Vertex 3 Pro preview, up to 550MB/s read and 525MB/s write

[frostedflakes]

Just wow. Some pretty insane performance numbers from Sandforce's new SF-2000 controller.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4100/ocz-vertex-pro-3-demo-worlds-first-sandforce-sf2000

Can't believe their first gen SATA 3 controller has already come pretty close to maxing out the interface. Guess we'll be needing SATA 4 pretty soon, lol.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yeah the specs are absolutely ridiculous if true. Even though I'm a big fan of Intel for reliability, they may need to go back to the drawing board after the G3's come out because 250MB/s read / 170MB/s write is not going to cut it against 500+MB/s read / 500+ MB/s write and ~250Mb/s - 400MB/s read/write on 4K data.

This can only be a good thing for next generation -- either the Intel G3's will be considerably cheaper per MB, or they'll really have to come back strong with a better product. I really wouldn't mind if I was stuck at only 250MB/s read / 170MB/s write Intel G3 (with good 4k performance) if a 160GB drive was ~$100.

 

[semo]

... I really wouldn't mind if I was stuck at only 250MB/s read / 170MB/s write Intel G3 (with good 4k performance) if a 160GB drive was ~$100.

Wouldn't we all! Pure numbers don't mean much though. I think Intel drives are less buggy and more resilient than the SF ones. The one thing that Intel lacked is variety which they plan on changing for the next gen. Still, with SF and other controllers you get to see more interesting things (PCIe drives, SATA 3). You can't do anything exciting with Intel parts other than what Intel allows you to do (good thing IMFT wasn't just IFT).

 

[Emulex]

75K IOPS is not much of a gain over 50K IOPS Of the previous sandforce? 50%?

see the ADATA S599 thread. I've yet to find a sandforce that is near as stable as the G2 and the G3 will include "power loss protection" lol. which the current sandforce doesn't have.

 

[nanaki333]

i read more horror stories and reviews on places like newegg of failed SF based drives than intel. i got 2 intel 160GB G1 drives when they first came out and put them in raid0. i haven't had a single failure, and i've had my fair share of BSoD and power outages.

 

[VirtualLarry]

75K IOPS is not much of a gain over 50K IOPS Of the previous sandforce? 50%?

Not to mention, their 500+MB/sec sequential stats, are likely due to zero-filled ATTO benchmarks, and not representative of real-world usage.

 

[Nintendesert]

Anand said he was running his own tests and he seems very impressed in the article. When he's impressed, I think it good grounds to be impressed myself.

 

[Zargon]

hmmm

wonder if I should not go SSD yet on my SB build and wait for the new drives to launch

 

[khon]

Damnit.

I need to buy a new SSD next week (to coincide with the build of my SB-based computer), and now I have to do so while knowing that it's going to be obsoletely soon thereafter

 

[Emulex]

you could raid-0 two G2 microcenter drives and get that performance for $99 * 2 oh yeah that is why i bought two

so far - the new ADATA firmware = no sleep problems - no cold start .

I hope the other guys can bring their firmware up to this level.

As someone who sells product - it is very very disheartening to see product sold in this bad of shape - i would strongly caution folks on unstable tech - i mean $99 * 2 that's alot of money to me for something that may not be usable.

 

[Zargon]

raid has its own caveats