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video JULIO DE SOROCABA Means "Júlio from Sorocaba". Julio was called onstage by Katy Perry during her show at the Rock in Rio festival

Rock In Rio 2011 - Katy Perry - Full Show(Show completo)



O fã Júlio, de Sorocaba, sobe ao palco durante o show de Katy Perry e dá um beijo na cantora (23/9/2011)

Katy Perry

Júlio César, de Sorocaba, foi chamado ao palco antes de 'I kissed a girl'.
Cantora falou durante show que 'gostaria de provar um brasileiro'.



Means "Júlio from Sorocaba". Julio was called onstage by Katy Perry during her show at the Rock in Rio festival after he took off his shirt and they kissed

'She has a soft taste, cherry, "says a fan who won kiss Katy Perry
Julius Caesar, Sorocaba, was called to the stage before 'I kissed a girl'.
Singer spoke at the show that 'I would like to try a Brazilian. "

From Gustavo Miller RJ G1


After the third song from their show at Rock in Rio, Katy Perry struck a fan and called the audience to share the stage with her. "They say that Rio is the hottest place in the world. I would like to try a Brazilian," he joked, as he shook down a scarf.

The "lucky" was Julio Cesar de Salvo, 24, a computer instructor in Sorocaba. "Julian," asked Katy, asking the name of the boy shirtless. "Oh, Julio", spoke next, emphasizing the letter "o" name.
Julius Caesar displays the phone with several calls he received from friends (Photo: Gustavo Miller/G1) Julius Caesar displays the phone with several calls he received from friends (Photo: Gustavo Miller/G1)

Katy held hands with Julius, and to ask him to look at the audience, a kiss "lock in" the corner of his mouth. He pretended to faint and then returned the favor at her request. "Her face is soft, has a cherry taste," said the G1, shortly after being "expelled" by the artist on stage. The fruit makes a reference to the letter "I kissed a girl".

Less than two minutes after getting off the stage, jump had several missed calls on your iPhone. "There are several links from friends, SMS, everybody's talking, everybody saw me live, I think ... Wow, it was unbelievable."

'Ela tem um gosto macio, de cereja', diz fã que ganhou beijo de Katy Perry

Júlio César, de Sorocaba, foi chamado ao palco antes de 'I kissed a girl'.
Cantora falou durante show que 'gostaria de provar um brasileiro'.

Gustavo Miller Do G1 RJ

Rock In Rio 2011 - Katy Perry - Full Show(Show completo)


Após a terceira música de seu show no Rock in Rio, Katy Perry surpreendeu e chamou um fã da plateia para dividir o palco com ela. "Dizem que o Rio é o lugar mais quente do mundo. Gostaria de provar um brasileiro", brincou, enquanto balançava um cachecol de plumas.
O "sortudo" foi Júlio Cesar de Salvo, 24 anos, instrutor de informática de Sorocaba. "Julian?", perguntou Katy, ao perguntar o nome do rapaz descamisado. "Ah, Julio!", falou em seguida, enfatizando a letra "o" do nome.
Júlio César exibe o celular com várias ligações que recebeu de amigos (Foto: Gustavo Miller/G1)Júlio César exibe o celular com várias ligações que recebeu de amigos (Foto: Gustavo Miller/G1)





























Cores, sedução e simpatia: em show impecável, Katy Perry conquista a Cidade do Rock

Cantora americana trouxe espetáculo repleto de trocas de roupa, interações com o público e repertório quase completo de seu último álbum, 'Teenage Dream'


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Em uma hora de show, Katy Perry  conseguiu arrebatar a Cidade do Rock, com muitas cores, simpatia e...trocas de roupa.
A musa californiana, inclusive, chamou ao palco um fã brasileiro, Julio, de Sorocaba: fez o rapaz de gato e sapato, para logo depois 'desprezá-lo' e emendar o hit 'I kissed a girl'. Um verdadeiro show, na acepção mais genuína da palavra.
Outro ponto alto da apresentação de Katy foi o momento em que a moça vestiu, literalmente, a camisa, ou melhor, a bandeira do Brasil, para cantar 'Thinking of you'.





























