RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-05 Thread Benjamin Zachary
System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server MLC is the TLA you're looking for. Multi Level Cell SSDs provide higher density at a lower cost. SLC provide fast performance and endurance, but at a higher cost. I like the comparison covered in the following paper. http

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-04 Thread Benjamin Zachary
with 8x2TB drives, and 4 80GB SSD for logging and write caching, it made a huge difference when we realized we had MFC and changed them to SLC drives. From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V

Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-04 Thread Sean Martin
:* Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:46 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server ** ** Enjoy the HD speed. Depending on the age of the PE, you'll be running slower than expected from a CPU / memory point of view. Perhaps take the SSD and put

Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-04 Thread Kurt Buff
and write caching, it made a huge difference when we realized we had MFC and changed them to SLC drives. From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server Enjoy the HD speed

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-03 Thread Webster
I just bought a little server for Hyper-V and bought it with an 80GB SSD. I verified with MBS that the 80GB would be fine. I originally specced it out with a 40GB. My minimum partition size for 2008 R2 is 40GB so the 80GB gives more breathing room and it not much more in price than a 40GB.

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-03 Thread David Lum
Ah size. Checking NewEgg yeah, $30 extra doubles the capacity... From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server I just bought a little server for Hyper-V and bought it with an 80GB SSD

Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

2011-11-03 Thread Mark Boeck
Enjoy the HD speed. Depending on the age of the PE, you'll be running slower than expected from a CPU / memory point of view. Perhaps take the SSD and put it in a newer home PC and enjoy the boot and operational speed there... On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:28 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: