I just re-read Anand's review and several things have just occurred to me.
Question time!
Will the 4kb random write speed double on the OCZ Agility disks in RAID0? I would suspect so but maybe there is a technical limitation I'm not aware of?
If it did double, they would now be up to 26mb/s for random 4kb write speeds with TRIM.
(That's only 14mb shy of the G2 and again significantly superior to any hard disk)
Anand says the Intel Matrix Storage driver isn't passing TRIM to disks.
When it is fixed and the OCZ firmware is fixed, will this automatically work in RAID mode also? Will all RAID controllers require new TRIM capable drivers?
(In my case, I own an Asus P6T X58 board)
My thinking is that come the end of the year, it will be a bit more expensive but OCZ will be able to offer amazing sequential read and write speeds, with very acceptable random speeds for less than Intel.
We may find that the wise bargain in 6 months is 2x120gb OCZ Agility disks for 199$ each and that a single Intel 160gb is simply too expensive and too small in comparison.
What are your thoughts?
P.S I am not an intel hater or "OCZ fanboy" - FWIW I just placed an order for 2 Intel 160gb G2's! but I'm wondering if come January a good alternative will be available, much cheaper.
Bonus question
Do SATA ports work at 300mb per controller or 300mb per channel?
If the 120gb OCZ's were in RAID-0 could the speed actually be 500mb read and possibly even up to 300mb writes? plus 26mb/s random 4k writes? That would be incredible.
- *The Intel G2 drives seem to not require TRIM at all, they are so well optimized.
*The OCZ drives are slower at 4kb random writing, with or without TRIM, however they are still significantly faster than even a raptor for random access.
*The OCZ drives are significantly cheaper (and only more so as soon as the G2 begins to steal their sales!) http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3608
*The current price on Newegg for 2x OCZ Agility 120gb disks is $588, 240gb vs 160gb (possibly $558 if they let you do more than 1 rebate?)
*The Intel G2 was slower in one benchmark significantly due to poor sequential write speed (photoshop)
Question time!
Will the 4kb random write speed double on the OCZ Agility disks in RAID0? I would suspect so but maybe there is a technical limitation I'm not aware of?
If it did double, they would now be up to 26mb/s for random 4kb write speeds with TRIM.
(That's only 14mb shy of the G2 and again significantly superior to any hard disk)
Anand says the Intel Matrix Storage driver isn't passing TRIM to disks.
When it is fixed and the OCZ firmware is fixed, will this automatically work in RAID mode also? Will all RAID controllers require new TRIM capable drivers?
(In my case, I own an Asus P6T X58 board)
My thinking is that come the end of the year, it will be a bit more expensive but OCZ will be able to offer amazing sequential read and write speeds, with very acceptable random speeds for less than Intel.
We may find that the wise bargain in 6 months is 2x120gb OCZ Agility disks for 199$ each and that a single Intel 160gb is simply too expensive and too small in comparison.
What are your thoughts?
P.S I am not an intel hater or "OCZ fanboy" - FWIW I just placed an order for 2 Intel 160gb G2's! but I'm wondering if come January a good alternative will be available, much cheaper.
Bonus question
Do SATA ports work at 300mb per controller or 300mb per channel?
If the 120gb OCZ's were in RAID-0 could the speed actually be 500mb read and possibly even up to 300mb writes? plus 26mb/s random 4k writes? That would be incredible.
you'd think if the disks were physically identical it would work ok.
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