OCZ Offers New Firmware Update For Octane Series SATA 3.0 SSDS

OCZ Technology Group today announced the release of new enhanced IOPS firmware (v1.13) for the Octane SATA 3.0 Series SSDs. The random write performance has been significantly improved, in some capacities over double that of the previous specifications, for users looking to push their SSD performance to new heights.

For all Octane SATA 6Gb/s models, the improved IOPS made possible by this new firmware allow for greater transactional performance, especially during small file and random access speeds in everyday computing applications. When compared to the previous revision, random write IOPS performance doubles across nearly all capacities when tested in Iometer 2008: 

Old Random Write 4K IOPS (FW v1.12)        

• Octane 128GB - 7,700

• Octane 256GB - 12,000

• Octane 512GB - 16,000

New Random Write 4K IOPS (FW v1.13)

• Octane 128GB - 18,000

• Octane 256GB - 25,000

• Octane 512GB - 26,000

OCZ strives to offer the fastest, highest performing solutions on the market and continues to support customers by offering firmware innovations to their storage investments. The new enhanced IOPS firmware will begin shipping in the next batch of drives to resellers, and the upgrade file will be made available to existing customers via the company�s website.

For more information, please visit: www.ocztechnology.com.