Recent content by mrplaid

Yep. We had a copy of another smaller database running on a workstation with an SATA SSD. Thing was smoking. That's what gave us the idea to look for SAS SSD's.

Sweet Jeebus! I knew they'd be expensive, but not THAT expensive. Some of our database guys want to stick a SSD in a server on their test environment to see how it would improve their transaction speeds. I doubt they've got twelve grand set aside for testing, though. Thanks for the help, guys!

Just curious as to why I'm having such a hard time finding solid state serial-attached SCSI drives. Seems like I can find storage arrays containing SAS SSD's, but I can't purchase individual drives. Are they just not out on the market yet? Feels like I'm asking a stupid/noobish question, but...