14 DAY TRIAL // We said we'd be covering the Vertex 4 solid state drive line when we wrote about the Indilinx Everest 2 controllers and, sure enough, here it is.
OCZ seems to have taken a page out of AMD's book when it comes to making big and blunt claims regarding the worth of its products.
Where AMD said that Trinity APUs would have 56% faster graphics and 29% better productivity, OCZ promises that, compared to vertex 3 units, the Vertex 4 will work up to 400% better.
We aren't sure what to make of that claim, since “up to” can mean a lot of things. At any rate, for comparison, the Vertex 3 is detailed here. For our part, we'll be moving on to the specs of the newcomers.
One thing is that the maximum data transfer speed is of 535 MB/s on SATA III (SATA 6.0 Gbps).
Another important trait is the random performance of up to 120,000 IOPS (95,000 4K random read IOPS and 85,000 random write IOPS when incompressible data is involved).
Thirdly, the typical transactional performance is doubled compared to vertex 3 SSDs.
Not only that, but there is no need for internal data compression thanks to the dual-core architecture of the Everest 2 controller (400 MHz clock), leading to higher reliability.
"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."
A final perk of the Vertex 4 line is the Ndurance 2.0 technology (also part of the Everest 2), which extends NAND Flash life beyond the manufacturer rated program and erase cycle specs.
Sales of the products should start this month (April 2012), for unspecified prices. The capacities are of 128 GB to 512 GB.
