Wietse Venema put forth on 8/16/2010 2:36 PM: > Stan Hoeppner: >> Google uses less than 1/10th of 1% "Enterprise grade" hardware, using the >> typical definition of "Enterprise grade", in their operations. And Google is >> the undisputed single largest operator of servers on the planet. I think >> that >> qualifies them as an "Enterprise". ;) > > Indeed, but then Google's scale of operations is not representative > of most enterprises. Large companies (I work for one) can self-insure > for small accidents, small companies can't.
Wietse have you done any testing with SSDs? If not, would you like to? I'm sure various vendors would be glad to loan you some. Get a mix of "consumer" and "enterprise" SSDs. And make sure you get one of the Intel X25-E 80GB units. :) -- Stan
