Hello,

I have been researching this theme and iam from the opinion that is time to go for it.

For what i have researched the Intel X25 E is the best choice for server environment, do you agree? Any other SSD do you advise?

I would like to hear from you.


Regards,

CSPK
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From what i understand they are faster, However ive also heard that they are more prone to failures that normal hdds.. ( shorter lifespan )

I think the amount of times you can write to them is lower. So for a server they may not be best.

SATA raid is probably the best way to go still.

From what i understand they are faster, However ive also heard that they are more prone to failures that normal hdds.. ( shorter lifespan )

I think the amount of times you can write to them is lower. So for a server they may not be best.

SATA raid is probably the best way to go still.

i have a few servers with Intel SSD's not let me down yet, however accessing data is 100% faster, Writing data is much slower.

Never get a SSD with a Jmicron based chip either.

Never get a SSD with a Jmicron based chip either.

Why's that daniel?

Why's that daniel?

They freeze too much,and have a crap cache.

take a look at this http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ssd-jmicron-jmf602,7057.html

I thought of changing my desktop HDD to SDD few weeks ago, but the prices are too high at the present time.
In addition to Intel X25, Western Digital has SiliconEdge Blue series 64GB-256GB SATA, but no prices yet in their website.
Seagate Pulsar series 50GB-200GB SATA
I will wait at least another 12 months and see how the price drops.

I thought of changing my desktop HDD to SDD few weeks ago, but the prices are too high at the present time.
In addition to Intel X25, Western Digital has SiliconEdge Blue series 64GB-256GB SATA, but no prices yet in their website.
Seagate Pulsar series 50GB-200GB SATA
I will wait at least another 12 months and see how the price drops.

Yep it's still to early and too expensive for putting the SSD's in servers.
SATA and SAS disk's are still good for any online business.

They freeze too much,and have a crap cache.

take a look at this http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ssd-jmicron-jmf602,7057.html

Thank's for that daniel

I will wait at least another 12 months and see how the price drops.

I dont think the price will drop that much over the next 12 months to be honest...

However its nice that these SSD's are now pushing SATA'S down :)

Yep it's still to early and too expensive for putting the SSD's in servers.
SATA and SAS disk's are still good for any online business.

Its praticial to put the OS and other bits on an SSD in RAID 1 and just keep the data on SATA's

That way would improve performance without alot of overhead :)

From what i understand they are faster, However ive also heard that they are more prone to failures that normal hdds.. ( shorter lifespan )

I think the amount of times you can write to them is lower. So for a server they may not be best.

SATA raid is probably the best way to go still.


The amount of writes to cause a failure on a SLC drive in a short time span would probably cause a normal disk to fail as well. The difference the SLC would be read only not totally dead. On a x25-e if you're doing 100GB writes a day it'll last around 72 years.

Indeed, I would not personally run an MLC in a server environment. If you stick with SLC you should not have a problem with reliability. Cost on the other hand is a different issue. :)

Indeed, I would not personally run an MLC in a server environment. If you stick with SLC you should not have a problem with reliability. Cost on the other hand is a different issue. :)


Again it depends on the actual product.

I think that SSD is pretty good for personal use thus far. For server use, I am still uncertain.

I use a SSD in my laptop - I like it overall.

-mike

I think that SSD is pretty good for personal use thus far. For server use, I am still uncertain.

I use a SSD in my laptop - I like it overall.

-mike

what model ssd are you using for your laptop if you dont mind me asking :)

From what i understand they are faster, However ive also heard that they are more prone to failures that normal hdds.. ( shorter lifespan )

I think the amount of times you can write to them is lower. So for a server they may not be best.

SATA raid is probably the best way to go still.

I've never heard/read that... I keep reading that the E series are solid as heck.