OCZ rolls out a new line of PCI-Express based SSDs (Solid State Drive) named Z-Drive R2. The line of R2 drives come without SATA bottleneck, are directly connected to eight PCI-E lanes supporting eight-way RAIDO configurations. The Z-Drive R2 also has an interesting feature of interchangeable NAND modules enabling customization and providing better life span.
The line of R2 drives are going to be available in three models tagged the R2 p84, R2 p88 and R2 m84. The R2 p84 will run at 850 MB/s read and 800 MB/s write speed (IOPS random 4K read of 29,000 and IOPS random 4K write of 7,500/7,700) with storage capacities of 256GB, 512GB and 1TB. Similarly the R2 p88 runs at 1,400MB/s read and 1,400MB/s write speed (random 4K write of 14,500 IOPS and random 4K read of 29,000 IOPS) with storage capacities ranging from 256GB-2TB. Finally the R2 m84 runs at 800MB/S read and 750MB/s write speed with storage of upto 2TB.
Pricing details of the drives are not yet known but all the drives come backed with three year warranty.