Momento pavão: cantando 'Peacock', cantora incorporou uma das dezenas de trocas de roupa do show
Momento pavão: cantando 'Peacock', cantora incorporou uma das dezenas de trocas de roupa do show
Katy fez questão de ressaltar a sensualidade do nosso país e disse: 'Se estou aqui, é porque os amo. Vocês esperaram muito tempo por mim, não é mesmo?' E pela reação do público, parece que a espera não foi em vão.





























Personagens coloridos compunham o palco ao lado da musa californiana: muitas cores em todo o show
Personagens coloridos compunham o palco ao lado da musa californiana: muitas cores em todo o show
Katy ficou de mãos dadas com Júlio e, ao pedir para ele olhar para a plateia, deu um beijo "na trave", no canto de sua boca. Ele fingiu desmaiar e depois retribuiu a gentileza a pedido dela. "O rosto dela é macio, tem um gosto de cereja", afirmou ao G1, logo após ser "expulso" pela artista do palco. A fruta faz uma referência à letra de "I kissed a girl".
Menos de dois minutos após descer do palco, Salto tinha várias ligações perdidas em seu iPhone. "São várias ligações de amigas, SMS, tá todo mundo falando, todo mundo me viu ao vivo, acho... Uau, foi inacreditável".































Katy Perry chamou um fã ao palco: Julio, de Sorocaba, ganhou um beijo da cantora




Katy Perry é barrada no show de Rihanna


sáb, 24/09/11


Pois é. Acreditem ou não, a cantora americana Katy Perry, que se apresentou antes de Elton John, foi barrada quando estava indo para a frente do palco assistir ao show da Rihanna.

Na passagem do backstage para espaço na frente do palco, onde ficam os fotógrafos, o segurança bloqueou a passagem da cantora porque ela estava sem credencial.

Não adiantou nada os seguranças e agentes da cantora reclamarem e dizerem “Alô, é a Katy Perry!”. Katy esperou até que o responsável pela área desse o ok para a sua passagem. “Tudo bem, gente, eu espero aqui”, disse aos amigos que estavam com ela. Depois de cerca de 10 minutos, Katy Perry foi liberada para entrar.

(foto: Lucas Landau)

Katy Perry is barred from the show Rihanna

Sat, 24/09/11

 

Yeah. Believe it or not, the American singer Katy Perry, who presented himself before Elton John was blocked when it was going to the front of the stage watching the show from Rihanna.

 

In the passage to the backstage area in front of the stage, where are the photographers, the security guard blocked the passage of the singer because she was no credential.

 

Did not help the singer's bodyguards and agents complain and say "Hello, is Katy Perry." Katy waited until the responsible for this for the okay to pass. "Okay, guys, I'll wait here," he told friends who were with her. After about 10 minutes, Katy Perry was released to enter.

 

(photo: Luke Landau)







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#iwannaslap #ICantRespectYouIf #NEWS #TWITTER Twitter developer events suggest iOS 5 release by Oct. 10



Published: 09:19 PM EST (06:19 PM PST)

Twitter has scheduled a pair of "Developer Teatimes" for Oct. 10 and Oct. 12 with a "heavy focus" on the service's tight integration with iOS 5, possibly providing further evidence that the forthcoming update to Apple's mobile operating system will arrive in two weeks.

Twitter announced the teatimes, the first to be held outside of San Francisco by the company, on Friday. The developer events will take place in London on Oct. 10 and New York City on Oct. 12, with space limited to just 150 attendees per city, as noted by Matthew Panzarino of The Next Web.

"There’s a lot going on in the ecosystem and we’d like to take this chance to share the highlights with you – including the latest developments with the platform, areas of opportunity that we’re seeing, and a heavy focus on the iOS 5 Twitter integration for developers," said Twitter's Jason Costa.

