Vertex LE reviews + other updates Written on February 22, 2010, by Scott.
With the release of the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition reviews are sprouting up around the web. 02/20/10: Legitreviews: OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review 02/19/10: Anandtech: OCZ’s Vertex Limited Edition Review & SSD State of the Union 02/19/10: PC Perspective: “OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review – Sandforce Goes Retail” The Anandtech article [...]
OCZ Vertex Limited Edition and Micron RealSSD C300 now available Written on February 22, 2010, by Scott.
The first Sandforce based drive from OCZ is now available on NewEgg for a whopping $949.99. This is for the 200GB version. Amazon lists the 100GB version for $439.99 but is currently not yet in stock. Right on time with the announced Feb 22nd availability date, Micron’s RealSSD C300 is also available from Crucial.com. Pricing [...]
Blog updates and other projects Written on February 18, 2010, by Scott.
I’ve been working on a couple of projects in the last 2 weeks and things are starting to come together. The most obvious change was to the blog template. I’m now using “The Azure Hut – Two Column Widget Ready” template by P. Andrew. I like it’s simple design, the previous “Notepad Chaos” one was [...]
Anandtech Storage Bench – Real World Performance Testing Written on February 10, 2010, by Scott.
With all the new SSDs coming out it’s nice to have all the different synthetic benchmarks to gauge their performance. Linear R/W speeds were great to gauge large file transfers. The 4k write benches were great to identify the problems the JMF602 controller was having. IOps is important if your doing databases. With the early [...]
Rooted HTC G1, wired tethering and Tmobile 3G speeds Written on February 8, 2010, by Scott.
I’m a big supporter of Google’s Android. Lot’s of reasons why but today I’ll stick to the part where I can root the phone and do wired tethering using my HTC G1′s Tmobile 3G service. Rooting the G1 Between Maximum PC: How to hack your G1, Androidandme: Beginners guide to rooting your Android G1 and [...]
Upcoming Sandforce based SSDs Written on February 4, 2010, by Scott.
By now everyone should know that the performance of an SSD is largely dependant on the controller being used. Sandforce is a US based SSD controller start-up that was founded December 2006 who is out to provide next generation SSD performance and reliability with thier SF-1200 and SF-1500 processors. The former being their consumer product [...]
Silverstone HDDBOOST – Hybrid SSD/HDD solution Written on February 3, 2010, by Scott.
Bit-tech.net posted an interesting article Silverstone’s new “hybrid” HDD product called HDDBOOST. HDDBOOST pitch is “Create your own superdrive with maximum storage and maximum speed”. It promises to give your system the benefits of an SSD without having to reinstall your operating system. The system consists of a 3.5″ caddy with a SATA controller chip [...]
Intel & Micron 25nm NAND announcement Written on February 2, 2010, by Scott.
Update Feb 3, 2010: PcPerspective posted their tour of the Lehi IMFT fab. The article includes a couple of videos. Following Intel and Micron’s 25nm NAND announcement on February 2, 2010. I wanted to provide a couple of quick links on the topic. Press release Anandtech coverage with a couple of IMFT slides and product [...]
Micron’s RealSSD C300 Written on February 2, 2010, by Scott.
Update Feb 10, 2010: Added CrystalDiskMark2.2 benchmark link from Hexus.net and non-official Anandtech benchmarks between the C300 and a X-25M G2 160GB. The higher transfer speed of the C300 has a positive effect on the light workload and in combination with higher IOps results in a big lead in the heavy workload. Update Feb 4, [...]
OCZ Technology Q1’2010 roadmap Written on February 1, 2010, by Scott.
OCZ Technology is capitalizing on it’s success in the consumer segment with their Indilinx based Vertex Solid State Drives. They continue to innovate with their product offerings and are now looking to increase their presense in the enterprise space as well with their Sandforce controller based designs as well as their PCIe products. At CES [...]