The OCZ Talos 2 R is available now in 200GB, 400GB and 800 GB capacities with a three-year warranty rated at at least 1 drive write per day. Adding to that, the Talos 2 R is dual-ported for HA access that SATA also lacks. This performance is aided by the SAS interface which allows for greater performance compared to SATA drives. Additionally, OCZ marks the OCZ Talos 2 R in a mixed 75/25 workload (read/write) at 54,000 IOPS 4k Random and 42,000 IOPS 8k random. OCZ claims solid performance with read bandwidth up to 550MB/s and write bandwidth up to 375MB/s. For those that require a Talos 2 in some other configuration, OCZ is happy to customize drives for organizations with either eMLC or SLC NAND.Īs we mentioned in our review of the OCZ Talos 2 C, SAS-based SSDs are often promoted as enterprise-prepared drives that can handle just about any application. Both drives also feature MLC NAND for solid endurance that still maintains affordability. The rating for the C model is more aligned with its value-play in the SAS market, while the R model features a mark closer to the higher-end of the industry standard. The Talos 2 R has a MTBF of 2 million hours, while the Talos 2 C has a MTBF of 1 million hours. However, the Talos 2 R differentiates itself from the Talos 2 C by tacking on power fail protection to protect in-flight data from unexpected power loss, an upgraded controller and additional over-provisioning at 28% versus 7% on the Talos 2 C.Īnother major difference between the Talos 2 R and Talos 2 C is their MTBF rating. This much makes the Talos 2 R similar to its sibling OCZ Talos 2 C that we recently reviewed. The Talos 2 R also features OCZ’s Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 that ties together a pair of SandForce flash controllers to deliver performance and capacity enhancements. The OCZ Talos 2 R is a 2.5' form factor enterprise-class SSD that ranges in raw capacity up to nearly 1TB and features a SAS interface with dual-port support as well as cost-effective MLC NAND.

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