WEBVTT 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:06.919 this changes everything it's it's it's kind of like uh it's kind of like this 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:12.719 product in that respect it changes everything again SSD technology is 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:17.480 moving so fast that it's almost impossible to keep up with it so we 00:00:14.799 --> 00:00:21.519 started out with simple ssds 2 and 1/2 in drives and honestly you know what 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:26.240 performance wasn't great it wasn't even really in a lot of situations as good as 00:00:24.119 --> 00:00:30.840 a traditional mechanical hard drive so that's where we started then we got high 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:36.239 performance ssds when Intel released their x25 series indel links released 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:41.320 their Barefoot controller and all of a sudden ssds whoo now they're affordable 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:45.640 now they're way faster than a hard drive then from there we got even higher 00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:49.879 performance ssds and now with the sandforce controller the Intel Gen 2 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:54.920 controller as well as crucial's latest controller we're running into the limits 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:59.320 of the SATA 3 GB per second interface now crucial doesn't worry about that so 00:00:57.199 --> 00:01:04.320 much because their SSD actually uses SATA 6 gbit per second but SAA 6 gbit 00:01:02.199 --> 00:01:09.280 per second isn't even really mainstream yet and not everybody has a controller 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:14.240 for that so some companies are coming out with some innovative solutions uh 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:18.920 including ocz with their Revo Drive series of D of uh ssds where they 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:24.159 actually use a PCI Express interface to plug in SSD directly into your 00:01:20.600 --> 00:01:27.280 motherboard but there's also another way 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:29.079 so check this out this is the Ibis or 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:35.840 Ibis I actually don't know how to say it I'm not going to worry too much much about it because the name is not the 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:38.560 cool thing the cool thing is this card 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:42.079 right here because the SSD isn't even well it's neat but it's not quite that 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:48.280 neat and this is what's important about it right there so SATA there you go so 00:01:44.759 --> 00:01:49.960 SATA is what are they saying 1.5 uh oh 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:55.840 no they're saying it's what 3 gbit per second okay and then SAS SAS is up to 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:58.320 about 6 gbit per second right now 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:04.880 hsdl so that is I think it stands for highspeed data link or something like 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:08.039 that anyway this is capable of almost 20 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:10.560 20 gbit per second so that means that we 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:17.319 can take four sandforce controllers remember sandforce controller is almost 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:19.040 able to max out a SATA 3 gbit per second 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:25.440 connection we can take up to four of those at a time plug them in with the 00:02:21.720 --> 00:02:28.040 hsdl cable directly into our hsdl card 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:33.840 and we can get just unheard of performance so let's go ahead and open 00:02:30.760 --> 00:02:36.040 up the box on ocz's Cutting Edge 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:39.800 high-speed data link hey I got it right interface and it is the answer to the 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:47.239 SATA bottleneck and the driving force behind the Ibis SSD so the SSD runs off 00:02:44.760 --> 00:02:53.239 of internal raid zero so that's how they're able to take four controllers so 00:02:50.480 --> 00:03:00.560 that is four sand Force controllers they put them all together here let me just 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:00.560 see if I can get this opened up here 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:09.680 my SSD is faster than your hard drive darn right it is this SSD is faster than 00:03:07.799 --> 00:03:14.480 a good number of hard drives together I'll tell you that much so there it is 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:18.200 that is the Ibis hsdl 3 and 1 half in solid state drive so you can see on the 00:03:16.040 --> 00:03:21.920 side we have your standard 3 and 1/2 in mounting holes this is your standard 3 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:26.239 and 1/2 in form factor we have your standard 3 and 1/2 in mounting holes on 00:03:23.959 --> 00:03:30.400 the back on the bottom rather standard 3 and a half inch mounting holes on the 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:36.640 other side we have a QC pass so that means that it did pass the QC and on the 00:03:33.200 --> 00:03:38.720 back we have a St oh we have a standard 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:43.000 bloody well nothing actually no we do actually we have a standard SATA SATA 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:47.560 power okay so you can actually power this with your normal power supply and 00:03:44.959 --> 00:03:53.840 then we have an hsdl connection right there so it actually looks kind of like 00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:56.239 an sff 887 Cable in fact I think it uses 00:03:53.840 --> 00:04:01.640 one but that's definitely like not a that's a non-standard pin out for sure 00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:10.200 okay so you plug that right in there that's nice and that is the 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:12.519 equivalent of several SATA 6 gigabit per 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:16.040 second connections so you go ahead it comes with a nice little sleeved cable 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:21.320 here you can see the individual wires inside there they're kind of silvery and 00:04:18.320 --> 00:04:25.479 look all nice okay and then you go ahead 00:04:21.320 --> 00:04:27.360 and plug that guy into this little card 00:04:25.479 --> 00:04:33.960 right here and this is where the magic happens because this card 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:39.280 is a controller card now you can buy an IDE controller you can buy a SATA 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:45.759 controller you can buy a SAS controller or if you want to oh I dropped it wow 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:51.680 okay or if you want to have the most Cutting Edge performance possible you 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:54.639 can buy this controller so here it is it 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:59.160 looks real simple doesn't it basically what they're doing is they're taking a 00:04:55.880 --> 00:05:02.520 PCI Express 4X interface they're using 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:05.800 the simplest possible card as you can 00:05:02.520 --> 00:05:08.759 clearly see to deliver as much of that 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:15.039 performance as possible directly into your SSD drive so you just go ahead 00:05:11.520 --> 00:05:18.520 remove the little uh stopper right there 00:05:15.039 --> 00:05:22.280 the stopper the you unplug the top of 00:05:18.520 --> 00:05:25.120 the bottle that unleashes the power the 00:05:22.280 --> 00:05:30.560 power so you go ahead use one of your PCI Express 4X or higher remember you 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:34.440 can plug this into an 8x or a 16x connector on your motherboard plug that 00:05:32.479 --> 00:05:40.440 in like that run that drive or wherever the heck you feel like it and boom you 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:45.360 have performance that is Untouchable with any other solution on the market at 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:51.400 this time and probably for a while although the the way SSD per the way SSD 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:56.240 performance is increasing like every time you stop and take a breath who 00:05:54.080 --> 00:06:01.600 knows what is coming down the line now I just want to see the overall specs yeah 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:07.440 nice so Max performance is reads up to 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:11.400 740 mbes per second with rights up to 00:06:07.440 --> 00:06:17.639 690 megabytes per second and with up to 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:19.560 100,000 4K random right iops holy smokes 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:26.560 thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the OCC Ibis Ibis 00:06:24.240 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