OCZ Vertex beta firmware with background ‘Garbage Collection’ Posted by Allyn Malventano | Aug 9, 2009 | Storage | 0 Manufacturer: OCZ Technology ContentsIntroductionAllyn has spent the last few days thrashing a pre-production firmware for the OCZ Vertex. This is OCZ’s first crack at rolling their own firmware, and they aim to address some of the issues Indilinx has not been able to correct on their own. Can OCZ pull it off? Come on in and find out!Testing Methodology and System SetupPCPer File Copy TestHDTach 3.0.4.0HDTach 3.0.4.0PCMark05IOMeter v2006.07.27 – IOpsIOMeter – Average Transaction TimeYapt v0.3Fragmentation over time(De)Fragmentation over timeConclusion and Final ThoughtsIOMeter – Average Transaction Time Transaction Time results are in line with our IOPS figures. The beta firmware falls just slightly behind 1.30 in the same three read+write intensive tasks it suffered at in our other IOMeter testing. « Previous1. Introduction2. Testing Methodology and System Setup3. PCPer File Copy Test4. HDTach 3.0.4.05. HDTach 3.0.4.06. PCMark057. IOMeter v2006.07.27 – IOps8. IOMeter – Average Transaction Time9. Yapt v0.310. Fragmentation over time11. (De)Fragmentation over time12. Conclusion and Final ThoughtsNext » Video News
