Table of Contents:
- Available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB capacities
- Interface: SATA 6Gbps / Backwards Compatible 3Gbps
- 512MB Onboard Cache
- Indilinx Infused™
- TRIM Support
- Background Garbage Collection Support
- Boot Time Reduction Optimization
- AES and Automatic Encryption
- SMART Support
- Proprietary Indilinx Ndurance™ Technology
- Low-Latency Seek Time: 0.06ms Read; 0.09ms Write
- Slim 2.5" Design
- 99.8 (L) x 69.63 (W) x 9.3 mm (H)
- Lightweight: 83g
- Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
- Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
- Low Power Consumption: 1.98W active,1.15W standby
- Shock Resistant up to 1500G
- RAID Support
- MTBF: 1,250,000 hours
- 3-Year Warranty
- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32/64 bit), Linux, Mac OSX
128GB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 470MB/s
- Max Write: up to 210MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 18,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
256GB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 480MB/s
- Max Write: up to 310MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 25,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
512GB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 480MB/s
- Max Write: up to 330MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 26,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
1TB Max Performance*
- Max Read: up to 470MB/s
- Max Write: up to 330MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 25,000 IOPS
- Random Read 4KB: 35,000 IOPS
The Indilinx controller is the one factor of this drive that many may have questions about, but I do believe that with the current Firmware update we should see very strong results with this controller. Just having the availability of 512GB in a Solid State Drive is pretty amazing in itself and with TRIM support we should see much better reliability in terms of maintaining important information making it a super fast storage and media drive in one. Seek and transfer times are also important and even with the previous version Firmware the earlier 512GB Octane I borrowed from a friend showed excellent scores in those areas so the Indilinx is not a shabby solution.
To me from the outside there is not much to tell about an SSD, really all their really interesting technology is under the hood or inside it’s casing so to speak. They are all housed in a 2.5’’ enclosure and offer very little heat to speak of even when under load due to no moving parts and low voltage requirements. The NAND technology you see in an SSD is the same as you see in the little Flash devices that just about any tech geek has on hand in any given moment and we know how rugged they can be. There are 2 main types of NAND tech SLC (single level cell) and MLC (multi level cell, with most current units being MLC. SLC offers better performance and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), but is also significantly more expensive and used mainly in enterprise solutions not the home market. All the specifications for the drive are in a bulleted list above, but the main focus is the Indilinx controller and the supposed read/write times of the drive.
