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Big but FAST!
- Pros: -Very, very fast
-Large amount of storage for an SSD
-Works with Windows Server products (the m84 model is only supported on desktop OSs)
-3 year warranty.
-No need to buy a separate controller
-Essentially no CPU utilization. watch out for CPU utilization on competing products!
- Cons: -Card is BIG. Thick and long. You will typically not be able to put other cards in slots next to it.
-No internal redundancy (more of an observation then a con).
-Requires extra power (via standard Molex connector) The amount of power the card pulls is insignificant, but you will need a spare molex plug for it.
-Not SLC (Get the e84 model if you want SLC)
- Other Thoughts: Literally this is just 4 OCZ SSDs soldered onto a SuperMicro LSI chipset SAS RAID-0 controller card. Check the OCZ website for motherboard compatibility lists due to it's size. I removed an egg due to it's odd size that prevents me from putting two of them in any of the 8 machines I tried to put them in at the same time. If they could just reconfigure it to fit into a single normal slot width it would be a lot more useful.
File copies are basically as fast as advertised. Here is some numbers I recorded in I/O meter for more "I/O intense" operations:
IOMeter 67% read 4K 100% random 16 queue length:
11584 I/Os/sec @ 45.25MB/s
I/O response Time: 1.38ms
CPU utilization: <1%
RAID array on a card....cool
- Pros: Anyone who has or at least has considered building a high end SSD RAID array quickly realizes that the basic on board RAID controller you find on most motherboards (even very high end ones) just isn't going to cut it for multiple drives that each have read/write speeds of 250 MB/s. For that you need a high end RAID card running on a PCIeX8 (or at least X4) lane. This product from OCZ is a fascinating solution to that problem. It's basically a high end raid controller with multiple hard drives in a RAID_0 configuration all built into one package. No cables, no mess. Pretty cool.
- Cons: It's GREEN! Why do manufacturers keep making super high end components on ugly old green boards?
Can't complain about price. It is what it is. Top of the high end user market.
- Other Thoughts: If I could afford one of these I'd be paying someone else to write a review.
Even at it's extreme price this is the "mainstream market" version. Check out OCZ's website for thier "high performance" versions.
They have one version with a fully enclosed case that is all black (with a blue wave design). Part number is OCZSSDPCIE-1ZDRV1T , but it's not on the OCZ website.
uberspeed
- Pros: This is much faster than the traditional sata SSD, its basically NAND flash like a SSD just solderer to a raid card bypassing the slower sata bus form th faster pcie buss
- Cons: price
no improvement in access time
- Other Thoughts: ocz wraps up, fine ssd drive and melds it with a good pcie raid card
| General |
| Brand |
OCZ |
| Series |
Z-DRIVE |
| Model |
OCZSSDPCIE-ZDP84256G |
| Device Type |
Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Architecture |
MLC |
| Expansion / Connectivity |
| Form Factor |
PCI-E |
| Capacity |
250GB |
| Interface Type |
PCI Express x8 |
| Features |
256MB Local Cache
Onboard RAID Controller
For use as primary boot drive or data storage
Max Performance:
Read: Up to 770MB/s
Write: Up to 640MB/s |
| Performance |
| Sequential Access - Read |
Up to 770MB/s |
| Sequential Access - Write |
Up to 640MB/s |
| MTBF |
1,200,000 hours |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
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Reviewed By: bobcat on 1/25/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
