Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:10:35 -0700 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: solid state drives? Message-ID: <CAGBmCT4b88RtOvM=MY=TceMCuV4GwKNi2vC8sLTL0cuW9LJuZw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53F22E89.3050005@rcn.com> References: <53F22E89.3050005@rcn.com>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > I have been tasked with converting several systems - some unix > (incl. FreeBSD), some Windows, to SSDs. > What I know about SSDs will fit on the head of a pin. > Can someone recommend a good primer and a trustworthy source for > information on product specs and reliability? > > Can't recommend this article enough as a great starting point: http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2385276 This should give you a good background which will enable you to get past alot of the marketing foo. The TL;DR version of my advice is it really depends on your workloads, filesystem and data integrity expectations. There are good "enterprise" quality SSD's that provide durable write characteristics - but the come at a premium price point (Check out the Intel DC S3700 for example). Samsung also manufactures good enterprise quality devices as well. Hope this helps! -pete -- pete wright www.nycbug.org @nomadlogicLA
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