Re: Solid State Hard Drives

[Maarten Vink <vink@interstroom.nl>]

On 8 okt 2009, at 02:06, Glenn Hocking wrote:

> Hi List
>
> Had anyone had experience using Solid State Hard disks in mail  
> servers?
> I've heard that Solid State is very fast but not good for high read/ 
> write
> functions such as mail servers as the drives wear out over time.
>
> Be keen on any real world experience. Our mail servers have around  
> 5000 mail
> accounts.

Hi Glenn,

Some general advice: be sure to look for SLC-based flash drives, as  
opposed to MLC which is typically used in cheaper drives. SLC has way  
less problems with wear, and MLC suffers from relatively slow writes,  
which will be a problem when you're using them in a mailserver.

Regards,

Maarten