Given that iOS 5 is currently still in a beta development phase, it has been suggested that the timing of the events is meant to closely coincide with the public release of the OS.

Adding to the speculation is the fact that other evidence has pointed to a similar timeframe for the release. AppleInsider reported last week that the AppleCare division at Apple had been notified to prepare for an influx of iOS-related inquiries on Monday, Oct. 10.

AppleInsider was also first to report that Apple plans to release the Golden Master build of iOS 5 between Sept. 23 and Sept. 30. As the final version of the software, the GM would be sent to assemblers to be loaded onto the iPhone 5 in preparation for an expected mid-October launch.

According to one recent report, the Cupertino, Calif., company will hold a media event on Tuesday, Oct. 4 to take the wraps off the much-anticipated iPhone 5.

Apple announced in June that it had partnered up with Twitter to add deep integration of the social networking service to iOS 5. Rumors of the close partnership had surfaced prior to the unveiling.

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As a result of the cooperation, the Twitter app has gained greater prominence in Apple's own promotional materials for iOS 5. For instance, in one image (pictured below), Twitter is the only third-party application featured alongside Apple's own apps, including Notification Center, Message, iBooks and Camera.

Rival social network Facebook, on the other hand, has worked less closely with Apple in recent years. Though the company provided one and iPhone application for the launch of the App Store, it has dragged its feet in releasing a native iPad app.











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Morde & Assopra Dulce chora ao saber que Guilherme é o novo dono do hotel de Preciosa


Emocionado, o rapaz diz: 'Chora, mãe, porque dessa vez é um choro bom'

22/09/11 às 19h48 - Atualizado em 23/09/11 às 19h31

Dulce emociona-se ao saber que Guilherme agora é empresário (Foto: Morde & Assopra / TV Globo)Dulce emociona-se ao saber que Guilherme agora é empresário (Foto: Morde & Assopra / TV Globo)
Guilherme (Klebber Toledo) resolveu contar para a mãe que Diogo (Cacá Amaral) vai dar o hotel de presente para ele. Num primeiro momento, Dulce (Cassia Kiss Magro) fica intrigada com a notícia, e se espanta com o presente.
Antes da notícia, Dulce ouve com atenção (Foto: Morde & Assopra / TV Globo)Antes da notícia, Dulce ouve com atenção
"Mas é o hotel inteirinho? Eu trabalhei a vida toda naquele hotel, a vida toda eu fiz faxina lá. Eu conheço cada palmo daquele chão, daquelas paredes, eu conheço tudo daquele hotel. Tudo! E o hotel vai ser do meu fio?”. Guilherme explica que Diogo conversou com os donos, que vão dar todo o suporte necessário para ele. Dulce não se contém e chora copiosamente.
“Eu sempre quis te proteger com as minhas asas, mas as minhas asas eram pequenas para esse mundo. Ai, fio, eu tou com uma vontade de chorar”, diz a mãe de Guilherme. Ele também se emociona.
“Chora, mãe, porque dessa vez é um choro bom. De felicidade”.
Será que após a compra do hotel Dulce irá reconsiderar o pedido de casamento de Diogo? Continue assistindo aos próximos capítulos de Morde & Assopra para saber! Não perca a cena, que deve ser exibida na segunda-feira, dia 26 de setembro.


