In a showing that’s sure to make the performance of our desktop SSDs look inadequate, OCZ took advantage of the ongoing Computex event to show off one of its configurations that sets a new performance record. How does 1.5 million read IOPS sound? Or 1 million write IOPS? That’s right… performance at least 30x faster than even the fastest desktop SSDs today.
All too often, huge performance numbers like these are accomplished with prototype hardware, and sometimes hardware that will never see the light of day in the consumer or enterprise market. That doesn’t seem to be the case here though, as the solution consists of a new Z-Drive model (R4) that’s combined with a custom server (in this case, one with a Supermicro base).
While not a solution that’s going to be on the store shelves at Newegg, this is an example of a solution that OCZ would be able to build its customers, and with a live showing of what it’s capable of, it might just capture some sales. Price? I don’t think that’s a question that needs to be answered. Let’s just say that 7.2TB of MLC NAND flash isn’t going to be cheap, nor would the server or technology in general be.
Still, it’s not hard to drool over this sort of performance – and I can’t help but wonder how long it will take to see even 1/5th of this kind of performance on our desktops.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – May 31, 2011 – OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, announces the Company has set a new benchmark of 1 million 4K write IOPS with a Z-Drive R4 equipped 3U Colfax International Server based on a Supermicro platform, which features 7.2TB of MLC storage.