Continuing the discussion from the other drive failure thread, oddmyth mentioned something about using SSD drives in servers...
I have been reluctant to do this because of price and unreliability, but I understand the technology has matured and SSDs are now being used in enterprise servers.
We are currently using 15k rpm SAS drives in our servers but they are reaching the end of their life cycle and will need to be replaced. We don't need large size drives for TRIBE, because it is all text and the database is pretty light since we don't store member photos and videos in it. So in our case, smaller drives would work for us.
Can we just plug SSDs into our raid controller like normal SAS drives? Or do you need special raid controllers to use SSD drives?
Recommended SSD brands for enterprise servers:
What SSD drives should I get to use in our database server?
What SSD drives can we use for our web server?
I have been reluctant to do this because of price and unreliability, but I understand the technology has matured and SSDs are now being used in enterprise servers.
We are currently using 15k rpm SAS drives in our servers but they are reaching the end of their life cycle and will need to be replaced. We don't need large size drives for TRIBE, because it is all text and the database is pretty light since we don't store member photos and videos in it. So in our case, smaller drives would work for us.
Can we just plug SSDs into our raid controller like normal SAS drives? Or do you need special raid controllers to use SSD drives?
Recommended SSD brands for enterprise servers:
What SSD drives should I get to use in our database server?
What SSD drives can we use for our web server?