Abner fica comovido com estado de Naomi e a convida para morar em sua casa

Fazendeiro diz que ela precisa contar o seu segredo para Ícaro

21/09/11 às 18h42 - Atualizado em 21/09/11 às 18h42
Naomi agradece convite de Abner e o abraça (Foto: Morde & Assopra/TV Globo)Naomi agradece convite de Abner e o abraça (Foto: Morde & Assopra/TV Globo)
Abner (Marcos Pasquim) vai até a casa de Ícaro (Mateus Solano) para fazer uma visita a Naomi (Flávia Alessandra) e fica comovido com o estado emocional da amiga. Em uma conversa reservada, ele sugere que ela vá para sua fazenda descansar.
"Eu vim pra te ajudá. Sabe, naquele tempo que cê ficô lá em casa, eu te conheci melhó. E descobri que tem muitas qualidade. Se cê quisé i pra casa, descansá um pôco por lá...", oferece o fazendeiro.
Naomi agradece o apoio, mas lembra que ama Ícaro. Abner explica que não tem segundas intenções e a vê como uma irmã ou até mesmo como uma filha.
O fazendeiro diz que ela precisa revelar seu segredo ao cientista se quiser reconquistá-lo. "Se eu contar, eu perco o Ícaro de vez", lamenta. Abner não insiste e reforça o seu apoio antes de ir embora. "Se cê precisá de mim, é só me chamá, tá?", diz.
Qual será o segredo de Naomi? Continue assistindo aos próximos capítulos de Morde & Assopra para saber! Não perca a cena, que deve ser exibida no sábado, dia 24 de setembro.

Júlia insinua que Amanda esteja usando Rafael para tirar algo de Ícaro

A vilã rebate e acusa a paleontóloga de estar manipulando o cientista

22/09/11 às 14h42 - Atualizado em 22/09/11 às 14h44
Amanda não gosta da insinuação de Júlia (Foto: Morde & Assopra/TV Globo)Amanda não gosta da insinuação de Júlia (Foto: Morde & Assopra/TV Globo)
Júlia (Adriana Esteves) está preocupada com a possibilidade de Ícaro (Mateus Solano) ficar sem Rafael (Henry Fiuka) e volta a sugerir a Amanda (Carla Marins) que ela permita que o cientista adote o seu filho. Diante de uma nova recusa, a paleontóloga insinua que a mãe do menino quer arrancar alguma coisa do amigo.
"Amanda, como você é cruel! Ou então, você está fazendo jogo para conseguir alguma coisa", afirma. Amanda não gosta da suspeita de Júlia e diz que é ela quem tem interesse no cientista. "É você que está fazendo jogo para conseguir o que quer. E você quer é ficar bem com o Ícaro", diz.
Júlia ressalta que não é de fazer jogos e lamenta as palavras de Amanda. "Eu sinto muito que você pense isso de mim", diz a paleontóloga, que vai embora.
Será que Júlia vai acreditar nas palavras de Amanda ou vai descobrir as reais intenções da mãe de Rafael? Continue assistindo aos próximos capítulos de Morde & Assopra para saber! Não perca a cena, que deve ser exibida no sábado, dia 24 de setembro.


Áureo visita Josué e leva bronca de Celeste

Ele vai até o quarto do amigo, mas tem de ir embora após ser descoberto

22/09/11 às 15h42 - Atualizado em 22/09/11 às 19h19
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Cleonice dá bronca em Áureo por ele visitar Josué (Foto: Morde & Assopra / TV Globo)Áureo tenta se explicar para Celeste, mas não convence (Foto: Morde & Assopra / TV Globo)
Ao chegar tranquilamente em seu quartinho, Josué (Joaquim Lopes) toma um baita susto. “Surpresa!”, grita Áureo (André Gonçalves) ao avistar o amigo, que acabara de chegar com a lagartixa numa gaiola. Ele estava escondido, e diz que estava morrendo de saudades. Neste momento, Celeste (Vanessa Giácomo) chega e não perdoa.
Josué e Áureo felizes antes de Celeste chegar (Foto: Morde & Assopra / TV Globo)Josué e Áureo felizes antes de Celeste chegar
“Áureo, você vem comigo agora”. Ele se espanta, pois não imaginava que Celeste soubesse onde ele estava. O übber fashion explica que saiu para comprar fósforos, mas a desculpa não convence: “Eu só aproveitei para dar uma passadinha aqui e visitar o Josué”. Celeste retruca: “Eu achei que você estava demorando e vim atrás. E cadê os fósforos?”.
Áureo explica que ainda não comprou e Celeste obriga ele a ir embora com ela. Sozinho em casa, Josué conversa com a lagartixa. “Intão, agora é só cê memo para me fazê companhia”, diz o caipira.
Será que Áureo vai se casar com Celeste? Continue assistindo aos próximos capítulos de Morde & Assopra para saber! Não perca a cena, que deve ser exibida na segunda-feira, dia 26 de setembro.









