Hi Mark, The SSD on the server is just handling emails and sending out licenses purchased through my web site. I used an SSD to save power as the server runs 24/7. The OS sits on a CF card. Bulk storage is a 1.5TB mechanical drive that is spun down when not in use. In it's current incarnation based on a Wyse R00L thin client running Ubuntu I have total power consumption down to 27W with the main and backup 1.5TB drives spun down, 40W flat out.
On my office computer I put the swap file on a mechanical drive to reduce writes. Hybrid drives strike me as being very hard on their flash. They basically use it as a cache for the mechanical part. As far as I know you have no say on what data is stored in flash and what data is stored on disk. Les On 04/01/2012 10:32, Mark Wendt wrote: > Les, With all the writes that usually happens to a network server, a > SSD is probably a poor choice for that application. Writes to a SSD > are what shortens the lifespan. Any of you guys looked at the hybrid > drives? Here's one at Newegg - 750 GB 7200 RPM, 32 MB cache with an 8 > GB SLC NAND (the SSD portion of the hybrid). > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148837> The > also have a 500 GB version with 4 Gigs of solid state memory: > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591> > Plant your OS partition on the solid state portion, and put all your > other partitions that will see lotsa writes on the spinning platter > side of the drive. Longer life for the SSD portion of the drive that way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
