OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD Re-Emerges

OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD Re-Emerges

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - by Dave Altavilla
You know how we're rather enamored with anything to do with Solid State Disk technology around here these days.  There are so many new, ground-breaking concepts coming to market lately, that we almost don't know where or what to dial our radar on next.  One product that has definitely set off a few pings on our SSD-watch screens is OCZ's upcoming Z-Drive PCI-Express-based SSD.   Early incarnations of the product looked a little, how shall we say, "proto-ish" but today the Z-Drive has re-appeared and it's looking significantly more polished...



OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express Solid State Drive
  • Available in 250GB (256), 500GB (512), and
  • 1TB (1024GB) capacities   
  • 256MB Local Cache       
  • Onboard RAID Controller       
  • PCI-Express interface (x4)       
  • For use as primary boot drive or data storage
  • 250GB Max Performance:       
  • Read: Up to 774MB/s       
  • Write: Up to 646MB/s       
  • Sustained Write: Up to 600MB/s
  • 500GB Max Performance:       
  • Read: Up to 878MB/s       
  • Write: Up to 761MB/s       
  • Sustained Write: Up to 600MB/s
  • 1TB Max Performance:       
  • Read: Up to 878MB/s       
  • Write: Up to 781MB/s       
  • Sustained Write: Up to 600MB/s
You can bet we'll be taking a look at the product in the near future and if real-world performance is anywhere near these specifications above, we're going to be smiling ear to ear in the lab.  Price tag?  No details yet but you can bet it ain't cheap.
Via: OCZ | News Archive | Tags: SSD, OCZ, Storage, Z-Drive, PCI Express
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By recoveringknowitall on Sep 2, 2009

Drool!!!

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By Dave_HH on Sep 3, 2009

yeah, one hyphenated word... bad-ass :)

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By ido50 on Sep 3, 2009

1TB SSD? This is probably gonna cost a fortune...

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By Joel H on Sep 3, 2009

Yes, yes it is.

I'll take two.

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By ClemSnide on Sep 3, 2009

Drool indeed! This was the subject of an earlier HotHardware sneak peek, and at the time people noticed that it was listed at Amazon. It still is, but with the note "This unit ships in 1 to 3 months." The picture at Amazon is more like the prototype that was announced in April.

OCZ TECHNOLOGY OCZSSDPCIE-1ZDRV250G Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD

Buy new: $1,561.30

OCZ TECHNOLOGY OCZSSDPCIE-1ZDRV500G Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD

Buy new: $2,450.50

OCZ Technology OCZSSDPCIE-1ZDRV1T 1TB Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD

Buy new: $3,368.99

Umm... I don't need to speed up World of Warcraft THAT bad. Fortunately these are eligible for FREE Super Saver shipping!

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