This may belong elsewhere but the main topic is storage for enterprise servers.
So we are adding new servers at work for SQL and Microsoft Dynamics.
The quotes for storage I have received from Dell, IBM, HP, and Lenovo are just silly.
$1k for 960 GB SAS HDD
$500 for 120 GB SSD ( I think its SATA MLC to boot)
I am thinking:
A.) They are inflating the prices hoping most IT guys won't say anything, or don't know any better
B.) The SSD's are SLC
C.) Its business class so it automatically costs more.
So are SAS drives really worth the price premium?
I looked at Wikipedia and for SAS vs SATA it looks like I am really just giving up error correction, dual ports, and queue depth.
We are a small IT shop and I am seriously considering building the servers ourselves.
I feel we could handle any hardware issues that may come up, and with the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD's now at $499 we could buy two for the price of the 960 GB SAS HDD; an in the box spare, so any failures could be immediately replaced.
How fast does a degraded raid array repair with SSD?
Has anyone built their own servers with a consumer SSD?
Obviously some businesses have, I mean how could SuperMicro have such a deep portfolio of solutions and still be in business.
So we are adding new servers at work for SQL and Microsoft Dynamics.
The quotes for storage I have received from Dell, IBM, HP, and Lenovo are just silly.
$1k for 960 GB SAS HDD
$500 for 120 GB SSD ( I think its SATA MLC to boot)
I am thinking:
A.) They are inflating the prices hoping most IT guys won't say anything, or don't know any better
B.) The SSD's are SLC
C.) Its business class so it automatically costs more.
So are SAS drives really worth the price premium?
I looked at Wikipedia and for SAS vs SATA it looks like I am really just giving up error correction, dual ports, and queue depth.
We are a small IT shop and I am seriously considering building the servers ourselves.
I feel we could handle any hardware issues that may come up, and with the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD's now at $499 we could buy two for the price of the 960 GB SAS HDD; an in the box spare, so any failures could be immediately replaced.
How fast does a degraded raid array repair with SSD?
Has anyone built their own servers with a consumer SSD?
Obviously some businesses have, I mean how could SuperMicro have such a deep portfolio of solutions and still be in business.