Comments on: To use or not to use SSDs? That is the admins question! http://blog.open-e.com/to-use-or-not-to-use-ssds-that-is-the-admins-question/ Open-E - Enterprise Class Storage OS For Every Business Mon, 07 May 2012 20:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Giri http://blog.open-e.com/to-use-or-not-to-use-ssds-that-is-the-admins-question/#comment-35533 Giri Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:02:18 +0000 http://blog.open-e.com/?p=14063#comment-35533 Yes,having tested both haveily in production environments I can say a thing or two about both SandForce and Intel based SSDs. The Sandforce controllers are screaming fast no competition but have some reliability issues that prevent me from bringing them into the Enterprise environment. I use Intel SLC SSDs like the X-25M for extremely reliable yet fast/high IOPS applications, even though they are more expensive. Really though, started using Sandforce SSDs in every single consumer build since their inception over two years ago. Very low number of failures, but still have had a few that were so complete they discouraged me from using them in mission-critical applications. Still have 3 X-25e SSDs that are running strong after 3 years of intensive use. Yes,having tested both haveily in production environments I can say a thing or two about both SandForce and Intel based SSDs. The Sandforce controllers are screaming fast no competition but have some reliability issues that prevent me from bringing them into the Enterprise environment. I use Intel SLC SSDs like the X-25M for extremely reliable yet fast/high IOPS applications, even though they are more expensive. Really though, started using Sandforce SSDs in every single consumer build since their inception over two years ago. Very low number of failures, but still have had a few that were so complete they discouraged me from using them in mission-critical applications. Still have 3 X-25e SSDs that are running strong after 3 years of intensive use.

]]> By: attentive reader http://blog.open-e.com/to-use-or-not-to-use-ssds-that-is-the-admins-question/#comment-35473 attentive reader Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:53:48 +0000 http://blog.open-e.com/?p=14063#comment-35473 "Producers claim that thanks to their SSD cashing solutions the I/O performance can be faster by three, or even up to eight times in comparison with RAID array based only on HDD." With SSDs, I've seen the I/O performance of my wallet to be up to 20 times faster than with traditional HDDs... so yes, this could indeed be called a cashing solution :-D Nice article, otherwise. Although I had hoped for details on how open-e's DSS product might benefit from SSDs, like using them as journaling disks or incorporating file caching software solutions. “Producers claim that thanks to their SSD cashing solutions the I/O performance can be faster by three, or even up to eight times in comparison with RAID array based only on HDD.”

With SSDs, I’ve seen the I/O performance of my wallet to be up to 20 times faster than with traditional HDDs… so yes, this could indeed be called a cashing solution :-D

Nice article, otherwise. Although I had hoped for details on how open-e’s DSS product might benefit from SSDs, like using them as journaling disks or incorporating file caching software solutions.

]]> By: Hard Drive Recovery http://blog.open-e.com/to-use-or-not-to-use-ssds-that-is-the-admins-question/#comment-34963 Hard Drive Recovery Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:25:24 +0000 http://blog.open-e.com/?p=14063#comment-34963 SSD's are great to use and have their advantages but the problem I'm seeing is that people often have a false sense of security assuming that since there's no moving parts such as rotating media like traditional hard drive storage that they aren't as susceptible to failure. The memory chips in SSDs can fail and in some cases even lead to non recoverability so it is just important to regularly backup SSDs as it was with traditional hard drives. SSD’s are great to use and have their advantages but the problem I’m seeing is that people often have a false sense of security assuming that since there’s no moving parts such as rotating media like traditional hard drive storage that they aren’t as susceptible to failure. The memory chips in SSDs can fail and in some cases even lead to non recoverability so it is just important to regularly backup SSDs as it was with traditional hard drives.

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