Conclusion
With the
Deneva 2 R 200 Gigabyte eMCL SSD, OCZ has an enterprise SATA SSD in its
portfolio which features a highly attractive price. Compared to other enterprise
SATA drives with eMLC memory, this OCZ SSD is really cheap and the drive also
doesn't lack performance. Regarding sequential throughput rates, we see 540
Megabyte per second in case of maximum read as well as write performance.
Nevertheless it was rather interesting to see that their was a little dent
regarding 1 thread sequential write performance with a block size of 256
Kilobyte. But still, the overall performance is solid and competitive.
Once we have a closer look at random throughput rates, we see that the Deneva 2
R 200 Gigabyte hits 74'000 IOPS regarding random write and 55'000 IOPS when it
comes to random read. These values are not in its own league but they're still
high enough to speed up a storage appliance that lacks 4K random performance.
Despite the fact, that this is a drive equipped with eMLC NAND Flash OCZ only
asks 310 Euro for it and they still offer three year warranty with dedicated
FAE/FSE support through product manager or engineer. Usually prices for eMLC
drives start with 200 Gigabyte start at 600 Euro. Depending on service levels
prices can vary greatly.
Should you be looking for an enterprise grade SSD, that features eMLC NAND flash
memory and should the mentioned PBW values suite your needs, then it definitely
won't hurt to have a closer look at the Deneva 2 R 200 GB eMLC SSD. Because of
it's highly competitive price, this drive could under some circumstances even be
recommended to consumers with a need for an SSD that offers high reliability.