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Four X25-E Extreme SSDs Combined In Hardware RAID

Posted by kdawson on from the that's-no-hard-drive dept.

theraindog writes "Intel's X25-E Extreme SSD is easily the fastest flash drive on the market, and contrary to what one might expect, it actually delivers compelling value if you're looking at performance per dollar rather than gigabytes. That, combined with a rackmount-friendly 2.5" form factor and low power consumption make the drive particularly appealing for enterprise RAID. So just how fast are four of them in a striped array hanging off a hardware RAID controller? The Tech Report finds out, with mixed but at times staggeringly impressive results."

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  1. Actually, that RAID card seems more interesting by the_humeister · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A 1.2 GHz processor with 256 DDR2 memory? Holy crap! That's faster than my new Celeron 220! And the perennial quesion: can this thing run Linux?

  2. What I want to see by XanC · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is 4 of these in a RAID-1, running a seek-heavy database. Nobody does this benchmark, unfortunately.

  3. If I keep my current 15K drives that long by Shivetya · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I will be surprised.

    See, in the enterprise environment that I work in the majority of our big hardware is leased. I am quite willing to use what I can to maintain performance and reliability. That being said my system is built entirely on 15K drives of various sizes. I am not worried about five years or so of read/write that SSD drives have, all I want to see is a track record. I expect to replace most of the drives I have now within five years so this "five year limit" many like to toss out is immaterial to me. Reliability over that lifetime is of more importance.

    Besides, the nice benefit of SSD drives is I don't need special enclosures (read: ones that can handle the torque these puppies can put out)

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  4. Re:Oh good by CMonk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think you're comparing against SATA drives. People that worry about IOPS are normally using FC drives which are much more closely aligned in price with SSDs. (btw, been a while since I was in the market for FC drives)

  5. Re:Oh good by DMalic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's obvious sarcasm.

  6. Re:paging benefits? by ErikZ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm Betaing Windows 7. Before going to bed I set up a swap partition for it. After getting up the next morning and checking, it was full.

    I have *no idea* what W7 put in there while I was sleeping.

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