Re: Recommendations for SSDs in production?

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 16:15, Benjamin Smith <lists(at)benjamindsmith(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:59:37 AM you wrote:
>> There's a pretty varied mix of speed, durability, and price with any
>> SSD based architecture, but the two that have proven best in our
>> testing and production use (for ourselves and our clients) seem to be
>> Intel (mostly 320 series iirc), and Fusion-IO. I'd start with looking
>> at those.
>
> This is *exactly* the type of feedback that I've been looking for - thanks!
>
> The Fusion IO looks to be in the "if you have to ask about prices you probably
> can't afford it" range, although getting a million IOPS is damned impressive.
> I'm surprised a bit by the Intel 320 referenced, since this is typically
> touted as a consumer device, but we've consequently decided to give the 710 a
> shot since it's basically a 320 with some reliability upgrades, and see how it
> goes.
>
> I will post my results here later, time permitting.

Oddly enough, Tom's Hardware has a review of the Intel offering today
- might be worth your while to take a look at it.

Kurt