OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB Review - PAGE 1

Founded in 2002, the California-based OCZ Technology Group is one of the pioneers in the SSD industry. Criticism about reliability aside, one must admit that OCZ contributed greatly in the evolution of SSD technology as we know it. The company did not fare quite well during the last few years however, and went through some serious financial trouble that resulted in its acquisition by Toshiba Corporation. Being taken under the Japanese technology giant's wing did not only bring about a new name to the SSD maker, which is now known as OCZ Storage Solutions; it also pushed new wind in the company's sails by providing much needed stability, larger resources, and access to quality in-house NAND supply. The transition to in-house Toshiba NAND flash based products started in 2013 with the Vector 150 while the Vertex 460 followed suit earlier this year. The last product stack to go through this transition is the workstation-grade RevoDrive series which will be featured in today's review.

The new OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCI Express x8 SSD is a revamp of the RevoDrive line first introduced by OCZ back in 2010. The fresh new look of the OCZ RevoDrive 350 is of course paired with new internals. The drive has 19nm Toshiba MLC NAND, 4x LSI SandForce flash memory controllers (2x for the 240GB model), and OCZ's proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture running the show. The review unit I received is the 480GB version which is rated for read/write speeds of up to 1800 MB/s and 1700 MB/s, and costs around $800 at the time of writing. There are two other versions available that come in capacities of 240GB and 960GB, costing approximately $500 and $1250, respectively.

Specifications:

Information courtesy of OCZ @ http://ocz.com/consumer/revodrive-350-ssd/specifications