Re: Suggestions for Intel 710 SSD test

If I may ask what were your top three candidates before choosing the intel?

Also why not just plan a graceful switch to a replicated server? At some point you have to detect the drive is about to
go(or it just goes without warning). Presumably that point will be in a while and be coordinated with an upgrade like
9.2in a year. 

Finally why not the pci based cards?

On Oct 2, 2011, at 16:33, David Boreham <david_list@boreham.org> wrote:

> On 10/2/2011 2:33 AM, Arjen van der Meijden wrote:
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>> Given the fact that you can get two 320's for the price of one 710, its probably always a bit difficult to actually
makethe choice (unless you want a fixed amount of disks and the best endurance possible for that). 
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> One thing I'd add to this is that the price/bit is more like 4X ($2k for the 300G 710 vs $540 for the 300G 320).
> The largest 710 drive is 300G whereas the largest 320 is 600G which may imply that the 710's are twice
> as over-provisioned as the 320. It may be that at present we're paying 2x for the relative over-provisioning
> and another 2x to enjoy the better silicon and firmware. This hopefully implies that prices will fall
> in the future provided a credible competitor emerges (Hitachi??).
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