How mature are PCIe/ NVMe SSDs now?

[TangoWhiskey9]

Do people have these in production? I'm looking at the Intel DC P3600, the Micron P320h and Fusion-io (ok lots of those).

I've read a bunch of reviews that indicate the performance is outstanding but all have eccentric features. Can't boot. Need to flash the right firmware for the device and so on.

I'm also totally worried that if I had PCIe (slot) drive/drives and the card fails, the server is done for. You'd have to get remote hands to open the box up and put it in.

So how mature are these. Anyone tracking AFR's? Can you send these do drivesavers if they die?

 

[Patrick]

Great question and one I do not have a good answer for. I will say that I am working on getting the NVMe 2.5" SSDs for testing. Those are nice since you get the convenience of hot swap and NVMe performance.