OCZ Reveals RevoDrive 3 Max IOPS Editions
OCZ Technology has released its MAX IOPS versions of the RevoDrive 3 and RevoDrive 3 X2 SSDs based on a PCI Express x4 interface
The Max IOPS RevoDrive 3's are based on the PCI Express x4 interface (PCIe-to-SAS controller) and utilizes OCZ's Virtual Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0. As discussed in The OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Preview: Second-Gen SandForce Goes PCIe, VCA "reduces CPU overhead by implementing queue balancing algorithms, and it improves direct memory access". In addition, it adds TRIM and SCSI Unmap support, which are designed to help with minimizing write amplification and maintain performance.
The RevoDrive 3 Max IOPS comes in three capacities, 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB, and offers performance of sequential read and writes speeds up to 1000 MB/s and 950 MB/s, with 4KB random write performance of up to 140,000 IOPS. The original RevoDrive 3 offers performance of sequential read and writes speeds up to 1025 MB/s and 925 MB/s, with 4KB random write performance of up to 130,000 IOPS.
The RevoDrive 3 X2 Max IOPS comes in three capacities; 240 GB, 480 GB and 960 GB. The RevoDrive 3 Max IOPS offers performance of sequential read and writes speeds up to 1900 MB/s and 1725 MB/s, with 4KB random write performance of up to 245,000 IOPS. The original RevoDrive 3 X2 offers performance of sequential read and writes speeds up to 1500 MB/s and 1300 MB/s, with 4KB random write performance of up to 230,000 IOPS.
"The new RevoDrive 3 Max IOPS solid state drives further expand on our original PCIe series, and are designed to deliver even more bandwidth for the most demanding applications," said Daryl Lang, VP of Product Management, OCZ Technology Group. "Engineered to leverage the benefits of multi-threaded processors and applications, the Max IOPS provides both the performance and features required by clients to address the most intensive workloads common in high performance computing and workstation environments."
You can learn more about the RevoDrive 3 Max IOPS and RevoDrive 3 X2 Max IOPS at their product pages.


Hahaha Mac Pro.
but if they made it beter, and more reliable then i might just buy one, but their current software is useless, and horribly implemented.
It might get you one, if you throw in $100US, but probably not the X2 edition.
Hahaha Mac Pro.
"laugh it up fuzz ball...laugh it up." - Han Solo
See, though I can't have a RevoDrive 3 X2 Max IOPS right now I can have this...and the this isn't too bad. What I'd lose in performance I'd gain in cross-platform and drive flexiblity.
...besides, I hate to toot my own horn but the Mac Pro certainly isn't slowing anything down.
Oh, you saw the price? I must've overlooked that.
Hopefully in the near future Windows 7 or 8 will be able to pass trim commands to it. Right now, it supports trim but when the command is sent Windows just drops it.
Mac Pro is a blazing box and there is a way to get the RevoDrive to work on it. there are custom kext files that you can download to make it work. All you have to do is install OSX on a regular drive, install the custom kext so that it will see the Revodrive then do a bit copy from the main drive to the revodrive, then change the boot drive in disk utility and boom, boot right off the Revo.
Anyway, dropping about 200 bucks on a lower capacity Revodrive for a cache drive seems like an interesting idea. There's some compatibility issues, of course. Some motherboards don't work with a Revo drive at all, others require you to run it in only certain PCIe ports, and actually quite commonly, the onboard Raid controller needs to be disabled. So, be sure to check OCZ's webpage, and checkup on your motherboard's compatibility before getting one of these.
Saaaawwweeeeetttt, I'll look into that.
I actually took a risk. I bought it, spent 699.00 of the 240gb thinking I had PCIe 2.0 on my Asus Commando board. It was not on the list either and I had PCIe 1.1a. There were some firmware and bios updates that seemed to stabilize everything so people are not getting the BSOD's like before. Well, put it in my 4x slot, system saw it, loaded the driver and now I am typing this to you guys with it as my boot drive. Windows 7 HD score went up to 7.9. I do know it is not where near it's potential right now because of my 5 year old board but it is stable, fast and I have no issues.