Hello,
I have a spare R720 with a H710p & 64GB of RAM, that I want to use with Hyper-V.
It will be mostly Windows Server VMs, about ~8 VMs. Since it will be a small lab, I don't think I will hammer IOPS so much. I'll need at least 400GB I assume (800 would be best, but I want to keep cost low...). It's harder for me to estimate the endurance I need.
Since SSD price are dropping fast (at least the consumer one), I am a bit torn between:
- a new 970 EVO 500GB w/ a PCIE adapter (+warranty, -endurance, only 300TBW on 5 years)
- one or two used SATA like the dell s3610
- one or two used SAS like the HGST HUSMM (my R720 is only 6gbps, but it should be backward compatible) or HUSLL (but they start to be a bit old?)
My budget is around ~$150. I don't care so much about power consumption or temperature.
If buying used, I would prefer buying 2 disks just to have some fallback (I do not care about the data or uptime, but if one disk dies after the return period, I can still run with half of the capacity - not sure if I am clear)
In the past I have good luck buying used S3500, but I use them as boot drive, so I do not write a lot on them, so I was initially looking at S3610/S3700.
The 970 EVO is tempting for warranty and perf, but I don't know how far I will be able to go with 300TBW.
But then I looked at the HGST ssds, that seems to have blazing performance, for the same price more or less than used S3610. Probably super overkill for my need... I have some SAS HBA available, so I could reuse these drive in my workstation in the futur if needed.
Right now I am more inclined to buy some used HGST SSD, they seems to be around ~$120 for 400GB, but with my budget I will not be able to buy two of them right now.
Thoughts?
I have a spare R720 with a H710p & 64GB of RAM, that I want to use with Hyper-V.
It will be mostly Windows Server VMs, about ~8 VMs. Since it will be a small lab, I don't think I will hammer IOPS so much. I'll need at least 400GB I assume (800 would be best, but I want to keep cost low...). It's harder for me to estimate the endurance I need.
Since SSD price are dropping fast (at least the consumer one), I am a bit torn between:
- a new 970 EVO 500GB w/ a PCIE adapter (+warranty, -endurance, only 300TBW on 5 years)
- one or two used SATA like the dell s3610
- one or two used SAS like the HGST HUSMM (my R720 is only 6gbps, but it should be backward compatible) or HUSLL (but they start to be a bit old?)
My budget is around ~$150. I don't care so much about power consumption or temperature.
If buying used, I would prefer buying 2 disks just to have some fallback (I do not care about the data or uptime, but if one disk dies after the return period, I can still run with half of the capacity - not sure if I am clear)
In the past I have good luck buying used S3500, but I use them as boot drive, so I do not write a lot on them, so I was initially looking at S3610/S3700.
The 970 EVO is tempting for warranty and perf, but I don't know how far I will be able to go with 300TBW.
But then I looked at the HGST ssds, that seems to have blazing performance, for the same price more or less than used S3610. Probably super overkill for my need... I have some SAS HBA available, so I could reuse these drive in my workstation in the futur if needed.
Right now I am more inclined to buy some used HGST SSD, they seems to be around ~$120 for 400GB, but with my budget I will not be able to buy two of them right now.
Thoughts?
