OCZ Demo 1TB RAID0 SSD

[The boy 4rm oz]

Just saw this over at TechPowerUp:
http://www.techpowerup.com/86997/OCZ_Demos_1_TB_RAID0_Solid-State_Drive_with_Unbelievable_Transfer_Speeds.html
Technology coming in leaps and bounds :D.

[crenn]

No, it's not, just look at the size of it! If they did it in a 3.5" form factor, that would be acceptable, that isn't though. But if they can get those type of speeds.... bring on SATA 3.

[OvRiDe]

Just saw this over at TechPowerUp

WHAT!?!?! You go to other websites!?!?!?

Tsk, Tsk...

:P

Should be an interesting future!

[Zephik]

More than double the transfer speeds of whats currently possible with SATA 3 Gbit/s? Sweet! I'd be more than willing to sacrifice a PCI-E x16 slot for that! (especially if you get a motherboard with at least three available x16 slots, which are fairly common)

Isn't the next gen SATA 6 Gbit/s only capable of a maximum 600 MB/s? So wouldn't using current PCI-E x16 be a better option for enthusiasts? Especially since that OCZ drive is only using an x8 connection and not x16? Unless I'm confused, which I probably am, it seems like you could theoretically reach some insane speeds through PCI-E x16, speeds far faster than even what the next gen SATA offers? Without even having to wait for the next generation SATA 6 Gbit/s.

I could see SSD's going in this direction some day. With storage capacities getting larger and larger all the time, its not too hard to imagine people only needing a single storage drive. (Hell, most people right now only have one storage drive). GPU technology is always advancing too and currently most people only need a single card. I don't know, maybe its just me, but I can see this as a pretty plausible future for PC's. What do you guys think? Would you rather keep using SATA or would you rather use PCI-E x16?

[crenn]

SATA, more drives that way!

[Zephik]

Question: How do they achieve speeds of over 500MB/s when 500MB/s is the current maximum for PCI-E x16 2.0? Also, aren't they only using x8?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

:?

[crenn]

You're not reading correctly. For PCI-E 2.0, it's 500MB/s per lane.

PCI-E 2.0 x16 is about 8GB/s

[The boy 4rm oz]

I think it's quite acceptable. It may not be practical but it's still acceptable. It would work very well for very compact servers with no add on cards but for us gamers out there we wouldn't touch it as it takes up a PCI-e slot. I don't really care about the size but I love the speed, I don't intend to SLI anyway and I have 3 PCI-e x16 slots anyway so I say why not (besides the price lol).

The point I was getting at was that it's good to see companies trying different things with the current technologies, helps to work out the kinks and eventually lower the price.

[crenn]

This concept isn't new, but I suspect that OCZ will be a hell of a lot cheaper.

[p0Pe]

well... i have 4 pci-e slots, and with two of those in 2 of them and a pair of 4870x2 you could make a hell of a system. with a phenom II that is.

i think that manufactores (spelled) would go more and more for a pc where all of the components could be plugged directly into the motherboard.
that would get rid of a terible load of wires lol. would be cool IMO. a motherboard and a psu = computer.
where the cd drive would go i dont know, but who cares if all medias are going to be on usb / esata flash drive anyway.

just a thought from my little head :D

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well ASUS have recently released a new demo mobo (at CeBIT) with 7 PCI-e expansion slots so this configuration may very well become more main stream, depending on the cost of cource.
http://www.techpowerup.com/87057/Seven_PCI-Express_Slot_X58_ASUS_Motherboard_Shown_at_CeBIT.h tml

[Zephik]

http://www.theburnerishot.com/photo/MassivePCIeBackplane.jpg

:eek:

[The boy 4rm oz]

Now that is a monster board lol.

[XcOM]

the PCI-X slots look too close to accommodate proper GFX cards, they look too close to accept dual slot designs

[nevermind1534]

the PCI-X slots look too close to accommodate proper GFX cards, they look too close to accept dual slot designs

You could still use half of them.

[Zephik]

Forget that OCZ SSD, check out this baby!

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/12/iodrive-duo-the-fastest-ssd-setup-currently-available/

Read: 1500 MB/sec
Write: 1400 MB/sec

compared to the OCZ...

Read: 700 MB/sec
Write: 500 MB/sec

...Yea, I want one. This new technology is starting to get freaking exciting! If this is just the early stages, I can't wait to see what down the road is! (although I'm just hoping for affordability)

My guess is going to be a cool $15k for this drive. Hell, 80GB drives are $3k and they only do 550 write and 700 read and these new ones come at a minimum 160GB? ><

[killergamer]

IDK these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs) seem kinda cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

[progbuddy]

IDK these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs) seem kinda cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

That is amazing. :] Sweet find.

I wonder... get 24 of those new intel SSD's... 24 x 250 MB/sec read...

6 GB/sec?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Those ioDrive looks fantastic but that Samsung SSD clip is awesome. As soon as SSDs become cheaper and more reliable I won't hesitate to get one.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I just found something else along the lines of the OCZ drive.
The Super Tallent 2048 GB PCIe RAID SSD with 1.3 GB/sec Throughput:
http://www.techpowerup.com/89857/Super_Talent_Develops_2048_GB_PCIe_RAID_SSD_with_1 .3_GB_sec_Throughput.html
This is a far better design to the OCZ one, way less bulky and no extra power connectors needed.