ESXI Guest OS's in each of my host servers will be on Intel S3700 RAID10 array or RAID1 depending on the host. Storage/media on RAID-Z3... I want to make a high performance pool. 1 to start, and likely break it up into separate iSCSI.
Which drives would you use:
4x Samsung 850 Pro (128gb)
4x Crucial M550 (25gb)
4x Intel S3500 (160 - 200gb)
4x Intel 730 (480gb)
The goal is that this is the "high performance" storage. Lowest latency, best overall writes and reads, and mixed performance vs read or write heavy. I plan to setup a "read" and "write" heavy SSD array next.
I know some have power loss protection, and some don't but I also use redundant battery units w/shut down so that is a lower priority at the moment for these systems. I have others that could benefit from that potentially if I don't use them here.
Obviously the Intel 730 provides MORE storage (which I don't need now or in near future), so I could go with just 2 in a RAID1 configuration for least # of drives and most storage, and not worry about the minor differences for now as it's not heavily utilized. (This may be smartest route.)
Which drives would you use:
4x Samsung 850 Pro (128gb)
4x Crucial M550 (25gb)
4x Intel S3500 (160 - 200gb)
4x Intel 730 (480gb)
The goal is that this is the "high performance" storage. Lowest latency, best overall writes and reads, and mixed performance vs read or write heavy. I plan to setup a "read" and "write" heavy SSD array next.
I know some have power loss protection, and some don't but I also use redundant battery units w/shut down so that is a lower priority at the moment for these systems. I have others that could benefit from that potentially if I don't use them here.
Obviously the Intel 730 provides MORE storage (which I don't need now or in near future), so I could go with just 2 in a RAID1 configuration for least # of drives and most storage, and not worry about the minor differences for now as it's not heavily utilized. (This may be smartest route.)