OCZ Vector 150: 6Gb SATA SSDs With 19nm MLC NAND and Barefoot 3 Controller

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. announced its new Vector 150 SATA III SSD Series that utilizes the 19nm NAND flash process geometry and an in-house controller design delivering OCZ’s highest performing SATA III SSD series to date.

At the forefront of Vector 150 is proprietary Barefoot 3 controller which was designed in-house by the company’s hardware and firmware teams to enable design control over the product roadmap while delivering high performance flash-based storage, enhanced endurance, and a host of differentiated features for laptop, desktop and workstation applications.

Building on the original Vector SSD Series, the Vector 150 SSD Series implements performance by delivering consistent, sustained speeds over time regardless of whether the data is in compressed or uncompressed formats. It provides superior speeds across all capacities to accelerate gaming, content creation, and multimedia applications, supporting read bandwidth of up to 550MB/s, write bandwidth of up to 530MB/s, 4K random read speed of up to 100,000 IO/s, 4K random write speed up to 95,000 IO/s and sustained 4K random write performance of 26,000 IO/s.

“Our Barefoot 3 architecture continues to leverage controller technologies to deliver our highest performing SSDs to date enabling computing users with faster file transfers and boot-ups, as well as a quicker, more responsive overall storage experience,” said Ralph Schmitt, CEO, OCZ. “With workstation class endurance, advanced data integrity and supported by a 5-year warranty, Vector 150 users can feel confident that their SSD will deliver ultimate performance even in the most demanding client computing environments.”

Engineered to provide endurance, Vector 150 SSDs are rated to deliver 50GB of host writes per day for a 5-year warranty term, promoting peace of mind that this series will outpace even the most demanding client computing environments over an extended lifetime. Barefoot 3 controller features a suite of flash management tools that can analyze and dynamically adapt to increasing NAND vulnerabilities as flash cells wear and is designed to overcome limitations associated with MLC NAND flash memory and heighten data integrity over the long term.

The Vector 150 SSD Series is available in 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacities with 7mm alloy housing to support today’s thin form factor notebooks.

They are also bundled with a 3.5-inch desktop adapter bracket and Acronis True Image cloning software to enable data transfer from legacy HDD drives to SSD storage.