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OCZ Octane Firmware v1.13 Released

by Brian Beeler

OCZ has released a new firmware for the Octane SSD family that up to doubles random write IOPS performance in some capacities. Firmware v1.13 is designed for Octane SATA 6Gb/s SSDs and is available for download now. 


OCZ has released a new firmware for the Octane SSD family that up to doubles random write IOPS performance in some capacities. Firmware v1.13 is designed for Octane SATA 6Gb/s SSDs and is available for download now. 

Drive Old Random Write 4K IOPS (FW v1.12) New Random Write 4K IOPS (FW v1.13)
Octane 128GB 7,700 18,000
Octane 256GB 12,000 25,000
Octane 512GB 16,000 26,000

Users should download the OCZ Toolbox to update the firmware on Octane SSDs.

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