Octane: Another quality SSD from OCZ and a strong alternative to the plethora of Sandforce powered drives.
Review / Snapshots:
When I first looked at the Octane 512GB drive in December I was impressed with the Indilinx Controller. It delivered great results with both incompressible and compressible data and my viewpoint hasnt changed any in the last two months.
The 1.13 firmware update has been released primarily as a performance enhancement, OCZ havent indicated that it has fixed any potential platform bugs which will be reassuring for current owners who dont plan on flashing their drive. While the 4kb random write performance of the drive has been significantly improved, there is a slight trade off in other areas. Sequential read and write performance has suffered a little, although in the real world we wouldnt imagine that anyone would notice. I certainly didnt over the course of several days intensive testing. CrystalDiskMark highlights substantial performance improvements in regards to the 4k QD32 write test. The previous firmware averaged around 58 MB/s, and after updating to 1.13fw this increased to around 100 MB/s. IOmeter recorded a 75 percent increase in 4k random write performance.
Back in the real world, what exactly will this mean for an enthusiast user?
Well, If you have the Octane drive installed in a server which has to deal with a vast array of random writes, such as frequent accesses to a database, then the 1.13fw will be a solid update. Improving random write performance is a key focal point for many companies this year, so it shows that OCZ have successfully invested research and development time into updating their firmware code.
The Octane drives have already earned a good reputation for reliability and they seem to be faring well with the enthusiast audience.
Whichever firmware you decide to use, the performance of the Octane 512GB is great. It is a good indication that Everest 2 should have some tasty surprises in store when it is released in Q2.
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