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SSD Configuration choices for a 2-Way-Mirror Software RAID
I want data redundancy for my SSDs, and so would likely be using a software RAID like Windows Storage Spaces in a simple, fully-provisioned 2-way mirror configuration.
To minimize the risk of both ...
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PowerEdge430 - BIOS can detect SSD, but OS installer cannot
I have a Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB which I'm trying to use as the OS installation drive for a newly-acquired PowerEdge R430 with 8 2.5" drive bays. I've installed the drive in ...
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USB SATA adapters not working with SSDs
Has anyone else experienced issues with USB SATA HDD adapters working fine for traditional hard disks but not for SSDs?
I haven't been able to find any information about this, but I've now encountered ...
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Ceph with mainstream (desktop) SSDs?
I am searching for an answer about using SSDs drivers, which are build for the mainstream.
Afaik ceph uses for its marketing to buy cheap disks for entprise ready storages. But I cannot find any ...
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Can we upgrade Dell's basic Server R240 (which still uses HDD 7200RPM) to an SSD?
Today I was shopping for the most basic dell rack server which is the R240.
Ironically, they are still using HDD 7200 RPM, with no option for SSD in their selection; and we're approaching 2020!
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Server Hot Swap Hard Drives
We have a HP Proliant DL380 G9 server. We have a separate data drive which consists of 4 x 1TB 7.2k 6Gb hot-swappable SAS drives RAID 5'd to provide a 3GB logical drive. We've noticed the performance ...
David Colley
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Difference between hard drives [closed]
I recently purchased an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server for my company. This is all new to me and I am trusted to creating my companies IT infrastructure(hired to do software). I'm having a hard time ...
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"UNMAP not supported" error on a device that supports UNMAP
I was playing with trim/unmap commands on a Samsung SSD (MZ7WD240 model).
To check the unmap support on this device i ran the following command:
hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep TRIM
And as expected the ...
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Smart Array P410i with SATA SSD drives unstable
I have a HP Proliant DL380 G7 with said array controller and 6 INTEL SSDSC2KW4's, set up in Raid 5.
Normally I have never had problems with SATA drives in servers, but this one has me baffled.
I ...
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Which bandwith can i expect, when i´m running a SATA SSD on a SAS interface?
So, i know this question had been asked before. I consider to buy a SSD for my Server, because i kinda hate the SAS HDDs in there.
I thought:
If i connect a SSD, which, in fact, handles way more ...
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Upgrade RAID 10 with 7200RPM SATA
We have a Dell T320 with a S110 software RAID with 7200RPM SATA drives. The RAID level is 10 with four drives. I underestimated the demand on the disk, and it is now a major bottleneck of the system.
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AHCI - Will be two HDDs (SSDs) two times faster?
Lets take common numbers:
SATA HDD - 120Mb/s read, write speed heavily depends on gaps in sequence
SATA SSD - 550Mb/s read, 500Mb/s write
PCIe SSD - 2500Mb/s read, 1500Mb/s write
Lets assume they ...
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How to unlock an SSD disk with hdparm?
I have an SSD disk with password protection, but the password was lost long time ago... so I tried to erase the ATA security with the hdparm command.
With "hdparm -I", the disk information ...
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Can I Use a Normal SSD disk in HP DL380 G6
We have a bunch of DL-380 G6 servers in our company, I want to know whether it is possible to use 2.5" SSD hard drives (with SATA III interface) on these servers or not?
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Plextor SSDs don't work reliably in HP DL380p Gen8 servers
We recently purchased a few HP 380p G8 servers to add some VM capacity, and decided to add a pool of SSDs to our standard build, to create a "fast" RAID 1+0 array for some of our VMs that have higher ...
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Using SATA III SSDs for ZFS pools
I'm thinking of building a ZFS server optimized for random access (PostgreSQL database). I figured that I have 2 options:
Use pools consisting of the Crucial M500 960 GB SATA III SSDs. Enterprise SAS ...
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Does software RAID-0 really improve performance?
I am going to lease a server and I have two options, SATA or SSD, I decided to save the money and go for the SATA option. But I do not need all that storage they are giving me! So I thought MAYBE I ...
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FreeBSD 9.2 shows SATA3 drives as SATA2
I'm running FreeBSD 9.2 on an Intel S2600GZ server board with 4 Intel SSDs. Both the server board as well as the disks are SATA3 capable. However, FreeBSD seems to think they are SATA2. Nowhere in ...
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HP ProLiant DL180 G6 SSD upgrade (sata 3)?
We've currently got a HP ProLiant DL180 G6 server with a Smart Array P410i raid card, and 8 HDDs running off it.
