Re: SSD and VMWare Server 2... spicy!

["i_lowe" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I know I should research this myself, but does anyone know
anything about
> SSD Reliability? There's evidently no need to RAID them for
performance, but
> what about data integrity?

Ironically enough, that's one of the reasons I moved now - the reliability
numbers seem to now be a lot better (in terms of drive life, write cycles
etc).

I expect to get about 5-6ish years out of this drive, the same as I expect
from a spindle..

> [Edit] EEK! - some of the reviews http://tinyurl.com/6x4pg3z suggest
> reliability is not a strong point! I think I'll wait a little while -
-
> Please let me/us know if you experience any issues with it - - - sorry
to
> put a damper on things! [/Edit]

Yikes.

Yeah, I'll report back if anything goes belly up. The only positive aspect
in that is that they seem to be either DOA or dying fast, suggesting a
batch/manufacture issue.

if you make it past the first few weeks, not many failures... and within
that period, the ole consumer rights should kick in.

It's a lot of money, and if I had seen those reviews, I might have held off
- but we'll see how it goes. certainly, the performance more than lives up
the hype!

And as Paul G pointed out to me, the next generation Vertex 3 will be
nearly double the speed again when it ships (announced at CES)

I.



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