What types of SSDs to use.....

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Willem Jan Withagen wrote:

> On 20-2-2014 14:06, Steven Hartland wrote:
>> The "disconnect" issue is generally related to Sandforce based devices.
>>
>> Its a lot better on later devices / firmware and does depend on the
>> controller / MB they are connected to.
>
> Any easy way to detect these? Or is it just a matter of reading the
> specsheets? Hoping that the controller chipset is mentioned.
>
>> We have ~ 1000 SSD's in production most being consumer grade Sandforce
>> based and disks, from various manufactures, drops are still fairly rare
>> now; I'd estimate ~ 1 or 2 per month.
>>
>> Samsung 840 Pro's seem pretty good too for consumer devices.
>
> I got these offered a few times, they are quite competatively priced.

The Plextor M5P models have a Marvell controller and are competitive 
with the Samsung 840 Pro.  The Toshiba SSDs also have Marvell 
controllers and are worth a look.  However, I have not used either for 
ZFS.