We also just bought a new SATA Intel SSD drive to expand the server, that we're ...
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Why my SSDs are in /dev/hdx instead of /dev/sdx on CentOS 5.9?
I have two SSDs Kingston SH103S3240G plugged on SATA ports of my Intel Server Board S3000AH.
The SSDs apear like a PATA device (hdx instead of sdx) on my CentOS 5.9.
I'm having problems related to ...
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Are SSD drives as reliable as mechanical drives (2013)?
SSD drives have been around for several years now. But the issue of reliability still comes up.
I guess this is a follow up from this question posted 4 years ago, and last updated in 2011. It's now ...
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SSD for database or webpage files? [closed]
I can have SSD for the mysql data files and system or the website files (.php files, images, video). I can not have both because of the SSD capacity I have.
What would be best, to make Windows 2012 ...
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How to arrange 2 SSD with 2 SATA? [closed]
I like to have best io performance as well as good capaciyy and reliability out of a server that hosts a busy forum, which involves loads of static files download. I am wondering what is the best plan ...
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ssd firmware, linux: updating large batch of drives
I was recently hit with a fatal firmware bug that affected dozens of Crucial SSDs deployed in my datacenter. Many of the affected machines use LSI or other proprietary SAS controllers, which Crucial's ...
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HP D2700 enclosure and SSDs. Will any SSD work?
I've got an HP D2700 enclosure that I'm looking to shove some 2.5" SSD drives in. Looking at the prices of HP's SSD drives vs something like an Intel 710 and even something less 'enterprisey', there's ...
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SSD in early 2008 Xserve Apple Drive Module
Pretty much the title: it possible to use a modern, 2.5″ SSD in an Apple Drive Module on a early 2008 Xserve? This would be replacing a 15k RPM SAS drive, and in most places I've looked that HDD is ...
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configuration for max read throughput on ssd: pcie vs sata vs raid
I'm looking to configure a storage setup, using ssd's, that will deliver the fastest read throughput on large (2+ GB) files on a 24 core (12 physical core) system.
The data is static for the most ...
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Rule of thumb: SATA for storage & serving static content, SSD/SAS for databases?
The question says it all. But, is it true? Can someone explain what's the differentiating factor here (how one type of disk is better than another for a specific purpose)?
(FYI, I've tried searching, ...
user88753
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Does the PERC 5/i Integrated controller support SATA II/III?
I have a refurb 2950 with a PERC 5/i Integrated controller. Currently, there are 4x 3.5" SAS drives in use, with two slots available. I want to add two SSDs (using a 3.5" ICY dock) in RAID1 in the ...
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SAS vs SSD Performance
Hi does anyone have any input on how a SAS 15k RPM drive would perform compared to a sata based SSD drive, assuming its using the latest verison of sata.
These drives would be in a 4 drive raid 10 ...
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SATA SSD in Dell Server
I have a Dell R815 (PDF LINK), which has 6 2.5" bays. I would like to put some Intel X25-E in the spare bays, but have been cautioned that they may not fit since they are SATA and the bays are SAS/...
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question about a sata read/write speed
I'm contemplating biting the bullet for an ssd drive in a server, obviously I know it will be MUCH faster than a regular 7200rpm sata2 3gbps drive.
The nice thing about ssd's is often they post the ...
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Type of Storage for VMware View Implementation
We're doing a virtual desktop pilot and I was wondering what kind of SAN storage is commonly used. I've heard conflicting reports of SAS/SATA disks or even SSD or large read/write cache settings.
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SSD seems dead after wakeup from Windows Sleep, BIOS stalls but doesn't find it anymore
The morning, the following scary scenario happened:
I woke up my Windows system
Typed in my username and got an error (something like "could not load security xxx", but unsure of exact wording)
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Switch SATA disks in DELL PowerEdge R410
I need a 1U rackserver for hosting a website running on Windows Server and MS SQL. I plan to have a SSD drive for the system and SQL database and a large 1-2 TB standard SATA HDD for a lot of ...
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Is it possible to install a solid state drive into a Sun Ultra 40 M2 workstation?
Our Sun Ultra 40 M2 workstations came with SAS drives, but my understanding is that the backplane will support both SAS and SATA. Sun's docs specify a very limited number of supported drives, but I'm ...
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Recommended SSD Setup
I'm building a new server which will be running a text search service for our online web services. This service requires fast IO so I am trying to further reduce any potential bottlenecks. I would ...
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connecting SATA SSDs to SAS
Is there any performance loss when connecting a SATA SSD to a SAS controller?
Edit:
Assume the controller doesn't have SATA connectors and I use a SATA to SAS interposer.
Will there be any performance ...
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