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OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB Review

Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) on February 17, 1998 – since then it got wide spread within the industry.

Meanwhile Intel has discontinued to work on Iometer and it was given to the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL). In November 2001, a project was registered at SourceForge.net and an initial drop was provided. Since the relaunch in February 2003, the project is driven by an international group of individuals who are continuesly improving, porting and extend the product.

The tool (Iometer and Dynamo executable) is distributed under the terms of the Intel Open Source License. The iomtr_kstat kernel module as well as other future independent components are distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License.

Running a combined read and write IOPS test over a 2 minute period shows tha the RevoDrive X2 delivers results far in excess of anything else we have in our labs right now.

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13 comments

  1. Amazing how far this technology is going now. is Sata dead? hell it might need an update if we want these levels of performance. even sata 6 drives look crap in comparison to this baby.

  2. Price is really good, I saw a 256 data ssd for just under 500

  3. Excllent, fascinating design with the daughtercard good pics

  4. Wonder why they don’t sell it it two parts to let people get the basic product cheaper then upgrade later…

  5. I thought you gave the Level 10 away? Don’t tell me you just shipped it to Ireland!

  6. Excellent design, price aint too shabby either considering the performance. Way out of my league however, need a system upgrade first.

  7. Id like one of these, do they make them in smaller sizes? 500+ is a bit much for me.

  8. @ WasserHHund – Hard to believe i know, but Thermaltake made more than one Level 10 case. We actually have three. Send me your address ill ship you one 😉 Germany via Manchester or Scotland right?

  9. @ Thomas – yes they make a 100GB version http://www.scan.co.uk/products/100gb-ocz-revo-drive-x2-bootable-ssd-4-x-sandforce-1222-pci-e-x4-r-740mb-s-w-690mb-s-100k-iops?source=froogle&utm_campaign=googlebase&utm_medium=googlebase&utm_source=googlebase&utm_term=100GB+OCZ+Revo+Drive+X2+Bootable+SSD+4+x+Sandforce+1222+PCI-E+x4+R+740MB%2Fs+W+690MB%2Fs+100K+IOPS

  10. Its still a lot of dosh. 2TB HD is 70 quid now. slower? sure, but SSD is still much too expensive for most people.

  11. Cool thanks, think you could show me how to overclock a system later if I email you? really been struggling with that this year. cheers man.

  12. Never mind the ssd, can I have the camera?

  13. Does anyone know if the Revodrive can be used with VMware ESXi or XenServer 5.6?