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Mourning, outrage, disbelief over woman's mutilation in Syria


By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN
September 23, 2011 -- Updated 2031 GMT (0431 HKT)
Zainab Alhusni, 19, turned up beheaded and dismembered after Syrian security forces whisked her away.
Zainab Alhusni, 19, turned up beheaded and dismembered after Syrian security forces whisked her away.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • "They killed the rose Zainab," protesters' placards say
  • Zainab Alhusni's death is called "appalling" by the United Nations
  • The woman was seized to get at her brother, many say
(CNN) -- A young woman whisked away by Syrian security forces to coax the surrender of her activist brother turned up beheaded and dismembered, activists and human rights groups say, yet another high-profile display of cruelty in the conflict-wracked nation.
Nineteen-year-old Zainab Alhusni stepped away from her Homs residence last month to buy groceries.
Her family never saw her again until security forces returned her mutilated corpse, two opposition activist groups operating inside Syria and Amnesty International told CNN.
As reports of the torture sparked outrage across Homs and the rest of the world, amateur video surfaced of dozens of woman protesting the death.
"They killed the rose Zainab," their placards said.
"If it is confirmed that Zainab was in custody when she died, this would be one of the most disturbing cases of a death in detention we have seen so far," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa.
The case also drew the antipathy of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which characterized the incident as "appalling" and as one example of the "targeting and attacking of families and sympathizers of the protesters by security forces."
The ferocious Syrian government crackdown against dissenters began in mid-March when anti-government protests unfolded. The number of people killed over the past six months has reached at least 2,700, according to the U.N. human rights office. Some activist groups put the toll at around 3,000.
Zainab's brother Mohammed Alhusni -- a prominent opposition activist praised by colleagues for leading anti-government protests and treating the wounded -- had been evading authorities for weeks when his sister disappeared, said the Homs Quarters Union, an activist group.
"The secret police kidnapped Zainab so they could threaten her brother and pressure him to turn himself in to the authorities. The government often uses this tactic to get to activists," a union media coordinator told CNN.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an activist group, said security forces called Zainab's family to trade her "freedom for her pro-democracy activist brother's surrender," LCC said.
Mohammed Alhusni was eventually slain on September 10, when security forces fired on demonstrators in Homs.
When the family retrieved Mohammed's body from a Homs military hospital, medical officials told relatives about another unclaimed body with the label "Zainab Alhusni" that had been kept in a hospital freezer for some time.
Days later, Zainab's family received the woman's headless and limbless corpse, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Amnesty International and the Homs Quarters Union said.
The Homs Quarters Union provided a video to CNN showing the pale trunk of a female body beside a detached head with long black hair among dismembered limbs.
Authorities forced Zainab's mother to sign a document saying both Zainab and Mohammad had been kidnapped and killed by an armed gang, Amnesty International said in an online statement.
Syrian authorities could not be reached for comment on the Alhusni case. The Syrian government has maintained that armed gangs with foreign agendas, not the regime, are responsible for the violence that has plagued the Arab country for months.
CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video, the claims, or the death toll because the government has repeatedly denied requests for journalists to report inside Syria.













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The appeal process of the Amanda Knox murder conviction is entering the final phase.

Added On September 23, 2011
The appeal process of the Amanda Knox murder conviction is entering the final phase. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.











