Software: SSD Guru
OCZ has more than just solid state drives, they also got a great piece of software to go along with it. The OCZ SSD Guru will provide you with all the relevant information on your drive as well as the tools you need for maintenance. It is available for Windows and Linux, and also as a bootable version.
The first pane is the overview pane and that is where you find all the information, both on your drive as seen above and on the system itself as seen below. Both are important in case you need tech support or just need to trouble shoot some problems as it has all the vital information in one place.
SMART details can also be read out and are quick and easy to read thanks to the added icons and view mode.
The Tuner tab allows you to optimize your SSDs performance. You can send a manual TRIM command to the drive as well as set the over provisioning – that is once you initialized the drive.
The above shot is a non-initialized drive and it should look like the one below instead. You can send the TRIM command and set your own over provisioning.
Maintenance includes Firmware update with an automatic online check as well as the secure erase feature.
Whether you can use the secure erase depends on your setup. You might need to use the bootable version instead.
The fourth pane contains a few settings such as logging, monitoring, and possible proxy server details needed to connect to the update feature.
The help page provides easy links to both the support section and the support forums. It also contains an easy to copy system report with all the relevant information to help you with what trouble your drive or system might have.
