SSD NEWS: OCZ Releases Arowana SSD Firmware - Tests Show Bi?= g Upgrade For 34nm Indilinx Barefoot Drives

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TITLE: OCZ Releases Arowana SSD Firmware - Tests Show Big Upgrade For

34nm Indilinx Barefoot Drives

 

 

 

LINK:

http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz/ocz-releases-arowana-ssd-firmware-tests-

show-big-upgrade-for-34nm-indilinx-barefoot-drives/

 

 

 

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INFO: In May of 2011, OCZ

<http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2011/432> announced a new type

of firmware for Indilinx-controlled drives. That firmware, named for a type

of carnivorous fish, carried the name Arowana Flash Translation Layer.

Eventually, the Rowana FTL made way into the Vertex Plus family, however,

enthusiasts with the original Barefoot-controlled drives would have to wait

until now, 10 months later, to get a chance to update their SSDs. OCZ has a

good track record of supporting it's drives through firmware, and the

three-year-old Vertex has seen countless FW releases since early 2009.

Recently, OCZ's Octane drives were given a new

<http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz/ocz-releases-new-octane-ssd-firmware-to

-improve-performance/> FW release which increased random write IOPS by a

healthy margin.

 

 

 

 

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