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      But replace those enterprise drives in the raid with SSD drives in
      a raid and what happens?<br>
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      I just read some reviews on the Samsung 840 Pro series in a raid
      configuration and it is rather impressive.<br>
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      <a href="http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?id=762">http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?id=762</a><br>
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      On 4/2/2013 1:53 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">For most intents and purposes an Enterprise system
        will be using RAID controllers, with acceleration, so a SD card
        IS not a benefit.  I have a Dell with SD single level drive that
        is slower, but it's probably due to Microsoft 7.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Eric
          Cope <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:eric.cope@gmail.com" target="_blank">eric.cope@gmail.com</a>></span>
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            <div dir="ltr">There are two major types of SSDs.
              Multi-level cells and single-level cells. Multi-level are
              cheaper and denser, but fail sooner and are slower. Single
              level are more expensive, but should fail less often. 
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              <div>With respect to performance, I'd be more suspicious
                of the software (and OS for that matter) controlling the
                drives rather than the drives themselves. If  the OS is
                tuned for HDD, then SSDs may not gain any benefit. </div>
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              <div>The High Performace MySQL blog posts data on SSD
                performance. Its a good reference point.</div>
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                  <div>Eric</div>
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                    On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Lisa Kachold <span
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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.  
                        <div>I believe this new technology leaves a lot
                          to be desired.</div>
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                          <div>On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Derek
                            Trotter <span dir="ltr"><<a
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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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                                    Derek<br>
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