<div dir="ltr">I would run a server on an SSD, and for any server i run i would have a backup and at least a mirror anyhow.<div><br></div><div style>PS from my experience web-servers are more read than write so it should last even longer than a mechanical drive.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:21 PM, keith smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com" target="_blank">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><br>I'm almost sold. Are you saying it is ok, or even recommended to build a web server with SSD's only?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I have also found that in deference to their claims some of the SSDs are SLOWER than regular enterprise drives.
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I have a question about SSDs. I've read that they like the USB thumb drives can be written to a certain number of times before they fail. What is the expected lifetime of an SSD? They're terribly expensive if they're only going to last 2 or 3 years.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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