OCZ Releases Vector 150 and Vertex 460 SSDs
OCZ this week launched two new SSDs at Computex 2014, the Vector 150 and the Vertex 460. The Vector 150 is geared toward the enterprise units, and the Vertex 460 is for the mainstream user looking for value.
With the recent acquisition by Toshiba, OCZ has transitioned to in-house NAND flash and thus can provide more value to their products. High-end enthusiasts will reap the benefits as the Vector 150 as it has best-in-class IOPS performance and emphasizes high sustained performance. The 480GB model is posted as 100,000 IOPS random read speed and 95,000 random write speed. While most other SSD and HDD come with a 3 year warranty, the Vector 150 comes with a 5 year warranty.
In addition to the new Vector model, OCZ has released the Vertex 460 for users wanting both performance and value. The 480GB model is posted as 90,000 IOPS random read speed and 90,000 random write speed. An increase from the Vertex 450 and above their competitors in the SSD market. The Vertex 460 comes with an industry standard 3 year warranty.
Both the Vector 150 and Vertex 460 are available in 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacities. Pricing has not been announced for these two new OCZ SSDs but hopefully we will see some improvement after transitioning to Toshiba’s in-house NAND flash.
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Indeed, I've been using a Vector 150 for ages, so what are they actually
announcing, if anything? Must be something else surely?
Ian.
Indeed, I've been using a Vector 150 for ages, so what are they actually
announcing, if anything? Must be something else surely?
Ages? I have an x-25m SSD that I've been using for about 4 years now.
Indeed, I've been using a Vector 150 for ages, so what are they actually
announcing, if anything? Must be something else surely?
Ages? I have an x-25m SSD that I've been using for about 4 years now.
still rocking a vertex 3 max iops
Keep in mind that when companies shorten warranties, it is due to expected failure rates. failure rates increase with time. e.g., a company may be okay with a 2% failure rate and if 2% are expected to fail within the first year but increase after that then they will make the warranty cutoff at 1 year. A companies warranty represents how they feel about the quality and reliability of their products.
Toshiba decided to keep the OCZ name for the positive recognition that it had with the Vertex and Vector series.
So far, it seems that Toshiba has been making good on their committment to keep the OCZ brand alive and in a positive light. I think that started when they offered to maintain warranty status of existing OCZ products. Toshiba was certainly under no obligation to do that. But it was just good business to do that since they were going to keep the OCZ name; There was no reason to futher drag it through any more mud.
I have more than 30 OCZ SSDs of various models, never had a problem with any of them. And how how
conveniently people forget that other companies such as Intel have had their own major SSD screwups
in the past, or have you all forgotten the Intel 8MB bricked SSD issue?
I think far more problems are caused by people doing things with SSDs on poor controllers. The only
time I've ever seen anything weird with an SSD was when it was connected to a Marvell port. Which
is ironic given the strength of Marvell's tech in various models of SSD.
Ian.