Octane

OCZ’s Octane is a SATA 3 SSD that boasts a maximum sequential read speed of 560 MB/s and a write speed of 400 MB/s with 4k random write aligned disk access at 16,000 IOPS. Four capacities are available for this SSD namely 128, 256, 512 and 1000 GB. It is the highest capacity SSD by OCZ since the 480 GB Vertex 3.

The drive is powered by Indilinx’s IDX300MOO-BC controller and is accompanied by eight modules of Intel synchronous 25nm NAND flash memory. A 512 MB cache is also available and supports background garbage collection. Similar to other SATA III drives like Patriot’s Wildfire, Octane has AES and automatic encryption for a more reliable operation. TRIM commands for Windows 7 is also supported as well as multiple drive configurations via RAID.

As it is powered by an Indilinx controller, Octane is backed up by Infused™ and Endurance™ technologies. The drive has a latency seek time of 0.06ms read and 0.09ms write which are among the lowest in all SATA 3 SSDs. Mean Time Between Failure for this SSD is 1,250,000 hours and is backed up by a three-year warranty.

Specifications:

• Sequential Read: Up to 560 MB/second
• Sequential Write: Up to 400 MB/second
• NAND type: MLC
• Interface: SATA 3 6GBps
• Controller: Indilinx IDX300MOO-BC
• Form Factor: 2.5 inches
• DRAM Cache: None
• Power Consumption (Active): 1.98W
• Power Consumption (Idle): 1.15W
• TRIM support: Yes
• SMART support: Yes
• Warranty: 3 years
• MTBF: 1,250,000 hours

Part Numbers:

• 128GB: OCT1-25SAT3-128G
• 256GB: OCT1-25SAT3-256G
• 512GB: OCT1-25SAT3-512G
• 1TB: OCT1-25SAT3-1T

Reviews:

thessdreview:

From my own point of view, I like what they have done, first and foremost,with the Octanes ability to surpass most other drives when it comes to transferring incompressible data such as music, movies and photographs.  This simply cannot be overlooked and the only SSD to surpass this that I can think of occurred in our recent review of the Corsair Performance Pro.

anandtech:

The good news is that if OCZ is able to deliver reliable and compatible firmware, the Octane is worth owning. It performs at the top of its class, and it’s priced more aggressively than OCZ’s SandForce based drives. My standard recommendation for any new SSD still applies: wait and see. Let others (myself included, the Octane will be going into a work machine starting today) be the beta testers. If the waters look safe, only then should you jump in.