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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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install third party ssd in ibm xseries x3650 M4

i am in the process of purchasing a new network server, it's going to host SQL Server and Exchange so i would like to have the best possible IO, the ibm SSD i could afford it's the micron P400e, i would like to install something better for the OS,…
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SSD suddenly full

Today the hard drive of our server was suddenly full. The disk usage always stayed around 50 % in the weeks and months before (old data is regularly expunged from the server). I deleted 10 GB of files in /tmp, which strangely freed 51 GB. Here is…
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database on SSD: data only or the DBM program too?

I plan on moving the data I use for statistical analysis (100-ish Gb) onto an SSD. The data is either sqlite single-file db's, or postgresql-managed data. The SSD is 240 Gb, 550 MB/s read and 520 MB/s write. Should I reserve that space for the data…
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Why load increase ,ssd iops increase but cpu iowait decrease?

There is a strange thing on my server which has a mysql running on it. The QPS is more than 4000 but TPS is less than 20. The server load is more than 80 and cpu usr is more than 86% but iowait is less than 8%. The disk iops is more than 16000 and…
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Multiple SSD's not showing up in ESXi 4.1

The previous configuration for my server was 4x 500GB Drives, 3x 2TB Drives, 1x 480GB SSD and I replace 3 of the 500GB with SSD to look like 1x 500GB, 3x 2TB, 4x 480GB SSD. The previous configuration worked fine. After the upgrade none of the SSD's…
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What RAID controller comes with DL360 G7?

I plan to setup RAID10 using SSD drives. What RAID controller comes with the HP DL360 G7? Is it a real Hardware RAID controller? And it is compatible with CentOS Linux? Will SSD be ok in RAID10?
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New to Windows Server 2008, can i change system raid

I have bought Windows Server 2008, but I am not sure if I should install it now or wait until I get my third system disc. I currently have 2x 32gb SSDs. I am going to buy another disc, because the recommended WS2008 space is 40GB and I want to have…
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What HD/SSD performance benchmarks are relevant to SQL Server?

I'm looking to buy an SSD for a SQL Server computer, what benchmarks should I be comparing? High/low queue depth? Random/sequential transfer rates? IOPS?
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Server Config Software Raid Slow Read

I have 6x WD Caviar Black 1,5 TB in Software RAID 10 / 1 / 0 (Centos 6.2 / mdadm) cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid10] [raid0] [raid1] md0 : active raid1 sdf2[5] sda2[0] sdb2[1] sdd2[3] sdc2[2] sde2[4] 1023988 blocks super 1.0 [6/6]…
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Expand PERC 6/i RAID 10 SSD array, or add new VD for SQL Server?

On a Dell R710 server running Window Server 2008 R2 there are currently 4 50GB SSDs in a RAID 10 array, and I'm adding 2 additional 50GB SSDs. This server runs SQL Server and not much else. If these were spindled HDs, from what I've read I would be…
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configuration for max read throughput on ssd: pcie vs sata vs raid

I'm looking to configure a storage setup, using ssd's, that will deliver the fastest read throughput on large (2+ GB) files on a 24 core (12 physical core) system. The data is static for the most part, although occasionally (1x/week) it is…
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What are the more reliable SSDs to use in an enterprise environment?

We all know SSDs are fast... but aren't all that great when it comes to any computer that writes to disk many times in any given minute. Are there any SSDs that are suited for an enterprise environment? What am I looking for in an SSD that…
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Windows XP page file on laptop second SSD drive

I saw a question on moving hyberfile.sys to a different drive from the boot partition, which I was considering as I have an SSD as the second drive in one of my laptops. All the answers say you can't - ok - but I can move the page file to the SSD…
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speed of FDE with SSD

Anyone have any opinions on using solid state drives with full disk encryption (software-based), such as BitLocker? Not looking for benchmarks so much as personal experiences people have had, in addition to suggestions, provisos, etc. Thx.
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TRIM in centos 5.X?

I've got a bunch of centos 5 boxes with Intel X-25 drives (x25-m in dev, x25-e in prod, I think). We're seeing severely degraded disk performance on one of our dev boxes (which easily does 5+ gb of writes every day, meaning we write the full…
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