OCZ Octane 512 GB SSD Review: Meet Indilinx's Everest Controller

12:00 AM - December 28, 2011 by Andrew Ku Table of contents 1. OCZ's Octane SSD Taps Indilinx For Performance 2. Indilinx's Everest Controller Does 6 Gb/s 3. Test Setup And Firmware Notes 4. Benchmark Results: Storage Bench v1.0 And PCMark 7 5. Benchmark Results: 4 KB Random Performance 6. Benchmark Results: 128 KB Sequential Performance 7. Sequential Performance Versus Transfer Size 8. Performance Over Time And TRIM 9. Octane: A Portent Of What's To Come From OCZ 10. Storage Bench v1.0, In More Detail 11. More Background On Our Benchmarks

What? A performance SSD from OCZ not based on SandForce's tech? The new Octane SSD features an Indilinx controller. Does OCZ rectify the controller company's past mistakes, or does it need more time to marinate? The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

We've seen OCZ enjoy a lot of success over the past two generations of utilizing SandForce's technology in its solid-state drives. Successively, the company has pushed performance boundaries in a way that redefined what you could expect from an SSD.

Naturally, as SandForce's launch partner, OCZ was always the first one to enjoy the benefits of a new controller, and the company tended to earn the biggest collection of awards for jumping out of the gate with new controller hardware. Over the years, then, OCZ's Vertex family has acquired quite a collection of accolades.

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