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Looking to build three 50 TB raw storage nodes for a test environment. Had mind set on 10k rpm SAS drives, came to find out that there only appears one viable model (1.2 TB Seagate, see http://www.seagate.com/internal-har...rd-drives/hdd/enterprise-performance-10K-hdd/) which is nowhere to be found.
What's the deal with the 10k drives, are they just dead?
I recall reading that 10k was a really viable option as the performance difference between 10k and 15k wasn't worth the higher price of the 15k drives.
Has the SAS3 (12Gb/s) just overtaken the market and the 7.2k rpm drives now rule the market?
Should I just get Samsung 850 Pro units which run about 33% more per TB and be done with it? It's just a test environment after all, though it would be good to be close to prod from a performance perspective to validate build times. Prod is all enterprise flash.
What's the deal with the 10k drives, are they just dead?
I recall reading that 10k was a really viable option as the performance difference between 10k and 15k wasn't worth the higher price of the 15k drives.
Has the SAS3 (12Gb/s) just overtaken the market and the 7.2k rpm drives now rule the market?
Should I just get Samsung 850 Pro units which run about 33% more per TB and be done with it? It's just a test environment after all, though it would be good to be close to prod from a performance perspective to validate build times. Prod is all enterprise flash.