Savvio 15K.2 73gb 6GB/s

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Has anyone got any experience of these drives?

I can get a bunch of them brand new for around £65 each and was thinking of getting 12 for a nice little home SAN for vmware purposes.

Thoughts?

I know I could get some 64gb SSD's instead, but im not convinced that mlc is reliable even for heavy home lab use.

 

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given that Intel made the warranty 5 years on the 320 series SSDs surely they would be a better option even if you have reliability concerns?

The price on those intel SSD's doesnt really compare though does it?

I only referred to SSD for approximately the same price to capacity ratio.

Which would get me a 64GB Kingston SSD V+

 

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You do know they are SAS right? And that the connections are physically the same, but the card / board will need to specifically support SAS drives? Just a thought in case you were not aware . . . .

Yes, I have an LSI 2600 24 bay 2.5" enclosure for them to go in.

So... back to the Savvio drives...!

 

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Oh SNAP!!

Can a kind moderator please change the title!! I meant to put 15K.2 NOT 10K.2 which are the much older drives.....

 

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So despite being 15K they are really quiet?

Quieter than say a velociraptor?!

 

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Say I did go SSD.

There is no command queueing, no SAS support, they wouldnt run at 6GBs, but what would happen over time?

The IOPS on one SSD is HUGE, but over time what would happen?

No TRIM, no garbage collection etc, would SATA SSD drives in a SAS drive enclosure grind to a halt after a while?

Anyone think that £65 for a 73GB Savvio 15K.2 is good value for monies?

 

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Anyone with any more input on these drives?

I need to pull the trigger quite soon to get this price on them...

 

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Plus VAT?