The VeloDrive SSD optimizes high-performance computing and storage applications and is aimed at midmarket companies.
OCZ
Technology Group, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of solid-state
drives, unveiled the VeloDrive PCI-Express SSD. Designed to meet the needs of
small to medium-size businesses, enterprise clients and system integrators, the
VeloDrive optimizes high-performance computing and storage applications.
"The
VeloDrive is the latest addition to our comprehensive lineup of PCIe SSDs. A
truly configurable solution, it helps a range of customers accelerate their
application performance," said Daryl Lang, vice president of product management
for OCZ Technology Group. "The ability to run the VeloDrive in multiple modes
provides clients with the freedom to use the raid stack of their choice. This
maximizes performance and creates faster, more seamless deployments with RAID
stacks that may already have been qualified for their unique usage model."
The
VeloDrive can be run in either hardware or software RAID mode and can be
deployed in half-height or full-height system requirements. Lang said when
compared with competing PCIe flash-based solutions, the highly efficient
VeloDrive has a minimal impact on system resources, including CPU utilization
and the system's DRAM footprint.
Eliminating
the SATA/SAS bottleneck, the PCIe-based VeloDrive has the ability to deliver
transfer speeds of up to 1GB/s and 130,000 4KB random write IOPS, and features
SandForce SF-1565 SSD processors for enhanced reliability and power loss data
protection. The VeloDrive utilizes MLC NAND flash and will be available in
300GB, 600GB and 1.2TB configurations. The SSD comes backed by a three-year
warranty, the company also noted.
The
company also released a new addition to the Vertex 3 SATA III Series. The
Vertex 3 Max IOPS edition drives extend the company's Vertex 3 SSD product line
to support users that require greater transactional throughput. The Vertex 3
Max IOPS edition combines the SandForce SF-2200 SSD processor with NAND flash
components to deliver 4KB random write performance with up to 75,000 IOPS. The
Vertex 3 Max IOPS will be available in capacities of 120GB and 240GB, and
features TRIM support to optimize performance over the drive's lifespan. All
Vertex 3 Series drives come backed with a three-year warranty. "Following
the successful launch of our Vertex 3 SATA III 6G-bps solid-state drives we are
pleased to introduce the new Max IOPS edition," said OCZ CEO Ryan Petersen.
"Vertex 3 Max IOPS drives increase random write performance, and are the
ideal storage solution for applications that require high aggregate workloads
and increased IO throughput."
Nathan Eddy is Associate Editor, Midmarket, at eWEEK.com. Before joining eWEEK.com, Nate was a writer with ChannelWeb and he served as an editor at FierceMarkets. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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