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Sunday, November 04, 2012 11:57 AM
Will Windows Server users be able to take advantage of ReadyBoost or should I simply use an SSD for the boot disk?
SSD prices have fallen significantly and now they are cheap enough to be considered in smaller shops
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Monday, November 05, 2012 2:53 AM
Seller usually go SAS for special setup. Or for small office they will offer SATA with a bigger controller (price per gig is lower than SSD)
You could do a SSD setup, but usually who care saving on boot time for a server, it's the server's data IO that is important there... and having only a small size on the data partition is a nightmare comparing to what you can get on sata.. and having a small RAID with a choppy software raid is a nighmare too. So technically speaking, cheap SATA with a hardware raid is a really better for you SOHO customer. Unless you plan IO intensive app.
For your original question, yes, a SSD setup for the boot is a good idea, but you will have to make a raid1 at the minimum. For the data you have to make another raid, so, somewhere they will loose money for a bigger controller, or bigger/faster disk for their data use.
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Monday, November 05, 2012 12:04 PM
i recall a problem with Intel 320 SSD but not since then
I use sync etc to backup everything
i have been lucky, aside from 2x 500gb hard disks, I have not seen a storage failure
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012 6:21 AMModerator
Hi,
Please refer to the below links for more about readyboost and use SSD for the boot disk:
Useful SSD Articles - Part 2
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/270102-32-useful-articles-part
Using an SSD as a ReadyBoost device
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