Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-22 Thread Anthony D'Atri
You wrote P3700 so that’s what I discussed ;) If you want to connect to your HBA you’ll want a SATA device like the S3710 series: http://ark.intel.com/products/family/83425/Data-Center-SSDs#@Server The P3700 is a PCI device, goes into an empty slot, and is not speed-limited by the SATA interfa

Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-22 Thread William Josefsson
thx Alan and Anthony for sharing on these P3700 drives. Anthony, just to follow up on your email: my OS is CentOS7.2. Can you please elaborate on nvme on the CentOS7.2, I'm in no way expert on nvme, but I can here see that https://www.pcper.com/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2015-06-08/

Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-20 Thread Anthony D'Atri
The SATA S3700 series has been the de-facto for journals for some time. And journals don’t neeed all that much space. We’re using 400GB P3700’s. I’ll say a couple of things: o Update to the latest firmware available when you get your drives, qual it and stick with it for a while so you have a

Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-18 Thread Alan Johnson
-users [mailto:ceph-users-boun...@lists.ceph.com] On Behalf Of Heath Albritton Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 9:19 AM To: ceph-users@lists.ceph.com Subject: Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals I've used the 400GB unit extensively for almost 18 months, one per six drives. Th

Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-18 Thread Heath Albritton
I've used the 400GB unit extensively for almost 18 months, one per six drives. They've performed flawlessly. In practice, journals will typically be quite small relative to the total capacity of the SSD. As such, there will be plenty of room for wear leveling. If there was some concern, one

Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-18 Thread William Josefsson
..@lists.ceph.com] On Behalf Of >> William Josefsson >> Sent: 18 November 2016 13:43 >> To: ceph-users >> Subject: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals >> >> Hi list, I wonder if there is anyone who have experience with Intel >> P3700 SSD drives as Journa

Re: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-18 Thread Nick Fisk
E's on warranty? > -Original Message- > From: ceph-users [mailto:ceph-users-boun...@lists.ceph.com] On Behalf Of > William Josefsson > Sent: 18 November 2016 13:43 > To: ceph-users > Subject: [ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals > > Hi list, I wonder if th

[ceph-users] Intel P3700 SSD for journals

2016-11-18 Thread William Josefsson
Hi list, I wonder if there is anyone who have experience with Intel P3700 SSD drives as Journals, and can share their experience? I was thinking of using the P3700 SSD 400GB as journal in my ceph deployment. It is benchmarked in Sebastian hann ssd page as well. However a vendor I spoke to didn't q