OCZ New firmware Octane/S2 & Petrol

Latest Firmware Update Offers Added Value to New and Existing Customers by Doubling Random Write IOPS Performance

SAN JOSE, CA - Jan. 23, 2012 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, 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:

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.

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OCTANE	Random 4k Writes (IOPS)		Random 4k Reads (IOPS)		Sequential Read/Write (MBps)
	v1.13	v1.12	v1.13	v1.12	v1.13	v1.12
128GB	18,000	7,700	35,000	37,000	470 / 210	530 / 170
256GB	25,000	12,000	35,000	37,000	480 / 310	530 / 270
512GB	26,000	16,000	35,000	37,000	480 / 310	535 / 400

PETROL	Random 4k Writes (IOPS)		Random 4k Reads (IOPS)		Sequential Read/Write (MBps)
	v1.13	v1.12	v1.13	v1.12	v1.13	v1.12
64GB	3,000	2,000	23,000	22,000	185 / 95	185 / 75
128GB	6,000	4,000	32,000	30,000	360 / 180	360 / 135

OCTANE S2	Random 4k Writes (IOPS)		Random 4k Reads (IOPS)		Sequential Read / Write (MBps)
	v1.13	v1.12	v1.13	v1.12	v1.13	v1.12
64GB	7,500	5,000	23,000	22,000	180 / 90	180 / 75
128GB	11,000	9,000	29,000	29,000	275 / 175	275 /135