What types of SSDs to use.....

[Steven Hartland]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johan Kooijman" <mail at johankooijman.com>
To: "Erik Stian Tefre" <erik at tefre.com>
Cc: <fs at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: What types of SSDs to use.....


> I'd go with Intel's. We've been using SSD's from Intel for years now, both
> in ZFS and non-ZFS configurations and had no issues whatsoever.
> We also tried the route of trying cheaper ones, including the 840 Pro's,
> just to save money. Turned out that under really heavy workload (ZIL or
> massive databases) you really want Intel's, unless you like being in the
> datacenter to replace SSD's on a regular basis.
> 
> My experience is based on Intel 320, 510/520,  X25 and for a large part
> S3700's. Haven't used any other SSD for the last 18 months other than the
> S3700.

Intel 320, 510 and 520 still suffer from the drops. X25 are very slow I
wouldn't recommend anyone use those.

    Regards
    Steve

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