Those who adopted Intel’s Z68 platform, and the SSD caching feature it provides, are able to greatly increase the speed of their traditional mechanical hard drives by using a small and inexpensive SSD for the caching function. Obviously this is a very tempting proposition as the price of large capacity SSD hard drives are still very expensive. But what about all the people who have a relatively modern system without SSD caching support? Thanks to OCZ and their Synapse Cache line of SSD’s, just about anyone with a modern system can enjoy the benefits of SSD caching at a very affordable price. OCZ’s Dataplex software ties it all together making the implementation an easy process.
Follow along as we test out this newest innovation from OCZ and see how much of a performance gain you can expect while continuing to use your traditional platter type hard drive. But first a little about OCZ.
“Founded in 2002, San Jose, California-based OCZ Technology Group, Inc. has built on its expertise in high-speed memory to become a dominant player in the manufacturing and distribution of solid state drives (SSDs), a disruptive, game-changing technology that is replacing traditional rotating magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs). SSDs are faster, more reliable, run cooler, and use significantly less power than the HDDs used in the majority of computers today. In addition to SSD technology, OCZ also offers high performance components for computing devices and systems, including enterprise class power management products and industrial power accessories.”
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