OCZ Announces the Indilinx Everest 2-based Vertex 4 Series SSD

[Cristian_25H]

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today introduced the Vertex 4 SATA III SSD series featuring the company's advanced Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform.

The Vertex 4 delivers the industry's highest input/output operations per second (IOPS) performance for SATA-based drives across a wide variety of application workloads making this fourth generation flagship product line ideally suited for demanding computing and workstation environments. It consistently accomplishes superior real world performance over the long term regardless of whether the data streams are in compressed or uncompressed formats.





The Vertex 4 features sequential bandwidth up to 535 MB/s, maximum random performance up to 120,000 IOPS, and with hard to manage incompressible data, delivers 95,000 4K random read IOPS and 85,000 random write IOPS. In comparison to OCZ's previous generation Vertex 3 SSD, rated at 60,000 sustained 4K random write IOPS, the Vertex 4 doubles typical transactional performance. The Vertex 4 also generates best in class latency as low as 0.04 ms for read operations and 0.02ms for write operations, delivering an improvement of approximately 80 percent over the Vertex 3. In typical use case scenarios, the Vertex 4 outperforms the Vertex 3 by as much as 400 percent.

Powered by its new Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform, featuring a dual core architecture and 400 MHz clock speeds, the Vertex 4 eliminates the need for internal data compression, further enhancing drive reliability. This advanced controller architecture also includes key features such as an advanced error correction code (ECC) engine, dynamic wear-leveling, auto encryption, and Indilinx's next generation Ndurance 2.0 NAND flash management technology, enabling OCZ to support the Vertex 4 SSD line with a 5-year warranty.

Ndurance 2.0, embedded within the Everest 2 platform, overcomes NAND flash memory shortcomings to extend NAND flash life well beyond the manufacturer rated program and erase cycle specifications. It ensures that the Vertex 4 can be reliably used in a wide range of computing environments over an extended lifetime. This advanced NAND flash management suite not only radically extends NAND flash memory life, but provides enterprise-class endurance even when commodity-grade NAND flash is used.

"The Vertex 4 represents an evolution in SSD technology and is a milestone product, delivering maximum performance and the highest NAND flash durability to date while eliminating the tradeoffs typically associated with on-the-fly data compression in MLC-based SSDs," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "We have raised the bar with an SSD product that delivers the ultimate in performance, regardless of data type, and for the first time ever, provides high read and write IOPS performance all on the same SSD platform."

The Vertex 4 SSD will be available this month through OCZ's global channel in 128 GB to 512 GB capacities.

[RejZoR]

It's not a bad drive at all. If pricing will be good (i've seen it at 165 EUR for 120GB version) it's not a bad option. Especially not, if we know that performance wise it's on par with excellent Samsung 830 drives (but with slightly higher random and IOPS), a controller that isn't a SandForce and a 5 year warranty. It's a great option really.

Time will tell about their reliability but i don't think Indilinx drives were that problematic in the past and i don't think they'll be now either. I'm genuinely looking forward to see some more drives and more real world results. I was getting a bit tired of floods of all the SandForce controlled drives...

[KithKhan]

Nice! I've had 3 Vertex 1's in RAID 0 for five years. Besides an initial hassle of updating their firmware, they've been awesome. Now I've got 2 Vertex 3's in RAID 0, and they're awesome too! I don't think this is enough of a difference to upgrade to Vertex 4's, but maybe I'll find a reason anyway...

Keep up the good work OCZ! (And keep your prices low, please)

[Prima.Vera]

nice, nice. When a review?

[Breit]

Originally Posted by Prima.Vera

nice, nice. When a review?

NOW: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5719/o...ew-256gb-512gb

[RejZoR]

I think she meant here on TPU :P

[n-ster]

intel 520, samsung 830 or V4... hmmm

[fullinfusion]

Ocz ruled with this controller, well...with earlier versions, and they worked quite well. I cant wait to see actual reviews

[buggalugs]

Sequencials arent that great, performs great in other areas. I'd still choose other drives for OS but this could be good for storage.

[n-ster]

SSD for storage? o.o