Intel's 34nm NAND SSDs launch in two weeks

[Ourasi]

Thought there was going to be 2x more 4k random write performance than G1???

I just had to look once at the Intel G1 numbers to see they where way off, the 80gb G1 and the 80gb G2 have pretty much the same performance, even if the G2 firmware is supposedly better on G2, manipulation of numbers to put it mildly.... Those 3.300 IOPS are probably from the PDF/whitepaper before the G1 release , in a used state or worse, because 3300IOPS@QD#32 4kb random write is a "broken" G1...



There is one reason to swap G1 for a G2, and that is TRIM, from a performance standpoint it's no reason to swap, not unless you desperately want the 20mb/s higher sequential write of the 160gb G2, the TRIM G2 firmware is ~3 months away anyway... Intel saw early that the only way to boost sales here is to do some "magic" with the numbers on G1 and exclude them from TRIM, and the tactic worked like a charm.... I won't bite though, atleast not untill the TRIM G2 firmware is actually out, because just now I have the performance already in 2xG1, and I'm gonna keep the G1's anyway as an apps/game array so I don't care about the 2. hand prices...

If any competitor can promise TRIM and deliver a drive with performance in the ballpark of the G1/G2 within the 2-3 month timeframe for this TRIM firmware, they will get my money..