Intel 750 vs P3600 PCIE SSDs

[unclerunkle]

Wondering which I should get? I realize they are geared for quite different workloads and capacities differ.

My use case would be 10-15 VMs, mostly Linux, running at home. Nothing too database intensive. I am concerned about the 70GB/day endurance for the 750 though. I would use less than that on average, but not by much...around 45-50GB per day writes.

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Thoughts from those of you out there who own one or both? I've seen some pretty poor write speeds of the P3600 from some posts.

 

[Patrick]

Wondering which I should get? I realize they are geared for quite different workloads and capacities differ.

My use case would be 10-15 VMs, mostly Linux, running at home. Nothing too database intensive. I am concerned about the 70GB/day endurance for the 750 though. I would use less than that on average, but not by much...around 45-50GB per day writes.

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Thoughts from those of you out there who own one or both? I've seen some pretty poor write speeds of the P3600 from some posts.

The larger P3600's actually have good write speeds. It is the 400GB modules that are slow.

 

[unclerunkle]

The larger P3600's actually have good write speeds. It is the 400GB modules that are slow.

Great to know, thanks Patrick. I'd be looking at 1.2TB (or above) mainly as it will be my main ESXi drive.

I also notice that the P3600's have lower random write IOPS, but I'm not sure I understand the testing methodology of the 750's 290K random write iops (8GB span) vs P3600's 56K random write iops (100% span). Is it expected to have higher iops for a smaller data span?...meaning essentially the 750 and P3600 are closer in specs than I think?

 

[Naeblis]

go with the 750 and give a a few weeks for price drop

 

[unclerunkle]

go with the 750 and give a a few weeks for price drop

Is that recommendation mainly due to price? Black Friday is around the corner, so I'm betting there will be some good deals.

 

[T_Minus]

I went the P3600 route for my VM OS's, I need to finish the migration, and run some tests but the 750 price point vs. P3600 made it an easy choice for me. If you're "OK" with OEM Pulls you can find deals on the P3700 and P3600 drives.