The same phenomenon occurred with the 512KB random writes, which ranged from 353MBps to 472MBps, with the reading remaining about 390MBps during all passes.Д¤KB random reads and writes were around 30MBps and 80MBps un-queued, and around 375MBps and 350MBps with a queue depth of 32. I saw a relatively normal 472MBps to 495MBps reading the 4MB file, but from 413MBps to 486MBps writing-a fairly large range. The Vector 180 proved a very good performer, though the CrystalDiskMark results jumped around a bit more than normal on the 480GB version I tested. OCZвЂ™s new Vertex 180 features advanced management features.

ThatвЂ™s quite good for an SSD of this type, but only middling for the general market, where drives such as CrucialвЂ™s super-affordable MX200 and the Samsung EVO compete. ItвЂ™s available in 120GB/$90, 240GB/$150, 480GB/$275, and 960GB/$500 flavors, which works out to 75 cents, 62 cents, 57 cents, and 52 cents per gigabyte respectively. The Vector 180 is an affordable drive given its advanced management features. To its credit, OCZ killed the release until they had updated firmware that fixed the issue, despite its being of little consequence to the average user. If there were stacked TRIM commands, this resulted in a very long wait. It seems that the cell maps were updated after every TRIM.

Though I didnвЂ™t experience it, the firmware that shipped with most review drives was prey to slow formats after heavy usage. Using it in servers is verboten in terms of the warranty. Note that while OCZ has added enterprise-class features, the Vector 180 is a consumer drive. IвЂ™m guessing this means the drive does the necessary maintenance on a more regular schedule instead of deferring it until forced into it (e.g., secure erasing), as many older SSDs did. The company says the Vector 180 will retain the greater part of its performance over time. OCZ also claims itвЂ™s taking the same approach that Intel and most other mainstream vendors do with their enterprise SSDs, i.e., optimizing for real-life read/write scenarios instead of flat-out sequential read or write speed.

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