Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/04/2016 06:26 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: > Preparing to build a small replacement server (initially built in 2005) > and normally for the OS I would buy 2x500GB drives and deploy in a RAID > 1 configuration. > Now we have SSD drives available > - does just a single SSD drive offer the same reliabi

Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/4/2016 4:26 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: It seems most SSD are in laptop drive size, shape and interface - thus not a good fit into a server motherboard unless I'm missing something. - what devices are you using? server motherboards don't care what size the drives are, that's a function of you

Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread Keith Keller
On 2016-01-05, Rob Kampen wrote: > - does just a single SSD drive offer the same reliability or is there > advantage in deploying two in a Raid 1 config? All else being equal, a RAID1 will be more reliable than a single drive, whether it's magnetic or SSD. > Also, what form factor / interface i

Re: [CentOS] SSD drives for the OS - 1 or 2?

2016-01-04 Thread Earl A Ramirez
On 5 January 2016 at 09:26, Rob Kampen wrote: > Preparing to build a small replacement server (initially built in 2005) > and normally for the OS I would buy 2x500GB drives and deploy in a RAID 1 > configuration. > Now we have SSD drives available > - does just a single SSD drive offer the same r

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-07 Thread Nataraj
On 02/02/2012 10:19 AM, Matt wrote: > Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on > SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would > solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out > quickly in high I/O situations? Something like eac

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Simpson
On 2 February 2012 18:19, Matt wrote: > Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on > SSD drives?  Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1.  It would > solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out > quickly in high I/O situations?  Something like

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-03 Thread William Warren
On 2/2/2012 5:19 PM, Peter A wrote: > On 02/02/12 17:01, William Warren wrote: >> On 2/2/2012 2:15 PM, Peter A wrote: >>> If you're worried about io reliability, then buy a (way more expensive) >>> SLC drive, rather than the consumer level MLC... We have some SLC drives >>> here that from their man

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Peter A
On 02/02/12 17:01, William Warren wrote: > On 2/2/2012 2:15 PM, Peter A wrote: >> If you're worried about io reliability, then buy a (way more expensive) >> SLC drive, rather than the consumer level MLC... We have some SLC drives >> here that from their manufacturer have been rated at 3 or more yea

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread William Warren
On 2/2/2012 2:15 PM, Peter A wrote: > On 02/02/12 14:05, Mike wrote: >> On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, William Warren wrote: >> >>> On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It wo

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Peter A
On 02/02/12 14:05, Mike wrote: > On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, William Warren wrote: > >> On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: >>> Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on >>> SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would >>> solve my I/O latency issues but I h

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread Mike
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, William Warren wrote: > On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: >> Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on >> SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would >> solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out >> quick

Re: [CentOS] SSD Drives

2012-02-02 Thread William Warren
On 2/2/2012 1:19 PM, Matt wrote: > Has anyone installed a high I/O application such as an email server on > SSD drives? Was thinking about doing two SSD's in RAID1. It would > solve my I/O latency issues but I have heard that SSD's wear out > quickly in high I/O situations? Something like each m