Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-18 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:58:25AM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
 On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:54:59AM -0700, Ragnar Sundblad wrote:
  
  On 17 jun 2010, at 18.17, Richard Jahnel wrote:
  
   The EX specs page does list the supercap
   
   The pro specs page does not.
  
  They do for both on the Specifications tab on the web page:
  http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/2-5--sata-ii/maximum-performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-pro-series-sata-ii-2-5--ssd-.html
  But not in the product brief PDFs.
  
  It doesn't say how many rewrites you can do either.
  
  An Intel X25-E 32G has, according to the product manual, a write
  endurance of 1 petabyte. In full write speed, 250 MB/s, that is equal
  to 400 seconds, or about 46 days. (On the other hand you have a
  five year warranty, and I have been told that you can get them
  replaced if they wear out.)
 
 Do the drives keep any sort of internal counter so you get an idea of
 how much of the rated drive lifetime you've chewed through?
 

Heh.. the marketing stuff on the 'front' page says:
Vertex 2 EX has an ultra-reliable 10 million hour MTBF and comes backed by a 
three-year warranty. 

And then on the specifications:
MTBF: 2 million hours

:)

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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-17 Thread F. Wessels
OCZ not only introduced these enterprise SSDs but also Maximum 
Performance/Enterprise Solid State Drives a couple of days ago.

An SLC version: Vertex 2 EX
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/2-5--sata-ii/maximum-performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-ex-series-sata-ii-2-5--ssd-.html

And an MLC version: Vertex 2 Pro
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/2-5--sata-ii/maximum-performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-pro-series-sata-ii-2-5--ssd-.html
The cheapest (100Gb) Vertex 2 Pro costs about 400 euros. This brings it within 
reach of a lot of ZFS enthusiasts.

Both are based, like the Devena line, on the sandforce 1500 controller AND both 
have the supercap.

I'm really looking forward to see somebody posting some results for these SSD 
used as a ZIL and / or L2ARC.

Apart from the supercap the availability of SSDs with a SAS interface is also 
very promising. No more not to obtain interposers and perhaps finally an 
affordable alternative to the STEC LogZilla

Regards,

Frederik
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-17 Thread Richard Jahnel
The EX specs page does list the supercap

The pro specs page does not.
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-17 Thread F. Wessels
I just lookup it up again and as far as i can see the super cap is present in 
the MLC version as well as the SLC 

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/2-5--sata-ii/maximum-performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-pro-series-sata-ii-2-5--ssd-.html

From the page:
*  Available in 50GB, 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB capacities
* Native TRIM support
* Max IOPS Firmware
* ECC Protection
* Build-in Supercapacitor
* Intelligent block management
* Encryption feature
* Seek Time: .1ms
* Slim 2.5 Design
* 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm
* Lightweight: 77g
* Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
* Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
* Low Power Consumption: 2W in operation,
  .5W in standby
* Shock Resistant up to 1500G
* RAID Support
* Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, and Linux
* MTBF: 2 million hours
* 3-Year Warranty

Maximum Performance

* Max Read: up to 285MB/s
* Max Write: up to 275MB/s
* Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s
* Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 50,000 IOPS

Part Numbers

* 50GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXP50G
* 100GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXP100G
* 200GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXP200G
* 400GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXP400G

Regards,

Frederik
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-17 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:42:44AM -0700, F. Wessels wrote:
 I just lookup it up again and as far as i can see the super cap is
 present in the MLC version as well as the SLC 

Very nice.  A pair of the 50GB SLC model would be great for ZIL.  Might
continue to stick with the X-25M for L2ARC though based on price.

Ray
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-17 Thread Ragnar Sundblad

On 17 jun 2010, at 18.17, Richard Jahnel wrote:

 The EX specs page does list the supercap
 
 The pro specs page does not.

They do for both on the Specifications tab on the web page:
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/2-5--sata-ii/maximum-performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-pro-series-sata-ii-2-5--ssd-.html

But not in the product brief PDFs.

It doesn't say how many rewrites you can do either.

An Intel X25-E 32G has, according to the product manual, a write
endurance of 1 petabyte. In full write speed, 250 MB/s, that is equal
to 400 seconds, or about 46 days. (On the other hand you have a
five year warranty, and I have been told that you can get them
replaced if they wear out.)

/ragge

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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-17 Thread Brandon High
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Ray Van Dolson rvandol...@esri.com wrote:
 Do the drives keep any sort of internal counter so you get an idea of
 how much of the rated drive lifetime you've chewed through?

I think that it's reported via SMART.

