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03-24-2009, 12:52 PM #1Temporarily Suspended
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solid state hard drives?
what do you think of solid state hard drives? the next big thing in server hardware? no moving parts meaning more reliable. they obviously may not be as fast as a raid array of 15k scsi hdds but one day im 110% sure they will, we never thought hard drives would be as advanced as they are today.
Im currently using a solid state drive in my netbook and its great
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03-24-2009, 01:16 PM #2Custom Hosting Master
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You sure about that scsi array? http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3532&p=10
You may want to check out the random reads and writes on that page.
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03-24-2009, 01:40 PM #3That's all it takes?
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The cheaper SSD drives are a no, no still. The controller on them is garbage and the random writes and very very slow. Sequential read/writes are very fast.
The newer main stream (2nd gen) SSDs (e.g. ocz's apex) are doing much better apparently, but I haven't tried them yet.
The intel high end ones are great; same for the samsung ones.
Then there's the whole MLC vs SLC debate, how blocks are cleared, etc. I have found SLC drives to be faster (but pricier).
So I think we're getting there, but not quite yet.www.idologic.com - Reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting - Friendly Customer Service - DirectAdmin - cPanel - InterWorx
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03-24-2009, 01:46 PM #4Temporarily Suspended
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What about lifespan on SSD longer than HDDs?
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03-24-2009, 01:53 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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03-24-2009, 02:02 PM #6That's all it takes?
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03-27-2009, 04:58 AM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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Check out this video..
Raiding 24 Solid state drives together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWO...layer_embedded
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03-29-2009, 10:39 PM #8Newbie
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Solid State Drives
Just doesn't seem ready for prime time hosting yet. I don't think you can get the performance out of the drives.
Very much seems to be a "netbook" type of technology. I'm sure they will turn the corner eventually but I don't think we're there yet.
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03-30-2009, 02:31 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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03-30-2009, 11:01 AM #10Newbie
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The PCIe SSD's seem very promising. Like any bleeding edge technology, I'm sure they cost a pretty penny.
http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-29.html
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03-30-2009, 11:37 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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well i check out mdd hosting almost every day and http://forums.mddhosting.com/index.php?showtopic=95
they use slc. there where alto of good reviews about wht before the hackLeader of the new anti sig spamming club.
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03-30-2009, 01:15 PM #12Custom Hosting Master
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Western Digital has announced that they're getting into this. The more competition the better the prices are going to get.
PCIe solutions are great if you need a lot of storage with great speeds. SSDs are useful if you need small space in 2.5".
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03-31-2009, 10:15 AM #13Newbie
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PCIe drives could(will) be huge in the DS business if(when) the prices come down.
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03-31-2009, 10:49 AM #14Web Hosting Evangelist
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03-31-2009, 11:07 AM #15Newbie
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04-06-2009, 11:50 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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Nice video. But there must be a diffrence between hosting use and personal use. can there ssd harddrives stay online for a long time ?
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04-14-2009, 09:08 AM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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04-14-2009, 10:52 AM #19New Member
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Oh I think SSD(s) are good
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04-14-2009, 10:56 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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04-14-2009, 11:01 AM #22cout << m_subtitle;
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Yes way Sherlock!
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04-19-2009, 03:00 PM #23Newbie
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It is definitely the future. With storage requirements and drives getting bigger the rebuild of raid arrays with large 1TB drives is a nightmare so a SSD of large size would be amazing!
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04-19-2009, 03:41 PM #24Web Hosting Master
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regarding data recovery if the hard drive failed, SSD seems to be much more difficult.
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04-19-2009, 05:02 PM #25Newbie
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Raid?
Can you not apply RAID in the same way as a conventional drive?