[Cialug] low cost workstation

[Dave Hala Jr]

They are a little pricey. I did some reading about performance but in
the context of the Mysql database. One of the things that I took away
from that was that using SSD's with hardware raid actaully hurt
performance. The way to do raid with SSD's is to do software raid.

If you get a Patriot, an Intel or a Kingston, they should outlast a
mechanical hard drive and they are entirely appropriate to install the
OS on.

:) Dave




On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 10:43 -0600, Tim Champion wrote:
> I had a similar reaction when I put an Intel X25-E ssd in a production
> server. The performance boost was almost unbelievable. No need for
> RAID unless you absolutely need redundancy.  Frequent backups are good
> enough for us.
> 
> Are they economical?  Well, if you are comparing one good SSD to
> multiple high speed SAS drives and a good RAID card, yes, they are
> very economical.
> 
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         On Dec 28, 2011 9:31 AM, "Dave Hala Jr" <dave at 58ghz.net>
>         wrote:
>         >
>         > I just built a new workstation, and decided to use a 120gb
>         patriot SSD
>         > drive to host my primary os (centos 6) I'm blown away by how
>         fast it is.
>         
>         
>         What's the word on SSDs these days? Are they suitable for
>         putting the OS on, or were you just experimenting? Are they
>         economical?
>         
>         --
>         Todd
>         
>         
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