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Solid-state drive refers to a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store its persistent data.

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How to "align" a Linux file system with a SSD?

I'm interested in getting a dedicated server with a SSD, probably Corsair Force series CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT. It'll be an Linux server, most likely running XFS (but I'm open to other alternatives). Many articles (as well as the Corsair website) all…
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Will solid state drive improve performance of a database?

I have a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database which contains approximately 3 GB of data. The server has 4 GB of RAM. The database is used both for reading and for writing data (lots of changes). The server is rebooted very rarely. I want to improve…
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SSD dm-crypt partition alignment

I have installed an Intel X25-M SSD in my work laptop. I want to encrypt this SSD with LUKS and install Ubuntu 10.04 on it. LVM is not needed so this will not be configured. The articles on SSD i have read, explains that it is very important to…
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SSDs + RAID5 + Database = Fail?

I have a database running on a RAID5 array of SSDs. Could this be killing its performance? When I do many inserts in a row, the entire computer starts blocking up. Even things like firefox start glitching. On my much less powerful computer with a…
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Measuring performance drop-off of solid state drives with IOmeter

I would like to measure the performance drop-off in solid state drives when the drives are getting close to full capacity. In particular, I would like to benchmark random and sequential read/writes. Is this possible in IOmeter? How should I…
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MySQL installation question

I am far from a DBA and have a question. Recently I installed MySQL. On my machine C:\ is a 50GB partition of two mirrored 10k SAS drives. The remaining space on those drives is allocated to D:. I also have a SSD mounted as E:. When I installed…
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Trim on intel x25-m G2 when connected by iscsi

I am running a windows 7 vm on esxi connected to x25-M G2 via iscsi, which is running starwind iscsi on server 2008. Is trim a function of the vm OS or the iscsi server OS or not applicable with ISCSI?
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Replacing a single SSD in 4 disk mixed software RAID 1 & RAID10 system

I'm about to replace a single SSD in a 4 SSD RAID 1 & RAID10 system. My webhoster will only do the drive replacement, but not help with adding it back to the array after. I've not done this before, so I'm researching and making a plan to execute…
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RAID-5 read speed is very slow

I have windows 11 pro for workstation and use 2 RAID-5 volumes for storage (nvme group and ssd group). The read speed for the nvme group is around 2220 MB/s and the write speed is around 170 MB/s. SSD group counts as the same. I tried 128kb, 64kb,…
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PowerEdge430 - BIOS can detect SSD, but OS installer cannot

I have a Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB which I'm trying to use as the OS installation drive for a newly-acquired PowerEdge R430 with 8 2.5" drive bays. I've installed the drive in a drive caddy and installed it into the front panel. I am…
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Booting specifics on NVMe

I have a problem with transferring my OS from SATA SSD to PCIe NVMe and maybe someone can give me more ideas to solve the next problem. The hardware is HPE MicroServer Gen8 running Windows Server 2022. BIOS. SATA SSD. MBR. I've tried multiple times…
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Adaptec ASR-6805T can create raid from ssd only?

I'm about to move my Proxmox home server from NAS to RAID 10. I'm a hardware RAID fan, so I chose a solution among inexpensive old controllers. In the course of studying budget solutions for the home, the choice fell on the "Adaptec ASR-6805T (BBU)…
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Erratic SMART readings on one member of a RAID 1 array

I am managing a server that uses 2 nvme ssds on RAID 1 connectivity. At once point I lost access to one of the 2 and got my normal raid array degraded mails from mdadm. So I asked from the hosting company to check it out and they said that the…
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disks for a small esx-host: ssd raid5 or hdd raid10?

I am about to replace an ESXi host that runs some 20 VMs (mostly idling). Today around only 800Gb is used on an external iscsi-box, raid6 (total 7Tb). The new server will just simply have internal disks. 2Tb will be plenty. It will most likely be a…
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10gig link transfer speed slow between dell chassis m1000e blades

I have a dell chassis m1000e. All blades are connected internally with Dellm8024 10gbit switch. I've SSD on blades. However, when i am testing the speed between the blades the maximum speed size is 120 MBp/s. I even cant get near 10 Gbit speed. I…
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