Features and Specifications
Direct from the Vertex 4 product page at OCZTechnology.com.
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Industry’s highest IOPs performance up to 120,000
Incredible performance in workstation and heavy-duty environments with multiple data threads
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No compression-related performance limitations
Better performance with “real world” data streams of varying “compressibility” as well as fully incompressible data such as videos and multimedia files, encrypted data, archive files such as .ZIP files and software.
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Indilinx InfusedTM Everest 2 platform
Leading edge dual-ARM controller architecture enables faster performance like nothing else you’ve experienced.
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Fast boot times and ultra-low latency
Boot up in as little as 9 seconds, and industry-low latencies of .04 reads and .02 writes enable superior multitasking and flawless performance
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Industry-leading 5 year warranty
Backed by OCZ’s renowned service for ultimate peace of mind.
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Ndurance 2.0 Technology
Advanced suite of NAND Flash management to increase durability and reliability to expand the NAND’s lifespan
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We have the 128GB version here of course. It looks like we lose a little bit compared to the larger flavors in write speed, but not much. The 64GB looks to have half the number of flash chips, that slows things down significantly.
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| Performance | 64 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB | 512 GB |
| Sequential Reads1 | 460 MB/s | 560 MB/s | 560 MB/s | 560 MB/s |
| Sequential Writes1 | 220 MB/s | 430 MB/s | 510 MB/s | 510 MB/s |
| Random 4k Read IOPS2 | 70,000 IOPS | 90,000 IOPS | 90,000 IOPS | 95,000 IOPS |
| Random 4k Write IOPS2 | 50,000 IOPS | 85,000 IOPS | 85,000 IOPS | 85,000 IOPS |
| Maximum IOPS3 | 85,000 IOPS | 120,000 IOPS | 120,000 IOPS | 120,000 IOPS |
| 1. Maximum sequential speeds are determined using ATTO, 2. Small file I/O performance is measured using IOMeter 2010 3. Maximum I/O performance is measured using IOMeter 2010, 512 bytes Random Please Note: Current performance specs reflect update to latest firmware |
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| Usable Capacities (IDEMA) | 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB |
| NAND Components | 2Xnm Synchronous Multi-Level Cell (MLC) |
| Interface | SATA III / 6Gbps (backwards compatible with SATA II / 3Gbps) |
| Form Factor | 2.5 Inch |
| NAND Controller | Indilinx Everest 2 |
| DRAM Cache | Up to 1GB |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3 mm |
| Reliability/Protection | |
| MTBF | 2 million hours |
| Data Path Protection | ECC corrects up to 128 random bits/1KB |
| Data Encryption | 256-bit AES-compliant, ATA Security Mode Features |
| Product Health Monitoring | Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) Support |
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| Power Consumption | Idle: 1.3 W Active: 2.5 W |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C ~ 70°C |
| Ambient Temperature | 0°C ~ 55°C |
| Storage Temperature | -45°C ~ 85°C |
| Shock Resistance | 1500G |
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| Serial ATA (SATA) | Fully compliant with Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0. Fully compliant with ATA/ATAPI-8 Standard Native Command Queuing (NCQ) |
| Operating System | Windows XP 32-bit /64-bit; Windows Vista 32-bit / 64-bit; Windows 7 32-bit / 64-bit; Linux; Mac OS X |
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| Performance Optimization | TRIM (requires OS support), dynamic and static wear-leveling, background garbage collection, Indilinx nDurance 2.0 Technology to extend SSD lifespan |
| Other Performance Features | Ndurance 2.0 Technology (Reduced Write Amplification without Compression, Advanced Multi-Level ECC, Adaptive NAND Flash Management) |
| Service & Support | 5-Year Warranty, Toll-Free Tech Support, 24 Hour Forum Support |
A lot of the above is fairly standard SSD stuff these days. TRIM for instance as well as SATA3. It does bear mentioning anyway though. A MTBF of two million hours is rather of a lot, that’s 228 years of constant use before it has an issue in theory. I’m not sure I believe that, but then again I’d be pretty happy with ten years. It is hard to see why it only gets a 5 year warranty if they expect it to last 228 years on average. To be fair, a five year warranty is rather nice when you get down to it! I’ve used OCZ’s warranty department in the past and been fairly impressed by it.
A full load power consumption of 2.5 watts is pretty impressive.
I think it’s picture time, don’t you?
