On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 02:27:18PM -0700, Jeppe Øland wrote: > Don't take SSDs for granted. > When they fail, they *really* fail.
Yes, I've had my share of total failures with Intel. This is why I have two firewalls (though not configured at a cluster due to lack of time, in fact at the moment the firewalls are being bypassed, which doesn't matter too much since I'm not fully in production). > I have an OCZ Vertex in my desktop PC, and 2 months ago it failed > spectacularly. > Just over 1 year old and the PC BSOD'd ... on reboot, POST wouldn't > even see the drive. Been there, done that. > There is a jumper on it to go into a secondary bootloader, and I was > able to reflash it back to working condition ... but all data was > lost. > 2 months later it failed again the same way. The Intels were completely bricked. > > Someone suggested running off a USB stick. Wouldn't that limit some packages > > which want storage or speedy storage? > > You can install the full version on a USB stick of CF card ... but you > get into the usual long-term reliability with flash based devices. > > HDDs work in the fanless cases as well ... you just have to make sure > the case is not covered and in a reasonably well ventilated area. I have actually installed a spare notebook 2.5" drive each additionally to the SSDs, so in principle (unless the notebook drives also die) I can limp along. For extra belt and suspenders one could also add USB sticks, further down the boot sequence, of course. > > Yea, the fanless option still appeals to me because fans get on my nerves. > > Mine is in my home, so noise really is key. The Supermicro 1U systems I have are very quiet. I'm not sure about the axial one Thomas Krenn sells http://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/server-systeme/1HE-rack-server/1HE-intel-single-cpu/intel-dual-atom-d510-single-cpu-cse513-server.html at least they claim <30 dBA. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
