Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/04/2016 06:26 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: > Preparing to build a small replacement server (initially built in 2005) > and normally for the OS I would buy 2x500GB drives and deploy in a RAID > 1 configuration. > Now we have SSD drives available > - does just a single SSD drive offer the same

[CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread Rob Kampen
Preparing to build a small replacement server (initially built in 2005) and normally for the OS I would buy 2x500GB drives and deploy in a RAID 1 configuration. Now we have SSD drives available - does just a single SSD drive offer the same reliability or is there advantage in deploying two in

Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread Keith Keller
On 2016-01-05, Rob Kampen wrote: > - does just a single SSD drive offer the same reliability or is there > advantage in deploying two in a Raid 1 config? All else being equal, a RAID1 will be more reliable than a single drive, whether it's magnetic or SSD. > Also,

Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread Earl A Ramirez
On 5 January 2016 at 09:26, Rob Kampen wrote: > Preparing to build a small replacement server (initially built in 2005) > and normally for the OS I would buy 2x500GB drives and deploy in a RAID 1 > configuration. > Now we have SSD drives available > - does just a

Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/4/2016 4:26 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: It seems most SSD are in laptop drive size, shape and interface - thus not a good fit into a server motherboard unless I'm missing something. - what devices are you using? server motherboards don't care what size the drives are, that's a function of

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Simpson
On 2 February 2012 18:19, Matt matt.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives?  Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1.  It would solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out quickly in high I/O

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-07 Thread Nataraj
On 02/02/2012 10:19 AM, Matt wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out quickly in high I/O situations? Something like each

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-03 Thread William Warren
On 2/2/2012 5:19 PM, Peter A wrote: On 02/02/12 17:01, William Warren wrote: On 2/2/2012 2:15 PM, Peter A wrote: If you're worried about io reliability, then buy a (way more expensive) SLC drive, rather than the consumer level MLC... We have some SLC drives here that from their manufacturer

[CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Matt
Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out quickly in high I/O situations? Something like each memory location only has X many writes

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread William Warren
On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out quickly in high I/O situations? Something like each

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Mike
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, William Warren wrote: On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out quickly in

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Peter A
On 02/02/12 14:05, Mike wrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, William Warren wrote: On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread William Warren
On 2/2/2012 2:15 PM, Peter A wrote: On 02/02/12 14:05, Mike wrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, William Warren wrote: On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would solve my

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Peter A
On 02/02/12 17:01, William Warren wrote: On 2/2/2012 2:15 PM, Peter A wrote: If you're worried about io reliability, then buy a (way more expensive) SLC drive, rather than the consumer level MLC... We have some SLC drives here that from their manufacturer have been rated at 3 or more years of