-B

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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-16 Thread Robert Milkowski

On 15/06/2010 18:46, Brandon High wrote:

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Roger Hernandezrhvar...@gmail.com  wrote:
   

OCZ has a new line of enterprise SSDs, based on the SandForce 1500
controller.
 

The SLC based drive should be great as a ZIL, and the MLC drives
should be a close second.

Neither is cost effective as a L2ARC, since the cache device doesn't
require resiliency or high random iops. A previous generation drive
(such as the Vertex or X25-M) is probably sufficient.

   
If you don't need a high random iops from you l2arc then perhaps you 
don't need an l2arc at all?
The whole point of having L2ARC is to serve high random read iops from 
RAM and L2ARC device instead of disk drives in a main pool.


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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-16 Thread Arve Paalsrud
Got prices from a retailer now:

100GB - DENRSTE251E10-0100~1100 USD
200GB - DENRSTE251E10-0200~1900 USD
400GB - DENRSTE251E10-0400~4500 USD

Prices were given to a country in Europe, so USD prices might be lower.

-Arve

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 Price? I cannot find it.
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-16 Thread David Magda
On Wed, June 16, 2010 07:59, Arve Paalsrud wrote:
 Got prices from a retailer now:

 100GB - DENRSTE251E10-0100~1100 USD
 200GB - DENRSTE251E10-0200~1900 USD
 400GB - DENRSTE251E10-0400~4500 USD

 Prices were given to a country in Europe, so USD prices might be lower.

Heh. I just did a quick search on those model numbers, and three hits appear:
  1. OCZ's web page
  2. the Jive interface to zfs-discuss
  3. the mailman archive of zfs-discuss

I think OCZ's marketing department needs to work a little harder. :)


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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-16 Thread Arve Paalsrud
They'll probably track me down and shoot me later on. :o

-A

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 Sent: 16. juni 2010 15:03
 To: Arve Paalsrud
 Cc: 'Scott Meilicke'; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org
 Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD
 
 On Wed, June 16, 2010 07:59, Arve Paalsrud wrote:
  Got prices from a retailer now:
 
  100GB - DENRSTE251E10-0100~1100 USD
  200GB - DENRSTE251E10-0200~1900 USD
  400GB - DENRSTE251E10-0400~4500 USD
 
  Prices were given to a country in Europe, so USD prices might be
 lower.
 
 Heh. I just did a quick search on those model numbers, and three hits
 appear:
   1. OCZ's web page
   2. the Jive interface to zfs-discuss
   3. the mailman archive of zfs-discuss
 
 I think OCZ's marketing department needs to work a little harder. :)
 


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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-16 Thread Martti Leppänen
According to the spec page in 
http://www.oczenterprise.com/details/ocz-deneva-reliability-2-5-slc-ssd.html it 
seems that the drive has a built-in supercapacitor to protect from power 
outages.
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-16 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Robert Milkowski mi...@task.gda.pl wrote:
 If you don't need a high random iops from you l2arc then perhaps you don't
 need an l2arc at all?

Sorry, random write iops. The L2ARC is filled slowly once it's warmed up.

The L2ARC is helpful because it has low latency and doesn't steal iops
from the zpool devices.

-B

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[zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-15 Thread Roger Hernandez
OCZ has a new line of enterprise SSDs, based on the SandForce 1500
controller.

These three have a supercapacitor:
OCZ Deneva Reliability 2.5 MLC
SSDhttp://www.oczenterprise.com/products/details/ocz-deneva-reliability-2-5-mlc-ssd.html
OCZ Deneva Reliability 2.5 SLC
SSDhttp://www.oczenterprise.com/products/details/ocz-deneva-reliability-2-5-slc-ssd.html
OCZ Deneva Reliability 2.5 eMLC
SSDhttp://www.oczenterprise.com/products/details/ocz-deneva-reliability-2-5-emlc-ssd.html

Any thoughts on how well they would work as a L2ARC/ZIL drive?

Roger Hernandez
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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-15 Thread Brandon High
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Roger Hernandez rhvar...@gmail.com wrote:
 OCZ has a new line of enterprise SSDs, based on the SandForce 1500
 controller.

The SLC based drive should be great as a ZIL, and the MLC drives
should be a close second.

Neither is cost effective as a L2ARC, since the cache device doesn't
require resiliency or high random iops. A previous generation drive
(such as the Vertex or X25-M) is probably sufficient.

-B

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Re: [zfs-discuss] OCZ Devena line of enterprise SSD

2010-06-15 Thread Scott Meilicke
Price? I cannot find it.
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