Intel X25-V SSD with Linux?

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kenw232

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Hi, I have a mission critical Linux server. Its a firewall. it kind of just sits there but can never go down. so I thought I'd use an SSD to reduce the chances of a drive failure.

Can anyone recommend an SSD for a typical Linux (Kernel 2.4) server? I see the X25-V looks decent. Can anyone confirm this runs well in Linux long term? Any problems at all?

Thanks.
 
No problems with 25X-Ms in linux machines. I have 2 of them. A G1 and a G2. Recent kernels 2.6.34+ will support trim.


typical Linux (Kernel 2.4) server?
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2.4? Are you serious? It's been 6 years since I have worked with a 2.4 kernel..
 
ya 2.4. does it matter for SSD drives? I can't fix what isn't broken, so 2.4 it is for now.
 
The ACHI driver will matter for the SSD life-expectancy. If you're stuck with kernel v2.4, just get two regular drives in raid 1.
 
what kind of drop in life expectancy will there be in kernel 2.4? why does the ACHI driver in 2.6 help so much?
 
kenw232 said:
what kind of drop in life expectancy will there be in kernel 2.4? why does the ACHI driver in 2.6 help so much?
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TRIM command -- allows erasing a sector without overwriting it.

Then again, it's a firewall, so how much disk i/o are you talking about? Probably not a lot, unless your log files are huge.
 
how much space does your firewall OS take? cant be more then a few gigs at most. just buy an 80 or 120gb SSD and put a single 25gb partition on it. you will never run out of NAND cells and the lack of trim should be unnoticable.
 
Server is only 3GB. its like so small and just sits there. I'm worried about a drive failure. This is good to know. keep the partition small because I can.
 
If that is the case you should not have any problems. I have seen people put these on 16G flashcards. Just do as you said.
 
Then 25-V will work wonders.
It's designed to fail safely - that is, in a way that doesn't lose your data, and only will slowly decrese the amount of total storage space you have over the years.
 
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