OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB review - Introduction

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/19/2010 03:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

OCZ RevoDrive X2

A couple of weeks ago when we reviewed OCZ's IBIS SSD, we were very much impressed to observe where technology is heading and most of all, how seriously fast SSD technology is becoming. When we tested the IBIS, we obviously also realized that anything with a cable in-between will create at the very least a little bit of latency. So, while the concept is astounding and the performance flabbergasting ... it can be done better.

Pretty much in the same timeframe, OCZ also released the 2nd revision of their RevoDrive, the X2. Just about based on the very same components as that IBIS, except there is one big difference; the SSD, or NAND flash partition of memory, are all placed onto two PCBs with everything tied in closely together popping into a x4 PCI Express slot.

As such today we will test the all new OCZ Revodrive X2, a concept that is close to that IBIS product, but also is not. Will this RAID based SSD solution be faster, slower, or equal in performance relative to that IBIS ?

Fact remains, today we'll pass 700 MB/sec of storage performance from something slapped onto a PCIe 4x slots and that is just frightening to test, that fast ...

As always, have a peek .. and head on over to the next page please.

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