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Intel SSD 710 Series Review (200GB)





At IDF last week Intel launched their new enterprise line of SSDs, the 710 Series. The SSD 710 is Intel's first enterprise SSD in quite a while, the previous generation X25-E has been in the market for nearly three years. Over that span of time, a lot has changed in the enterprise space and those changes are reflected in the SSD 710. The most noticeable being the move from SLC NAND in the X25-E to 25nm MLC NAND with high endurance technology in the SSD 710 to drive down price and increase capacity. Other more subtle changes have taken place as well, including firmware optimized for endurance and an option for IT managers to modify the amount of over provisioning on the drives.
Endurance has long been Intel's mantra when it comes to SSDs, even more so when it comes to the enterprise environment where drives are blasted with writes exponentially more than what's normal in the typical client usage pattern. What this means with the SSD 710 is that with over provisioning set at 20% on the 300GB drive, the SSD achieves 4KB write endurance of up to 1.5 petabytes.

The 710 Series SSD improves on the performance seen in the X25-M, but with the SATA 3Gb/s interface and a usage profile geared toward grinding it out in the data center, the performance numbers aren't spectacular. That said, in the right scenario, the Intel 710's can boast some ridiculous scores, how about a 35 million IOPS? In single drive environments the 710 is expected to deliver random 4K read IOPS of 38,500 and 4K write IOPS of 2,700. In the enterprise though, those numbers are at steady state, delivered all the time, without drops as the drives see increased usage.
The 710 comes in 100GB, 200GB, and 300GB capacities in a slim 7mm 2.5" form factor. Our review unit is a 200GB capacity, we will also be posting a RAID review with three 200GB 710 SSDs put through more rigorous enterprise-level benchmarking. For now though we start with a detailed look at the SSD 710 in single drive mode.
Intel SSD 710 Specifications:
  • Capacity: 100/200/300 GB
  • Intel 25nm NAND Flash Memory
  • High Endurance Technology (HET) Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
  • Form Factor: 2.5-inch, 7mm
  • SATA 3Gb/s interface
  • Random 4 KB Reads: Up to 38,500 IOPS
  • Random 4 KB Writes: Up to 2,700 IOPS (4,000 IOPS3)
  • Random 8 KB4 Reads: Up to 27,000 IOPS
  • Random 8 KB Writes: Up to 1,900 IOPS (6,000 IOPS3)
  • Bandwidth Performance, Sustained Sequential Read: Up to 270 MB/s, Sustained Sequential Write: Up to 210 MB/s
  • Latency (average sequential), Read: 75 μs (TYP), Write: 85 μs (TYP)
  • AES 128-bit Encryption
  • Temperature monitoring
  • Power Consumption: Active: up to 3.7W, Idle: 700mW
Design and Build
The new Intel SSD 710 looks a heck of a lot like the X25-E before it, but given how much SSD designs don't really change through the iterations, this isn't really surprising. The case is silver alloy design instead of black with the older X25-E, based around a 7mm drive height to save space over the slightly larger 9.5mm standard. On the consumer drives Intel uses a shim to make up this space, whereas on this model it is just not included.
Intel SSD 320 side
The bottom is bare metal without any stickers present. The top sticker is all that Intel has used over the years, listing the various important pieces of information such as model number, capacity, serial number, firmware version, and the like. They didn't even change the curved radius shape of the sticker, let alone color!
Intel SSD 320 bottom
The front of the SSD 710 has the same SATA power and data connection without any service-mode pins located near it. All firmware updating takes place through software only, without any hardware intervention.
Intel SSD 320 front
Disassembly
Taking the 200GB Intel SSD 710 apart is very easy with a simple Phillips head screwdriver. After removing the four screws located at the corners, which also hold the shim in place, the shim and top cover easily lift up. Once that is removed you are greeted with the underside of the circuit board, which in this case only includes NAND pieces.
Intel SSD 320 apart
With the way things are going in the SSD market, you might almost start off by saying "out with the old in with the new". In the case of the Intel SSD 710, Intel stuck with what worked best; the good ole PC29AS21BA0 controller, with updated firmware to work with newer 25nm flash and enterprise features like increased over-provisioning. This controller has proved itself to be extremely reliable and versatile over the years, and proves itself yet again to have plenty of life left in it.
Intel SSD 320 controller
The flash is comprised of twenty 25nm Intel 29F16B08CCME1 16GB pieces, which according to Intel are the "cream of the crop" when it comes to selection from the Intel NAND Factory. When you make the stuff yourself, you can dictate who gets what, and in this case Intel picks the highest grade pieces for themselves. What this means for the consumer is no matter what, if you buy Intel gear you get the best Intel components.
Intel SSD 320 nand
There are two additional features of the Intel SSD 710 that haven't been seen on previous consumer models. The first is the 64MB Hynix Mobile SDR 666Mhz H55S5162EFR-60M, which if you squint close enough you might be able to tell that it is much smaller than previous RAM offerings. This is because unlike using notebook/desktop grade DDR memory, they went with Mobile SDR, which as you can see takes up much less space.
Intel SSD 320 pcb top
The next change, which we will go into further detail in the power section, is the addition of capacitors to allow the SSD to continue writing data stored in cache to the NAND in the event of a power failure. While not exactly the latest super-capacitor technology as we have seen on other enterprise-class SSDs, this is still said to be enough to write the entire cache contents to NAND when the power is lost.
The bottom of the SSD is pretty bare, not counting the ten 25nm 16GB NAND pieces soldered to it. All of the cool stuff is located up on top.
Synthetic Performance
With three Intel 710 SSDs provided for review, we are covering both single drive and RAID 0, 1, 5 performance. In this review we will look at the drive in a client environment with follow-up RAID coverage next week. In this review we tested the 200GB Intel SSD 710 through the Intel 6.0Gb/s chipset on our test rig as well as a single-drive RAID0 through our LSI 9260-8i MegaRAID card.
The first group of benchmarks look at large sequential and random transfers with a 2MB transfer size using IOMeter. The Intel 6.0Gb/s stats show what uncached performance looks like, with the LSI 9260-8i results added in showing how performance differs routed through a 128k stripe size with write-back caching enabled.

