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SSDs in RAID1

IndyColtsFan

IndyColtsFan

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So, I am starting to think about my next home server build and I was originally contemplating having a RAID1 volume composed of SSDs (Samsung 830 series) as the OS volume. However, after thinking through that a little more, it doesn't seem like a good idea due to the nearly equivalent write usage of each drive. Opinions? Would I be better off using mirrored spindles for the OS?
 
IndyColtsFan said:
So, I am starting to think about my next home server build and I was originally contemplating having a RAID1 volume composed of SSDs (Samsung 830 series) as the OS volume. However, after thinking through that a little more, it doesn't seem like a good idea due to the nearly equivalent write usage of each drive. Opinions? Would I be better off using mirrored spindles for the OS?
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The drive will die of "natural" causes far before it runs out of writes. RAID1 SSD's is a great idea.
 
Smoblikat said:
The drive will die of "natural" causes far before it runs out of writes. RAID1 SSD's is a great idea.
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Yeah, I decided to go ahead and grab two of the Samsung 830 series 128 GB drives that are on sale at Microcenter for $69.99 each. I'll be piecing the server together slowly over the next few months and thought that was a good enough deal to jump on.
 
if you use a m5014/lsi 9260 (ebay $139) they have ssdguard. they will move a failing ssd to a hotspare. including raid-0 which if you think about it (raid fails to read-only) can work where hard drives tend to kaput.
 
DavetheNerd said:
Depends on the RAID controller. Most of the newest Intel stuff will.
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I could probably look elsewhere for an answer, but your remark brought it to mind.

I have a Z68 motherboard with ISRT-caching implemented (therefore set up as RAID in BIOS.)

I heard (or read) recently (somewhere, some time earlier) that Intel had released a new version of IRST (rapid storage tech software) which provided TRIM under RAID, which in turn could only be implemented with an Intel controller.

What can you tell me? I can upgrade the BIOS on my P8Z68-V Pro, probably by just buying a pre-programmed PLCC chip for about $8 (must confirm that the board has the removeable PLCC option, but I thought it did.)

For some time, I actually may have thought or assumed that TRIM was implemented with Win 7 and IRST anyway -- for my system and chipset. Since I haven't noticed a degradation in performance, I haven't bothered to manually TRIM the SSD for a long, long time . . .
 
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