OCZ RevoDrive 80GB

INTRODUCTION

We all know that SSDs can drastically increase system performance. In fact, here's a great idea: why not set up two SSDs in RAID, and get some great performance? In reality, there SATA 3Gbps bandwidth causes some limitations. Though most platter drives barely saturate SATA II, SSDs are fast enough that they approach, and can often exceed the throughput offered by SATA II’s 3Gbps. The next generation SATA 6Gbps should alleviate this bottleneck, though the drive is still being limited to only 6Gbps of bandwidth, which can easily being saturated by SSDs once the storage manufacturers transition to 6Gbps bandwidth this year. This is where moving to a higher bandwidth such as PCI-E comes into play.

OCZ is trying to gain greater ground with their PCI-E based SSDs. In fact, those following the company know that it is shifting focus from system memory to solid state drives starting in 2011. Looking at OCZ’s current product line up, we can see how serious OCZ is about this issue. A quick browse through the company’s website shows that it has SSDs designed for almost every single segment of the market with controllers based on SandForce and Indilinx.

For people who want the best performance, OCZ's RevoDrive (OCZSSDPX-1RVD0080) is designed to take advantage of the higher bandwidth offered by PCI-E. The RevoDrive is based on the SandForce 1200 controller. In fact, the drive uses two SandForce controllers in RAID-0 on a PCIe x4 card. The drive moves overcomes the SATA II bottleneck with 540 MB/s max read, 480 MB/s max write, and random 4K aligned writes up to 75,000 max IOPs.

SPECIFICATION

• Available in 50GB to 480GB capacities
• PCI-Express interface (x4)
• For use as primary boot drive or data storage
• Internal RAID 0
• 181.07 (L) x 21.59 (W) x 125.08mm (H)
• Shock Resistance: 1500g
• Seek Time: 0.1 ms
• Operating Temp: 0°C ~ +70°C
• Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
• Power Consumption: 3W Idle, 8W active
• MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
• 3-Year Warranty
• Compatible with Windows XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Windows 7 32/64

50-80GB Max Performance

• Read: Up to 540 MB/s
• Write: Up to 450 MB/s
• Sustained Write: Up to 350 MB/s
• Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 70,000 IOPS

120GB-480GB Max Performance

• Read: Up to 540 MB/s
• Write: Up to 480 MB/s
• Sustained Write: Up to 400 MB/s
• Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 75,000 IOPS

Part Numbers

• 50GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0050
• 80GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0080
• 120GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0120
• 180GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0180
• 240GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0240
• 360GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0360
• 480GB - OCZSSDPX-1RVD0480