IOMeter 2MB sequential performance measured 277MB/s read and 216MB/s write over the LSI MegaRAID card and 261MB/s read and 208MB/s write through the Intel 6.0Gb/s interface . These values are very close to the official 270/210MB/s spec provided by Intel.
Switching to a random transfer test, but keeping the 2MB transfer size, we measured 224MB/s read and 189MB/s over the the LSI RAID card and 217MB/s read and 207MB/s write over the Intel chipset.

Changing to a 4K packet size at a queue depth of one, we look at how well the Intel SSD 710 handles random transfers while keeping latency as low as possible.


We measured 14.6MB/s read and 51.8MB/s write through the single RAID0 setup, translating out to 3,700 read and 13,300 write IOPS. Over the uncached Intel 6.0Gb/s interface read speeds measured slightly higher at 17.4MB/s or 4,400 IOPS with write speeds taking a small hit dropping to 39.5MB/s or 10,100 IOPS.

Average latency measured 0.098ms through the Intel 6.0Gb/s chipset and 0.075ms through the LSI MegaRAID RAID0 array. Peak latency stayed between 19 to 20ms for both of these tests.





Real-World Performance
Our first section of real-world traces are more fitting for single-user consumer situations instead of multi-user enterprise settings, but we plan including our server traces in the follow-up Intel SSD 710 RAID Review. Until then we still wanted to include performance stats on the enterprise-class Intel SSD 710 in an HTPC, Productivity, and Gaming setting.
The first real-life test is our HTPC scenario. In this test we include: playing one 720P HD movie in Media Player Classic, one 480P SD movie playing in VLC, three movies downloading simultaneously through iTunes, and one 1080i HDTV stream being recorded through Windows Media Center over a 15 minute period. Higher IOps and MB/s rates with lower latency times are preferred. In this trace we recorded 2,986MB being written to the drive and 1,924MB being read.

