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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:25:33 +0100 (CET)
From:      krichy@tvnetwork.hu
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Erik Stian Tefre <erik@tefre.com>, fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What types of SSDs to use.....
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And actually taking their lifetime endurance into account, they are not 
more expensive than other consumer drives.

Kojedzinszky Richard
Euronet Magyarorszag Informatika Zrt.

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, krichy@tvnetwork.hu wrote:

> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:23:39 +0100 (CET)
> From: krichy@tvnetwork.hu
> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
> Cc: Erik Stian Tefre <erik@tefre.com>, fs@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: What types of SSDs to use.....
> 
>
> We use Intel S3700, +1 for that, larger endurance, has power-loss protection, 
> and IOPS is very nice.
>
>
> Kojedzinszky Richard
> Euronet Magyarorszag Informatika Zrt.
>
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2014, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:26:29 +0800
>> From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
>> To: Erik Stian Tefre <erik@tefre.com>, Willem Jan Withagen 
>> <wjw@digiware.nl>,
>>     fs@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: What types of SSDs to use.....
>> 
>> On 2/20/14, 10:02 PM, Erik Stian Tefre wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm looking for advise and suggestions on what SSDs to use for the
>>>> ZFS-systems I have and/or am building....
>>>> 
>>>> I know the difference between SLC en MLC , but beyond that I have not
>>>> the best experience with all the older SSD I have lingering about here.
>>>> 
>>>> Most of them just "disconnect" after a while.
>>>> It could be because they have exceeded their wear level and just can not
>>>> write any more.  But than that has occurred rather fast.
>>>> 
>>>> So what types SSD are others using for
>>>>     ZIL
>>>>     cache
>>>> what is your experience with them
>>>> 
>>> Intel SSDs are good. I've got some handfuls of x25-e, 320, DC S3500 and DC 
>>> S3700 running in supermicro servers and none of them have ever failed or 
>>> dropped out in any way. The x25-es have been hammered with database loads 
>>> 24/7 since 2009 without any issues.
>> 
>> the newest intel drives have enough RAM inhtem to actually index the entire 
>> drive in ram, so the performance is a lot better.
>> Prior to that they had to hold the index on flash, (with a cache).
>> 
>>> 
>>> I use DC S3500 for cache. DC S3700 is probably better for ZIL. (The 3700 
>>> has a higher write endurance HET-MLC, 10x the endurance of the S3500 I 
>>> think and 4x the write IOPS.)
>>> 
>>> Here's an interesting SSD stress test report by the way:
>>> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173887-ssd-stress-testing-finds-intel-might-be-the-only-reliable-drive-manufacturer 
>> 
>> doesn't count PCI SSDs..
>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Erik
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