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So, the OCZ Colossus is reported to be a standard 3.5in form factor, with two Indilinx controllers RAIDed (RAID 0) together in a single solution. ZipZoomFly (ZZF) has some initial pricing information.
120GB ($437.99) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011000
250GB ($826.99) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011001
500GB ($1530.99) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011002
Now, the 250GB and up drives are WAY out of my price comfort range, but the 120GB part is interesting. Compare it to the 120GB OCZ Vertex, which ZZF lists for $374.99. This is only a $63 difference. To the end-user, this means that you are getting the same amount of storage with a transfer speed bump for about $60 bucks. But OCZ has included TWICE as much NAND Flash. (Two 120GB banks RAIDed together.)
I don't see how OCZ can afford to do that, my presumption is that NAND is what drives the cost of all of these drives. I wonder if they are fudging their naming convention. I suppose the 120GB part could actually be two 60GB banks RAIDed (effective capacity 60GB). So, it would be technically true that the drive has 120GB of flash, but it breaks with the typical storage convention of advertising the effective capacity of the drive. (If this is the case, my previous price comparison breaks down.)
And of course these are pre-release prices, on a product that seems to keep having it's release time frame bumped back. So, the prices might not be what we eventually see. Also, I am a big fan of OCZ and Indilinx, but they do not have a track record of releasing parts that are stable from day one. They have great support, but early-adopters are taking a certain amount of risk. It is true that they have good expertise with the Indilinx controller now but this new solution (Colossus) adds an on-board raid-controller into the mix.
120GB ($437.99) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011000
250GB ($826.99) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011001
500GB ($1530.99) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011002
Now, the 250GB and up drives are WAY out of my price comfort range, but the 120GB part is interesting. Compare it to the 120GB OCZ Vertex, which ZZF lists for $374.99. This is only a $63 difference. To the end-user, this means that you are getting the same amount of storage with a transfer speed bump for about $60 bucks. But OCZ has included TWICE as much NAND Flash. (Two 120GB banks RAIDed together.)
I don't see how OCZ can afford to do that, my presumption is that NAND is what drives the cost of all of these drives. I wonder if they are fudging their naming convention. I suppose the 120GB part could actually be two 60GB banks RAIDed (effective capacity 60GB). So, it would be technically true that the drive has 120GB of flash, but it breaks with the typical storage convention of advertising the effective capacity of the drive. (If this is the case, my previous price comparison breaks down.)
And of course these are pre-release prices, on a product that seems to keep having it's release time frame bumped back. So, the prices might not be what we eventually see. Also, I am a big fan of OCZ and Indilinx, but they do not have a track record of releasing parts that are stable from day one. They have great support, but early-adopters are taking a certain amount of risk. It is true that they have good expertise with the Indilinx controller now but this new solution (Colossus) adds an on-board raid-controller into the mix.