m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
hw wrote:
Mark Haney wrote:
On 09/08/2017 09:49 AM, hw wrote:
Mark Haney wrote:
<snip> > Probably with the very expensive SSDs suited for this ... <snip> >>> >>> That´s because I do not store data on a single disk, without >>> redundancy, and the SSDs I have are not suitable for hardware RAID. <snip> That's a biggie: are these SSDs consumer grade, or enterprise grade? It
They are not specifically enterprise rated and especially not for use with hardware RAID.
was common knowledge 8-9 years ago that you *never* want consumer grade in anything that mattered, other than maybe a home PC - they wear out much sooner.
Similar SSDs are in use in a server for about 2 years now as cache for ZFS, and there haven´t been any issues with them.
But then, you can't really use consumer grade h/ds in a server. We like the NAS-rated ones, like WD Red, which are about 1.33% the price of consumer grade, and solid... and a lot less than the enterprise-grade, which are about 3x consumer grade.
Those are pretty worthwhile, though not the fastest. Out of 14, one has failed over the last 3 years or so, and it was still under warranty. They do serve their purpose.