

While you could easily string together four SSDs through a RAID card, the end result would be much more complicated. PCI-Express based SSDs are an elegant solution to what some users face when they look to increase system performance. StorageReview has updated the OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 review with revised benchmarks with the final build hardware and firmware here. Incorporating four SandForce SF-2281 processors and 480GB of tier one NAND flash the OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 drives read speed up to 1500MB/s and writes of 1250MB/s and 4K random write IOPS of 200,000.Įditor’s Note: The following review is of pre-production hardware.

Today we look at the latter option with the latest in OCZ’s RevoDrive family of enthusiast SSDs, the RevoDrive 3 X2. To get around this, many opt for the PCIe interface, either by using a RAID card with multiple drives grouped together or a PCIe integral storage solution.

A single SATA SSD, no matter how fast it is, will be held back by the 6.0Gb/s bandwidth. When it comes to desktop-based high-performance storage, to get to the bleeding edge there are certain limits you have to work around.
