Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-26 Thread Markus Kovero
> I don't think the 311 has any over-provisioning (other than the 7% from GB -> > GiB conversion). I believe it is an X25-E with only 5 channels populated. The > upcoming enterprise models are MLC based and have greater over-provisioning > AFAIK. > The 20GB 311 only costs ~ $100 though. The 100G

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 01:34:09PM -0700, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Brandon High wrote: > > > > The 20GB 311 only costs ~ $100 though. The 100GB Intel 710 costs ~ $650. > > > > The 311 is a good choice for home or budget users, and it seems that > > the 710 is much bigger than i

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Brandon High wrote: The 20GB 311 only costs ~ $100 though. The 100GB Intel 710 costs ~ $650. The 311 is a good choice for home or budget users, and it seems that the 710 is much bigger than it needs to be for slog devices. Much too big is a good thing if it results in muc

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 01:21:26PM -0700, Brandon High wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > It seems to perform similarly to the X-25E as well (3300 IOPS for > > random writes).  Perhaps the drive can be overprovisioned as well? > > > > My impression was that Intel

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Brandon High
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > It seems to perform similarly to the X-25E as well (3300 IOPS for > random writes).  Perhaps the drive can be overprovisioned as well? > > My impression was that Intel was classifying the 3xx series as > non-Enterprise however.  Even with t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:46:42PM -0700, Brandon High wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Markus Kovero > wrote: > > Hi, I was wondering do you guys have any recommendations as replacement for > > Intel X25-E as it is being EOL’d? Mainly as for log device. > > The Intel 311 seems like a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Brandon High
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Markus Kovero wrote: > Hi, I was wondering do you guys have any recommendations as replacement for > Intel X25-E as it is being EOL’d? Mainly as for log device. The Intel 311 seems like a good fit. It's a 20gb SLC device intended to act as a cache device with the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-22 Thread Eric D. Mudama
On Wed, Sep 21 at 10:32, Markus Kovero wrote: I'd say price range around same than X25-E was, main priorities being predictable latency and performance. Also write wear shouldn't get an issue when writing 150MB/s 24/7 365. At 150MB/s continuously, you're writing 5PB/year (assuming a write ampli

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-21 Thread Markus Kovero
> Can you rank your priorities: > + cost/IOPS > + cost > + latency > + predictable latency > + HA-cluster capable > > There are quite a number of devices available now, at widely varying costs, > application, and performance. > -- richard I'd say price range around s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Replacement for X25-E

2011-09-20 Thread Richard Elling
On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:21 AM, Markus Kovero wrote: > Hi, I was wondering do you guys have any recommendations as replacement for > Intel X25-E as it is being EOL’d? Mainly as for log device. Can you rank your priorities: + cost/IOPS + cost + latency + predictable l