OCZ Unveiled 2.5-Inch Agility 4 MLC SSDs

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. unveiled its Agility 4 SSD series that delivers an balance of 6Gb SATA III interface speed, IOPS performance, and enterprise endurance and reliability in a value-oriented SSD.

Utilizing OCZ’s Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform (first introduced in the Vertex 4 SSD series), they offer a cost-effective alternative to other SATA III SSD solutions in the market making them for mainstream entertainment, gaming, and mobile storage applications.

The Agility 4  delivers transfer rates of up to 400MB/s, and up to 85,000 random write IOPS.

In comparison to first generation Everest controller platform, the transactional performance of Everest 2 doubled under typical use case scenarios. Leveraging an feature-set, the Agility 4 SSD series offers superior endurance and reliability without the need for internal data compression (that typically leads to decreased performance of ubiquitous files types).

The dual core controller architecture also includes an ECC engine, dynamic wear-leveling, auto encryption, and Indilinx Ndurance 2.0 technology that addresses and overcomes specific shortcomings of NAND flash memory to extend flash life well beyond the manufacturer’s rated program and erase cycle specifications.

"For mainstream storage applications, there is no product better suited in the industry than our Agility 4 SSDs, providing the ultimate in access speed, application performance, endurance and reliability, at price points that most cost-conscious users will find appealing," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "As mobile users and applications continue to grow, adding to the deluge of data being generated on a daily basis, our Agility 4 SSD series provide great IOPS performance at a reasonable price enabling the user experience to be heightened especially for video streaming, music, photos, gaming, and OLTP."

With the responsiveness and reliability benefits that OCZ SSDs offer over traditional HDDs, the Agility 4 is for mobile and desktop users seeking speed and endurance at low cost per gigabyte. Available in a boot-drive sized 64GB model, up to 512GB capacity for mass storage, the solutions are backed by a three-year warranty and will be available through OCZ’s global channel.