Testseek.com have collected 94 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Octane Series SATA600 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Octane Series SATA600.
December 2011
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Extremely low latency
Beating Intel in most areas
Outstanding IOPS performance
Unseating SandForce (and Intel) in most areas
Available 1TB capacity ($$$)
Strong Read Performance
Fast boot times
Competitive Pricing
Consistent performance with different data types
Very good performance.
Silky smooth operation as a system drive
Excellent sequential reading and writing performance
Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths
SATA 6Gbps support
TRIM support under Windows 7
Lightning fast access times
Completely silent
The OCZ Octane SSD offers a large amount of storage at a relatively low price. The drive supports SATA 3 (6Gbps)
Performs very well
Has up to 1TB of storage space
And works with all popular platforms
Including Windows
Mac OS
And Linux
Impressive 542/356 MBps read/write transfer speeds
Automatic AES data encryption
Indilinx Everest SSD processor supports TRIM garbage collection
Some cache tuning needed for better handling of mixed readwrite workloads
Some compatibility issues noted with nonnative chipsets (see below)
Write speeds below SansForce-based drives
Lower capacities have lower write performance
Expensive. Not routinely faster than competing drives. Has trouble with high-queue-depth writes
Writing speeds do not scale very well when queue depths rise.
The OCZ Octane SSD is comparatively slower in terms of data transfer speed than other SATA 3-based solid-state drives. The drive is significantly more expensive than traditional hard drives of the same capacity
Quite some time has passed since Indilinx rolled out the Barefoot controller that fueled OCZ's original Vertex SSD. Based on the performance data we've collected, Indilinx's new Everest controller appears to have been worth the wait. This follow-up has a...
Before bringing this article to a close, we'd also like to talk about some rudimentary testing we performed with Windows 7 boot times and the OCZ Octane (as well as a couple of other drives) configured as the boot volume, with no other drives in the syste...
The Indilinx Everest is a surprisingly competent controller. When OCZ first mentioned its work on the controller to me I wrote it off as yet another low performing alternative that wasn't worth consideration. Based on its performance in our Storage Bench...
Extremely low latency, beating Intel in most areas, Outstanding IOPS performance, unseating SandForce (and Intel) in most areas, Available 1TB capacity ($$$),
Some cache tuning needed for better handling of mixed readwrite workloads, Some compatibility issues noted with nonnative chipsets (see below)
The Indilinx Everest had a very good showing in OCZ's Octane SSD. Sequential read and write performance was right at the top of the charts, and the new unit turned in some of the lowest latency and highest IOPS figures we'd seen from a SATA SSD to dat...
The OCZ Octane is the first of a new breed of SSDs that uses an updated Indilinx controller, which OCZ owns. Owning the controller gives OCZ a lot of options, from tuning the firmware just the way they want, to being able to support the drives more qu...
Abstract: During Cebit this year we had a good chat with the representatives of OCZ Technology, talking about their latest product line-up. For 2012 OCZ seemed to be one of the very rare IT manufacturers that actually could present something refreshingly new ...
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On paper, the Octane 512GB is a promising drive. It boasts an all new controller architecture that looks to be adaptable to a wide range of scenarios, comes equipped with OCZ’s legendary customer support and has some lofty specifications. That should a...
INDILINX Controller, 3 Year Warranty, NDurance™ Technology, 25nm NAND, Support system...
Expensive...
Does OCZ's Octane drive equipped with their in-house designed and built INDILINX Everest series NAND controller have what it takes to compete with the SandForce steam roller? Yes and no! It keeps up with the massive read speeds in many of the benchmar...
