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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's a ZJ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[squeeg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 3:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[You mom.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 3:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[if you have to ask; you can't afford it]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krische]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 5:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you have to ask, you can't afford it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lbwmoo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 3:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do they already quote any reasonable durability numbers? How the drives compare to conventional HDDs over prolonged period of time?<br><br>Or it's still the same old MTBF B.S.?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dummy00001]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I imagine the will have the same number of read/write cycles as previous flash memory but It will probably fair better when you drop your desktop computer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[duggy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Weekend? It's Monday here...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 3:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[haha yea really.<br><br><br>Sounds like somebody has the case of the "Mondays"...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Galen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 3:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Really? Shit, i need to go to work! Damn.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kajillionaire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 7:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[mSATA?...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LondonConsultant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 4:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a letdown... :-(<br><br>This thing has an actual RAID controller w/ cache and it's barely as fast as a single SSD.   It should be one of the fastest (if not *the* fastest.)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 4:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um, just adding a RAID controller with or without cache won't make something perform faster. Usually, putting disks into a RAID makes them perform slower, in fact. RAID 0 can often perform faster than a single drive, and RAID 1 can for reads if the controller is good, but most RAID types perform slower than a single drive. RAID was created (and is mainly used) for redundancy, not performance; I wouldn't expect it to work faster than a single drive. You're adding complexity and another process to go through, even with one SSD. What I would expect, however, is this to perform faster than a single spindle drive (at least for random I/O).<br><br>Of course, if I cared about any of this crap, I would get a RAM drive and not even bother with this crap.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 10:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[What the hell?! Did you actually read the article before stating an opinion? It's actually NOT A LET DOWN! In fact, in most tests, the Z-Drive (even the "mainstream" version) topped a 4x Intel SSD in RAID0 on writes and totally on reads. The only problem was file sizes smaller than about 256K, which, mind you, is really not such a LET DOWN as you try to make out of it!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loocas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 4:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[So it's fast for large reading/writing large files.   Unless I'm manipulating large files like video or iso images then I won't really see a speed benefit over a single SSD.   To me, that makes it a let down for general use.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 5:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, that probably really depends on a user's perspective. For me, this makes perfect sense and I'd benefit from the card. For you, this might not mean any benefits and you wouldn't benefit from the card. I need a card that can, specifically, read very, very fast and I think I found it in the Fusion-io's IO-Drive. It's pricey, but I think I can live with that as speed is my No. 1 concern for the type of work I need the card to perform (read tons of large files as fast as possible! Hopefully at least at 25Hz).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loocas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 5:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[but my 500mb photoshop document will open in 2 seconds, and my 7gb of RAM allocated will cache to my swap drives that much quicker and perhaps even get data from my GPU a bit quicker? (photoshop gpu acceleration rocks)<br><br>In for 2.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[neofolklore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 20th 2009 8:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I stopped reading when I saw that it isn't Mac compatible. <br>Regards,]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[trashmymail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 4:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow! What a show stopper!<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>*rolls eyes*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loocas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 4:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I stopped caring about blu-ray when apple said I didn't need it. /sarcasm]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chansthename]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 20th 2009 12:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I always feel good reading these because it gives me something to look forward to in ten years, when I can afford it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 5:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Really bad IOPS performance.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[eXenter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 30th 2009 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[The price isn't bad. $900 / 256GB and it gets cheaper the more disk space you buy.  I spent $2000 on a raid card and 5 SCSI drives about 4 years ago... mind you that setup is still very fast... this looks good.  <br><br>I love LSI controllers.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Please Forgive Me]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 5:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[bad optimizations? could also be the motherboard too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Al Bundy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 19th 2009 10:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OCZ's Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD gets exhaustively reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/oczs-z-drive-pci-express-ssd-gets-exhaustively-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Im glad it was a let down! Would of been upset if my 5 SSD in RAID 0 would of been blown away by this. Ill keep my raid 0 array and the huge improvement they give me in Win7 Ultimate and in general loading times of all things!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 20th 2009 3:54AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
