I don't think of OCZ and enterprise in the same sentence they have a pretty piss poor reliability track record from what I've seen at least. I'm pretty sure if you want enterprise reliability Intel is going to be one of your best bets to look into they at least have a good track record.
True, Intel more or less dominates the Enterprise market. Regarding OCZ's (previous) track record was pretty bad, especially in their low-end segment. Their Petrol drives should've never left the factory. However, their Vertex series maintained a relatively respected view. The rest of the track record can be considered by the next comment...
Wasn't this company set to go out of business because they ran out of money?
Effectively, yes. OCZ was in the unfortunately position of not owning their own fab plant. They bought out Indilynx so they could at least have their own controller, but that's only part of the battle when you are competing at the consumer level where price is an oft deciding factor. I think it was unfortunate planning that they ended up taking a few gambles that didn't pay off and they got stretched too thin to recover. Toshiba saw an opportunity to pick up a good group of developers with a keen eye towards controller firmware, So they made the offer which pretty much OCZ had to take or they were all gonna end up in the unemployment line.
Toshiba decided to keep the OCZ name for the positive recognition that it had with the Vertex and Vector series.
So far, it seems that Toshiba has been making good on their committment to keep the OCZ brand alive and in a positive light. I think that started when they offered to maintain warranty status of existing OCZ products. Toshiba was certainly under no obligation to do that. But it was just good business to do that since they were going to keep the OCZ name; There was no reason to futher drag it through any more mud.
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