On 5 January 2016 at 09:26, Rob Kampen <rkampen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Preparing to build a small replacement server (initially built in 2005)
> and normally for the OS I would buy 2x500GB drives and deploy in a RAID 1
> configuration.
> Now we have SSD drives available
> - does just a single SSD drive offer the same reliability or is there
> advantage in deploying two in a Raid 1 config?
>
> Also, what form factor / interface is best for the SSD OS boot device on a
> server M/B? Anything I should be looking for?
> It seems most SSD are in laptop drive size, shape and interface - thus not
> a good fit into a server motherboard unless I'm missing something.
> - what devices are you using?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Rob
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There will always be advantages in using Raid 1 for OS, but to be able to
give you a better response, we will need a little more information.
We currently use SSDs on our blade servers, which uses hardware raid 1 for
the OS only and most data and other applications are configured on
different drives/clusters.
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Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez
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