Items tagged with 'OCZ'
OCZ Vertex 450 Solid State Drive Review, and That's a Hat Trick For The Day
In Boston Bruins-like fashion, we have our third, yes third full performance review for the day. And that's what you call a "geek hat trick." OCZ already offers a wide array of popular, high performance SSDs, but to the company’s credit, it’s not resting on its laurels. After employing SandForce controllers... Read More
OCZ Vertex 450 Solid State Drive Review
OCZ already offers a wide array of popular, high performance SSDs, but to the company’s credit, it’s not resting on its laurels. After employing SandForce controllers on some of the earlier Vertex SSDs, OCZ snapped up Indilinx and is using what is now its own proprietary silicon in many of its drives.... Read More
OCZ’s Next Generation VXL 1.3 Software Expands Solid State Virtualization and Caching
OCZ has released more details of the VXL 1.3 cache and virtualization software it teased before this week’s CeBIT 2013 in Hannover, Germany, and the upgraded offering includes virtualized “SAN-less”, highly available, fault tolerant environments courtesy of the software’s new synchronous data mirroring... Read More
OCZ to Debut Next-Gen Enterprise Storage Solutions, Sign Up for Beta Testing
If you’re in Hannover, Germany next week for the CeBit conference, pop on over to OCZ’s booth and sign up to be a beta tester for the company’s new ZD-XL SQL Accelerator, a combination hardware and software tool that allows database administrators to optimally manage data cached to SSD storage. OCZ is... Read More
OCZ Offering Free Far Cry 3 Codes to New and Existing Vector SSD Owners
If you're a performance junkie, investing in a solid state drive (SSD) is a no-brainer at this point, especially with the way prices have fallen this past year. Narrowing down which SSD to purchase, well, that's another story. To help make the decision a little easier, OCZ for a limited time is offering a free Far Cry 3... Read More
OCZ Vector PCI Express SSD Benchmarks from CES
OCZ used the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil their latest high-end solid state drive, the Vector PCI Express. As its name suggests, the Vector PCI Express leverages the same in-house developed Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller technology used in OCZ’s excellent Vector SATA III SSD (reviewed here), but the new drive... Read More
OCZ Teases PCIe-Based Vector SSD with Barefoot 3 Controller
OCZ is planning to showcase several storage products this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and among them is a pre-production version of its new flagship Vector SSD Series for PCI Express (PCIe) interfaces. Armed with an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller and the above mentioned PCIe interface, the... Read More
OCZ Recovers From NAND Shortage, No Plan For Acquisition, “Cranking Up The Speed”
OCZ has seen quite a bit of action inside of its walls this past year, and clearly, not all of it has been ideal. In fact, it wouldn't be a stretch to equate the goings-on inside the company to like being on a roller-coaster - the company has definitely had its share of ups and downs. In September, problems within the company... Read More
OCZ Vector Barefoot 3 Solid State Drive Review
OCZ has been carpet-bombing the solid state storage market for years now. It seemed that every time a new controller technology emerged, OCZ was at the ready with a fresh batch of products and over time built a portfolio that targeted virtually every market segment. Consumer-class solid state storage is in an interesting... Read More
OCZ Vector Barefoot 3 Solid State Drive Review
OCZ has been carpet-bombing the solid state storage market for years now. It seemed that every time a new controller technology emerged, OCZ was at the ready with a fresh batch of products and over time built a portfolio that targeted virtually every market segment. Consumer-class solid state storage is in an interesting... Read More
OCZ's Vector SSD Series Hits the Ground Running with Proprietary Barefoot 3 Controller
OCZ Technology Group today announced a new solid state drive line capable of up to 100,000 IOPS of random read performance. Powering the company's new Vector SSD Series is a next-generation Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller with firmware that was developed completely in-house, OCZ says. "The development of the Indilinx Barefoot... Read More
OCZ's CEO Ryan Petersen Steps Down, Alex Mei Appointed Interim CEO
OCZ's Board of Directors has appointed Alex Mei to serve as the Interim CEO of the company now that Ryan Petersen has resigned as President, CEO and a director of the Company. Mei will take over immediately and will also maintain his current responsibilities as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Petersen... Read More
Hot Deal of the Day: 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
Just a few years ago, could you imagine snagging a good SSD for fifty bucks? Well here it is: LogicBuy found a new 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD on Newegg for $49.99 after $30 instant savings and a $20 mail-in rebate. Shipping is free, to boot. LogicBuy notes that this price tag is a good $15 less than any other deal like this... Read More
OCZ Offers Sneak Peek Of First Home Grown Barefoot 3 SSD
Various unveilings in San Francisco today weren't completely overshadowed by our friends at Apple and their shiny new bauble. OCZ Technology gave us a quick, backroom glimpse of their next generation SSD technology that is slated to launch sometime hopefully in early Q4. This latest OCZ solid state drive will be powered... Read More
OCZ's Vertex 4 SSD Revisited: 128GB and New Firmware Tested
Back in April, we ran a pair of OCZ Vertex 4 SSDs (256GB and 512GB) through the benchmark grinder to see what they could do... Today, we’re testing another brother in the family, the 128GB OCZ Vertex 4. When we first tested the aforementioned drives, we found that the latest generation of the Vertex series delivered... Read More
OCZ Vertex 4 SSD Revisited: 128GB and New Firmware
Back in April, we ran a pair of OCZ Vertex 4 SSDs (256GB and 512GB) through the benchmark grinder to see what they could do and also told you everything you ever wanted to know about them in the process. Today, we’re testing another brother in the family, the 128GB OCZ Vertex 4. When we first tested the aforementioned... Read More
OCZ Adds 1200W Model to PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III Line
If you're rocking a no-compromise desktop system, you need a burly power supply to match, and OCZ believes it has just the PSU you're looking for. Introduced today is a new flagship model in the company's PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III series, a 1200W PSU offering more wattage than most users will ever need, and... Read More
Enthusiast Street Cred at Stake as Seagate Mulls OCZ Acquisition
Street cred isn't easy to come by on your own, but sometimes it can be bought. Just ask Seagate, which is rumored to be interested in buying out OCZ, an established player in the enthusiast solid state drive (SSD) market. As the story goes, Seagate is trying to make up for lost time from being late to the SSD party, and... Read More
OCZ Equips New Agility 4 Series Solid State Drives with Everest 2 Controller
OCZ Technology is continuing to blitz the solid state drive market with new models, the latest being the Agility 4 Series, which the company claims strikes an "ideal balance" of SATA 6Gbps speed, IOPS performance, and enterprise-grade endurance and reliability," all while maintaining cost-friendly price points. The Agility... Read More
HD Overdrive: Corsair's Accelerator SSD Cache
Solid State Drives are a fabulous way to boost a system's performance, but for all their strong points, they aren't an easy upgrade for a lot of people. Performance can vary significantly between manufacturers, only the most expensive drives can replace the need for an HDD in an enthusiast / data-heavy system, and... Read More
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