Super Fast OCZ Z-Drive SSD Shipping
Coming soon... in exchange for your arm and leg.
We've been hearing about OCZ's PCI-Express solid state drive that is exceptionally fast for quite some time now--and now they're finally shipping.
The OCZ Z-Drive outpaces all other standard SATA SSDs by using a couple of tricks: it uses the PCI-E architecture instead of SATA and creates an internal four-way RAID 0 configuration.
"The new OCZ Z-Drive is an all-in-one high performance plug-and-play bootable PCI-E solid state drive that addresses these challenges head on, and meets the demands of the complete range of enterprise storage and data access requirements," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of the OCZ Technology Group. "The Z-Drive is designed not only to be higher performing and more reliable than conventional solutions, but also to significantly reduce both the maintenance and overall TCO for our clients."
The Z-Drive is available in multi-level cell (MLC) and single-level cell (SLC) models in 256 GB, 512 GB capacities. A 1 TB model is also available for the p84 only.
The MLC-based p84 features a max write of 650 MB/s, a max read of 750 MB/s, while the faster SLC e84 has a max write of 750 MB/s and max read of 800 MB/s.
As for pricing, we're looking at the four-digit range. The 256 GB model will run you around $1500, making the $3300 price for the 1 TB model seem like an alright bargain.
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Have they figured out how to end the bad MTBF, mean time between failures of SSD drives. Last time I read up on them they had a software/controller solution to the memory banks to evenly distribute data so they don't wear out as quick.
Bootable?
Wait.
I need 2 in RAID-0. So I have to give away both arms and legs?
Then how am i supposed to use it?
pppshhh. OCZ really need to consider their bartering criteria before releasing products.
Unbootable drive is unbootable.
Maybe I should take out my student loan and buy this drive.
P
"OCZ Z-Drives!
Sell your soul now!
Move to hell later!"
No really these are the Ferraris of internal storage
Instead of buying a SUPERCOMPUTER i would just buy one of these and spend all day looking at it lol
When I'm rich...
"plug-and-play bootable PCI-E solid state drive"
I don't know how, but they say it is...
Like any RAID card I imagine the BIOS recognizes it as a bootable device, lol
Just think with these drives in 5 years P.C's will boot up 1 TB faster then those old game console ROM cartridges and cost very little! Let's also hope that Windows doesn't bloat to 1TB!
"plug-and-play bootable PCI-E solid state drive"I don't know how, but they say it is...
They ninja-edited that in. And yeah, I'd like to hear how.
you boot from it by selecting it in the bios as a bootable device like hard drive etc. its not rocket science!You boot into pci-e raid cards the same way
How much does a kidney go for on craigslist?.... Cause thats the only way I'll be able to afford one of these....
I can see it now... "I bought 2 of these for a RAID 0, OS wouldn't boot. RMA'd and had to pay $200 for shipping that included insurance and a 15% restocking fee. I'll never buy from TigerDirect and an OCZ product again!"
I can see it now... "I bought 2 of these for a RAID 0, OS wouldn't boot. RMA'd and had to pay $200 for shipping that included insurance and a 15% restocking fee. I'll never buy from TigerDirect and an OCZ product again!"
sucks to be you.
damn crazy speed ! and yet crazy price !
This is an instant must-have for any gaming enthusiast for whom money is no object (or one who games as a main hobby with a normal paying job that doesn't mind spending oodles on their computer since it's all they do, like myself). The thought actually went through my head to take a small loan out for the 1 TB. I mean yeah I'd be paying for it for the next year, but think of how long that amount of space will last you with THAT much speed. Damn. Even though it's still too expensive for the average "takes a few paychecks" upgrade, it's the first 1 TB superspeed SSD that has really got me to think about a major splurge that I might consider worth it.
Why would you need such high-performance storage in a desktop, especially at such ridiculous price? To boot Windows in several seconds? You do not even need SSD to do this, just right software - try Boot Cooler (www.bootcooler.com), it is still in beta but it does its job well (please read documentation beforehand if you want to use it on 64-bit Vista/Win7). And it is free.
I'll be picking one of those up... in 2015! I just got my 1st SSD and it's awesome, even if tiny, but I'd splurge on an i7 975 + Samsung Spinponit F3 1TB + OCZ Vertex Turbo 120GB (same price) before buying a 1TB of these.
"This is an instant must-have for any gaming enthusiast for whom money is no object (or one who games as a main hobby with a normal paying job that doesn't mind spending oodles on their computer since it's all they do, like myself)."
Yeah, cause that helps your FPS, right? LMAO. Gamers don't need crazy SSDs unless they're cool with spending thousands of dollars to launch their games faster. Drives like this do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for your in-game performance.
Will it run Crysis?
Will it run Crysis?
LOLZ! How much further can we push this joke? Maybe when Crysis is as old as DN3D?
I suppose game loading times would be reduced but actual game play won't be affected. As a gamer I need a bit of that loading time to finish chugging my can of Relentless and stuffing the Twinky in my mouth.
It would be perfect for someone running a system with Windows XP 32 bit with 6 GB RAM!
Another situation that requires winning the lottery!
At least the pricing is somewhat competitive... however, it's still a bit on the expensive side. Oh well, give it 3-6 months. ^.^
People... They are marketting it to people who own database servers and server farms, not gamers. This is actually quite a deal. If you look at the super-talent device in comparison ($5,000 but 30% faster) then you will realize this is a good price for such a storage device in those sectors. Buying one of these for your database server could actually save you a significant amount of money.
All you young whipper snappers out there, let me tell you how it was in the old days. Your motherboard handled the CPU and Memory, and that was it. Your hard disk controller plugged into an expansion slot, and wonder of wonders, hard drives connected to the controller would boot just fine. Just because it is not soldered to the motherboard does not mean booting is out of the question.
Does that mean it's bootable?
Overpriced...
But give it time people these things will get a lot cheaper.
OCZ is crazy to assume that consumers are going to jump on this with that price tag, but those read/write speeds are just as crazy. And this is on just a standard PCI-Express slot, imagine what they could do if they could format them to use a PCI x16/2.0 slot?
"...and meets the demands of the complete range of enterprise storage and data access requirements"
I think that sums it up pretty well. This drive is not made for consumers and I have yet to see such a claim on the part of OCZ or Tom's Hardware. This is for enterprise servers where it IS a value and where it will certainly be picked up by many users.