On 03/02/2017 11:26 AM, Kent Dahlgren wrote: > I agree that both would probably work for two years. > > The big difference between enterprise SSDs and consumer one is write endurance. > > If you are using this for let's say an embedded web server, the number of writes to the SSD > will be minimal and there wouldn't be much difference in terms of reliability between the > two classes of drives. > > If you are building something to log data, you may want to consider an enterprise class SSD. Thanks. My current mailserver has been running since 10/2014 on a 320Gb notebook HD I pulled from a Lenovo (referbed notebook). I believe it has been doing just fine. No errors that I have seen in the logwatch email. Now I am building this new mailserver, and looking at what drives I have sitting on my workbench beyond the 320GB drive I pulled from ANOTHER Lenovo that I am testing with... > > Kent > Praesum Communications > Santa Rosa, California 95401 > www.praesum.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arm-dev [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Heller > Sent: 03/02/2017 8:11 AM > To: Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware <arm-dev at centos.org> > Cc: arm-dev at centos.org > Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] OT: hard drive vs SSD > > At Thu, 2 Mar 2017 11:00:13 -0500 Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware <arm-dev at centos.org> wrote: > >> Given that we are working on server OS for little boards that work will >> with little drives: >> >> For longtime operation of a server which is better, >> >> A notebook 2.5" hard drive >> or >> A notebook 2.5" SSD drive >> ? >> >> Both pull 1A, so no power advantage. >> >> Which can be expected to run for 2 - 3 years straight? > Probably both. > > Note: consumer grade 2.5" hard drives (meant for laptops), *might* not be as > long term reliable as enterprise grade 2.5" hard drives (meant for servers). > > The SSD will be faster than the rotating rust drive. > >> (Note: I am looking at this Kingston 240GB ssdNOW 300 that I pulled >> from a notebook that had to be upgraded to a 480GB SSD) >> >> thanks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Arm-dev mailing list >> Arm-dev at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev >> >>