ section is almost impossible to see. After circling back twice, their section finally caught our eye. Even though they are hidden away, OCZ has sure did …
Read More » Not four months after launching their flagship consumer SSD, the Vector 180, OCZ is launching a new value-oriented TLC SSD named the Trion 100. Our first look at the Trion 100 was at Computex 2015 where we saw that, while it is a value offering, its performance will be anything but. Thanks to OCZ’s acquisition by Toshiba, they are able …
Read More » To date, there is not a M.2 NVMe SSD on the market for retail purchase. In fact, one would still be hard pressed to find PCIe X4 M.2 SSDs available at the retail level, but for 3rd party sales of the Samsung XP941 and newest SM951 series M.2 SSDs. OCZ hopes to change this soon enough and reserved this news …
Read More » OCZ Storage Solutions, a leading producer of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), and a Toshiba Group Company, is announcing the Z-Drive 6000 series for next-generation enterprise applications. The Z-Drive 6000 series combines PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 3 and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) technologies with a comprehensive set of enterprise-level features, as well as superior reliability and endurance. The Z-Drive 6000 series …
Read More » When consumer SSDs were still in their infancy OCZ was quick to fill the market with SandForce force powered SSDs. This quick release of products came at a price. Due to issues with firmware consumers wound up with unreliable SSDs. It wasn’t until OCZ decided to switch over to their in house Indilinx controller that their SSDs started to become …
Read More » OCZ Storage Solutions, a Toshiba Group Company and leading producer of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), is announcing its latest addition to its Intrepid 3000 series of SATA III (6Gb/s) enterprise SSDs. The Intrepid 3700 series offers excellent performance and I/O latency response to dramatically increase application performance and I/O efficiency. The Intrepid 3700 will be offered in capacities all the …
Read More » OCZ has completely revamped their brand image for the better since they have been purchased by Toshiba. They have unified their product designs and now all their products are easily recognizable and powered by in house Indilinx Barefoot 3 controllers paired with Toshiba’s A19 Toggle MLC NAND. With this combination in addition to their ShieldPlus warranty, they have been able …
Read More » On January 29th, OCZ released an important firmware update for their Arc 100 and OCZ-built AMD Radeon R7 SSDs. Kristian Vatto over at AnandTech was good enough to post a detailed recap of what this firmware update is all about. OCZ is listing this update as “mandatory for system stability.” Many firmware updates address more than one concern, and may …
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