In the first trace covering our HTPC environment we measured an average transfer speed of 206MB/s and 4,420 IOPS with an average latency of 1.759ms.
Our second real-life test covers disk activity in a productivity scenario. For all intents and purposes this test shows drive performance under normal daily activity for most users. This test includes: a three hour period operating in an office productivity environment with 32-bit Vista running Outlook 2007 connected to an Exchange server, web browsing using Chrome and IE8, editing files within Office 2007, viewing PDFs in Adobe Reader, and an hour of local music playback with two hours of additional online music via Pandora. In this trace we recorded 4,830MB being written to the drive and 2,758MB being read.

In our Productivity trace we measured an average transfer speed of 223MB/s and 7,650 IOPS with an average latency of 1.01ms.
Our third real-life test covers disk activity in a gaming environment. Unlike the HTPC or Productivity trace, this one relies heavily on the read performance of a drive. To give a simple breakdown of read/write percentages, the HTPC test is 64% write, 36% read, the Productivity test is 59% write and 41% read, while the gaming trace is 6% write and 94% read. The test consists of a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit system pre-configured with Steam, with Grand Theft Auto 4, Left 4 Dead 2, and Mass Effect 2 already downloaded and installed. The trace captures the heavy read activity of each game loading from the start, as well as textures as the game progresses. In this trace we recorded 426MB being written to the drive and 7,235MB being read.

In the client-targeted Gaming trace we measured an average transfer speed of 243MB/s, which is close to the upper-end of what SATA 3.0Gb/s can support. Average IOPS and latency during this test measured 4,560 and 1.71ms respectively.
Power Consumption
As we mentioned up above, the Intel SSD 710 adds an array of capacitors to the mix, to help prevent data corruption in the event of power loss. To make this happen, especially on a consumer-grade budget, Intel went with six tantalum-based KEMET Organic Capacitors (KO-CAP) instead of a super-capacitor this is generally seen on enterprise SSDs. These are less expensive, but more importantly, get the same intended job done. Paired with mobile SDR memory, the power requirements for the cache are low enough that six caps with a combined storage capacity of about 0.003F (compared to the 0.18F capacitor on the Viking Modular SSD). If works it doesn't matter what the capacity is.

The other job of the capacitor array is protect the drive in the event of being hot-swapped. In hot-swap situations, it is possible that under certain conditions the onboard components can draw more power than what the device is rated for, and fail. These capacitors pull double-duty to provide some backup power and to soften the startup currents during normal conditions. The end results of both areas equals data and device integrity for the end user.
Intel rates the SSD 710 with a maximum active power consumption rate of 3.7W and an idle rating of 0.7W. To test these claims and see how well the drive performed under constant write, constant write, and random read conditions we used IOMeter as the workload generator and measured the power draw from the SATA-power rail during the test. The following are the average values we recorded.

Power measurements were very close to the official rated numbers, coming in just below what Intel quoted. We measured an idle power rate of 0.67w versus the 0.7w given on the spec sheet. Peak power usage during a sequential 2MB write sequence measured 2.84w. Sequential 2MB read and randon 4K read measured 1.61w and 0.93w respectively. Startup also came in low, drawing only 1.22w in our tests.
Conclusion
We'll leave this single drive SSD 710 review with cautious optimism, holding off on final conclusions while we churn through the multi-drive RAID and enterprise-level tests. While the performance numbers of the 710 leave quite a bit to be desired, the fact of the matter is that in the enterprise there are many cases where steady performance over many years is more important than the great burst performance you might find in a client environment. If you have questions or points you would like to see covered in the complete RAID review of the SSD 710, use the discuss link below to post to our forums.










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