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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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Can't resize ext4 partition

I have an 500GB HDD disk (480GB free) that I need to clone it to an SSD 240GB. I have read that cloning the HDD to the SSD should work for NTFS filesystems. But it isn't working for the ext partition. So, what I am trying to do is resizing the ext4…
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Flash firmware on a Micron OEM SSD (P400m)

I have a 100 GB Micron P400m SSD from an EMC VMAX array. The sector size is 520 or 528 bits. I can identify the drive with everything via the tools from Micron, but it refuses to download the firmware or even upload. Is there a way to re-flash it…
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Ceph hardware sizing calculator

I would like to calculate the Hardware sizing for a ceph cluster. There are so few references to the sizing, that I try to get these details here in the community. E.g. what shall i have depending on spindle drives (7.2k, 10k, 15k) SATA & SAS 6G…
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Can faulty SSD result in server restart?

One of our servers faced random time restarts, we asked the dc to run hardware test and they said one of the SSD are likely failed. Could it be the reason for restarts in random times? We have completed testing of the system and we are showing that…
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Best configuration for a software RAID 10 SSD for VM xenserver

I have xenserver servers. For storage of virtual machines, I use the software RAID 10 (the disks are directly in the servers). I would like to know the best configuration for 4 SSD disk in RAID 10 software (it is general public discs, yes I did…
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Unexpected shutdown and data loss

We have several rack servers, all with SATA3 Transcend SSD's. Most SSD's are 250GB and they usually have 50% free space most of the time. When there are unexpected shutdowns, not all the data is properly written to disk, so we can't retreive the…
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converting from raid 10 to raid 1 on windows server 2012 r2

My current setup is that my OS and other important installed files are all installed in my raid 10 array, however, I need the 2 drives (ssd) in the array for something else, is there a way to convert my existing raid 10 to raid 1? or do I need to…
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Moving to SSD storage from Platters: Where does RAID come in?

When moving to SSD, do you keep RAID10? We have a server with internal SAS disks in a big array: 16x600GB RAID 10 This gives us ~4.6TB of storage. It is fast (this is SQL Server). Our SQL database is: -- 600GB MDF -- 200+GB/Day of log files --…
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RAID0 SSDs slow on HP ProLiant

TL;DR Is the RAID controller on the HP ProLiant DL360 G7 known to be slow or problematic? My RAID0 set is performing horribly. I have an HP ProLiant DL360 G7. It came with a 160GiB SAS HDD, and I created a logical disk for it and set up Ubuntu…
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Dedicated server with ssd best practice

I am getting new dedicated server with 240gb ssd drive and 2 x 3tb hdd. I am thinking to put OS on ssd, and then mount uploads dir in my HOME/USER/ directory to HDD. Or maybe vice versa? What is this best solution to fully take advantage of ssd…
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SSD Server with trim enabled

I have a Windows Server (but I think this problem may apply to any UNIX server too) running using SSD. I have Kingston UV300 SSD and they allow TRIM. I also checked and my Windows is running with TRIM enabled. My question is this: after my server…
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Can't understand this SSD spec

Why is interface 6 Gb/s when the max sequential read is only 550 MB/s and max. random read is only 380 MB/s? Even if this is doubled to include simultaneous read and write, that is way less than what the interface is capable of? Does this mean that…
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ServeRaid M5210 high temperature

I have a serveraid M5210 card on X3650 m5 (raid10) And a M5110e raid card on X3650 m4 Both raid card is high temperature (70-75 C) images: https://i.stack.imgur.com/1A4L8.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/O5maa.png…
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How best to utilize two SSD disks on VPS webserver

I would like to ask you about your opinions how to utilize two SSD disks on webserver.. I read many articles about raid, disk mounting, lvm, disk cache, etc. but still I am not sure how to decide which solution would be best for future using &…
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AHCI - Will be two HDDs (SSDs) two times faster?

Lets take common numbers: SATA HDD - 120Mb/s read, write speed heavily depends on gaps in sequence SATA SSD - 550Mb/s read, 500Mb/s write PCIe SSD - 2500Mb/s read, 1500Mb/s write Lets assume they are connected to AHCI controller (not RAID…
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