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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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Why do my SSD read latency benchmarks get markedly worse when I put an XFS filesystem on top?

I am benchmarking a small server box based on the SuperMicro E300-8D. I've installed the latest CentOS 7.5 with the latest updates, 64GB of DDR4-2100 RAM, and a Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVMe SSD. The OS is installed on a USB stick in the internal USB…
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SSD IOPS on linux, DIRECT much faster than buffered, fio

I have a 30Tb-sized hardware RAID-6 system (LSI 9280-8e) of 10 DC-S4500 Intel SSDs that is used for database purposes. The OS Debian 7.11 with 3.2 kernel. The filesystem is XFS mounted with nobarrier option. Seeing somewhat sluggish comparing to my…
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What is the Long term stability of NVMe or SSD stored data?

Background: We need ready access to 30TB of audio data, although only a small fraction of it is ever requested for playback, that playback needs to be done immediately even for multi-year old data. The data resides in a SAN of multiple arrays and a…
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How is LSI FastPath different from Software RAID?

This question pertains to SSDs on RAID levels without parity (like RAID 0, 1, 10). The recommended settings for FastPath are to set the Write Policy to Write Through, Read Policy to No Read Ahead and IO Policy to Direct. This disables the cache on…
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Low SSD write IOPS (~100)

I am experiencing very low IOPS with a SSD in my server. I noticed this when running a mysql database server, which performed very bad when there were many (~100 per second) updates to an InnoDB Database. Here are the server specs: SSD:…
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Trim support in Hardware RAID (Perc H700)

We are about to order a dell R610 with a H700. We were thinking of using 2 X Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb drives in RAID 1. The question is does the Perc H700 support TRIM in hardware RAID 1? The answers I have found from googling around seem to indicate…
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Rapid SSD vs. RAM in servers

Per GB prices of rapid SSD (like Intel X25-E) come close to prices of high-end RAM. So what extra advantages does SSD give you? What are particular reasons, why you buy SSD, instead of just putting more RAM in your server machine, to have it used…
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SW SSD Raid 1 over HW RAID 10

A provider(data center) recommended I go with 1TB SSDs in a software RAID 1 over HW RAID 10 with mechanical drives. Their quote: Typically SSDs are most reliable than RAID cards and since you have less parts, there are less points of failure.…
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Running fstrim as cronjob - what happens when interrupted by shutdown

One of the ways to implement fstrim on a file system, it to make a cron.daily task that runs fstrim /. This is preferred over -o discard (mount option) by a lot of people, because the latter can make writing slower, especially deleting large amounts…
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Age replacement policy for hard disks and SSDs at servers

I'm planing an age replacement policy for our storage and servers. Most of them are for DBs and some for images (static content) so yes, they have an huge I/O everytime. Also, we use Samsung 840 Pro SSDs for the RAID Controllers (PERC H700i) as…
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Why does storage's performance change at various queue depths?

I'm in the market for a storage upgrade for our servers. I'm looking at benchmarks of various PCIe SSD devices and in comparisons I see that IOPS change at various queue depths. How can that be and why is that happening? The way I understand things…
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LSI 9260-8i w/ 6 256gb SSDs - RAID 5, 6, 10, or bad idea overall?

We're provisioning a new production server for our reasonably busy website. Our choice of host have available a 6 drive configuration with a LSI 9260-8i card. My initial thought was to fill all six bays with SSDs (Intel 520 256gb) and set them up in…
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Does it makes sense to run "optimize table" when the mysql database is stored on SSD?

The manual says about "optimize table": "Deleted rows are maintained in a linked list and subsequent INSERT operations reuse old row positions. You can use OPTIMIZE TABLE to reclaim the unused space and to defragment the data file." So…
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Tape vs SSDs backups regarding long-term storage reliability

My question is very specifically about solid state drives, not regular hard drives. I would like to put in place a grandfather-father-son backup scheme, with the SSDs being used for the grandfather and father portions, and the yearly grandfather…
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Install 2.5" SSD drives into PowerEdge 2950

I have a PowerEdge 2950 (not III) rack-mounted server with a 3.5" SAS backplane. I'd like to put one or two Intel X25-M drives into it for hosting of a few virtual servers on faster disk. Can this be done? Is there hardware that would allow me to…
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