OCZ Z-Drive series 6000 PCIe NVMe: Over 6 TB for the world server

Announced a new series of SSDs for the enterprise Z-Drive 6000 by OCZ. Declined in many models, these SSD promise not only very high performance, but also very interesting price category that can exceed 6 TB.

For some time, even before the acquisition by Toshiba, OCZ shows a clear intention to act as a reference point for the enterprise SSD market, which is bound for the server and the professional sector in general. It is not surprising then filing a new set allocated for this sector, made the bargain in order to cover the most diverse requirements.

Under the name of Z-Drive 6000, we find a wide range of proposals PCIe NWMe, we are going to summarize briefly. Z-Drive 6000 SFF is designed to meet needs, which are involved mainly read operations. The form factor is 2.5 inches, and the capacities are 800 GB, 3.2 TB and 1.6 TB. The read speed is in the order of 2.9 GB/s, write to 1.9 GB/s, 700,000 random read and 160,000 IOPS random write.

Z-Drive 6300 SFF is designed to ” mixed workload applications “, ie for mixed uses and not biased toward the reading operations. The form factor is always 2.5-inch ” often “, with capacities identical to the series previously listed with the addition of the model from well 6.4 TB. Similar performance in reading, while the values ​​are slightly scaled down in writing, 1.4 GB/s.

Closes the list Z-Drive 6300 AIC, form factor HHHL (Half-Height / Half-Length), or in the form of cards in a compact design. Features and performance are similar to those of series Z-Drive 6300 SFF.

All these units are equipped with 16-channel controller PMC Sierra, then with a component developed externally. Hit the market in the second half of the year, when you will know something about prices and terms of guarantee.