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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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load balance across several SSDs in a server

I would like to have a volume spanning several SSDs or HDDs in my server. When I write a file to this volume, the file is written in whole to one of those drives chosen randomly or in round robin fashion. If a block of a drive fails - I am losing…
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how do I know if an SSD reaches its performance capability?

I was monitoring a new db server with SSD RAID-10 installed. It works fine for now but I was worrying someday it could reach its capability as the business goes on. So how can I know that before it's too late? I was thinking there are some…
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Install Windows Server 2012 on the SSD from the HDD

How can I install Windows Server 2012 on the SSD from the HDD, installed Windows 8.1? Laptop, which has no DVD or USB or network access.
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Getting ssd, should i keep the ssd cache drive

We are going to install sdd's as main hdd in all of our pc's. However, some of them already have an ssd drive that is beeing used as a cache drive. Should be keep this chace ssd? It was my though that, currently io does the following: cpu cache ->…
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webserver on linode and database on digital ocean

Currently hosting drupal websites on linode using apache + php5 fpm+ fastcgi. Among websites one is drupal commerce(max_execution_time,memory_limit are taken care) and all others are low hitting websites. Now I am thinking about moving only…
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No advantage from SSD boot drive for 24/7 server?

Since my OS and applications are loaded into memory upon boot, isn't there no advantage from having my OS on an SSD boot drive for a server that is kept up 24/7? I know there are several assumptions that depend on how I use that server, so for the…
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How to test is hardware ssd-cache work?

We have server with hardware raid controller (Adaptec ASR71605Q). It has 10 sas HDD, 2 SSD for cache and 1gb onboard cache ram. On server installed ESXi. On ESXi I'm start Linux, create 2Tb disk for tests. And now i need to test and ensure, that…
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RAID 10 SSD Benchmarks

I haven't been able to find any benchmarks for the following setup: Intel Cherry 520 SSD x 4 RAID10 with LSI 9260 writeback-cache enabled. I'm looking to get 1.5gbps sequential
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PCIe SSD - how reliable it is?

Since The database will be very read/write intensive, and there is alot of delete queries which will be executed : How reliable could be PCIe SSD , and how fast will it degrade on alot of delete queries ? ( about a few hundred delete queries per…
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Mounting ssd. Expectations vs reality about server load

I'v installed SSD on my server and moved tmp folder, mysql data folder and 2 most loaded websites(php) on it. I'v expected that server load will fall a little bit, but it seems that it is on the same level as it was. So the question is, should the…
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Disk IO in Linux is slow (2MB/sec) while in Windows its fast (400MB/s)

I have a server with an ASUS board with a 256GB SSD In Windows, using HDTune my drive shows 400MB/sec on Linux, I'm getting about 2MB/sec using root@desktop:/# dd if=/dev/zero of=/foo bs=1024k count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600…
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Fast storage for a server

I have created a search engine which is implemented in Java. I want to put this program to a server and test it. My program is very dependent to disk I/O and any improvements to disks would directly affect its performance. The first thing that comes…
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InnoDB on server with 2 SSDs

I have a server with 2 SSDs. I'm running a LAMP install and have an innoDB database on it. my questions are : 1) would innoDB automatically use both SSDs or would it only use one ? 2) would I incur a significant performance hit if I use a 2 HDD…
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How to arrange 2 SSD with 2 SATA?

I like to have best io performance as well as good capaciyy and reliability out of a server that hosts a busy forum, which involves loads of static files download. I am wondering what is the best plan to format and use the disks given that the…
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Can I expect better read/write performance for fileservers in large companies shortly?

Thanks to this article (in Norwegian), I started researching a bit about the new Intel Solid-State Drive 710 Series, which is a MLC with about 30 times improved endurance. It seems like they are really making advances. My question is, therefore,…
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