X25-M for File Server?

[Lite Beer]

Is the X25 the right SSD for a fileserver serving 3 client PCs in an office environment? Currently using a 74 gig Raptor with one partition for OS and the other for data. Will fit perfectly on the X25-M 80 gig.

 

[KentState]

No matter what you have, at least get two drives. I don't see how you can run without redundancy in an office environment. Are you doing backups at least daily?

 

[Lite Beer]

Thanks. Daily backups on another raptor and remote backup with Mozy.

 

[pjkenned]

Just a thought, 3 clients... you might as well run a standard hard drive or two. Running 2x 1TB drives will let you do client backups to the server + mirror all of the server data, and most likely cost less than one SSD. Heck you could probably Raid 5 3x 1TB drives if you needed more throughput. Plus, with only 3 clients running to a server off 1-2 GigE ports, an SSD probably isn't going to make a huge difference.

 

[taltamir]

why do you want to do this upgrade? is it for speed? what type of connection do you use between the computers and the server?

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: Lite Beer
Is the X25 the right SSD for a fileserver serving 3 client PCs in an office environment? Currently using a 74 gig Raptor with one partition for OS and the other for data. Will fit perfectly on the X25-M 80 gig.

It might work just as well to use 2 really big conventional hard drives. Even cheap hard drives are ridiculously fast if you buy a really big one (think data density). Sure your 74gb raptor spins at 10k rpm, but I assure you it's not any faster than a standard 7200rpm 1TB drive you can get for $100 on newegg. If you're really hard core and quality is top priority, 1TB Western Digital RE3 drives are $160 on newegg. Two of those in Raid 1 would work great.