I've also had bad luck with SSDs on a Supermicro Atom. If you have access to the hardware, SSD is not a bad option.
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <aa...@heyaaron.com>wrote: > Just a note of personal experience. I've deployed ~20 pfSense firewalls > that had SSDs (both cheap and rated 'good' from Newegg) over the past 2 > years. I am not convinced SSDs are more reliable. Nearly every one has > had an SSD die or become corrupt. We switched them all to USB sticks and > haven't had any more issues. Plus it's easier for us to ship a replacement > USB stick to the client and have them plug it in than to have them pop open > the case and replace the drive. > > Maybe we've just had bad luck with SSDs, but I'm not convinced they are > ready. > > -A > > > On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 12:40:34AM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: >> >> > Which brings me to the question: the last time I performed a pfSense >> > 'full' install (i.e. not embedded) was several years, and many >> > versions ago. What's the best practice when using an SSD? Use the >> > CD-based installer to do a 'full' install, or continue to use the >> > embedded NanoBSD image? >> >> Modern SSDs are at least as reliable as HDs. I've used SSDs >> with pfSense for years (including IDE DoMs) with full install >> and never had a failure yet. >> >> > As an aside, there are several options on the "Advanced" tab >> > relating to NIC performance options: >> > - Disable hardware checksum offload >> > - Disable hardware TCP segmentation offload >> > - Disable hardware large receive offload >> > Has anyone done any tests / is there a list maintained anywhere with >> >> > details of which NICs are "problematic" with these, and hence should >> > be disabled? The motherboard I'm using is a mix of Intel and Realtek >> > gigabit NICs (em and re respectively). >> >> I've used Supermicro Atoms with 2 Intel NICs onboard and >> with a dual-port Intel NIC added. I would be also interested in >> suggested list of settings for Intel NICs. >> _______________________________________________ >> List mailing list >> List@lists.pfsense.org >> http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@lists.pfsense.org > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > >
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