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dell r720xd cachecade support
hello i am planning to purchase 2 x samsung 840 ssd (120GB) for utilizing the cachecade feature on perc h800
does anyone tried to use those disk and can confirm that they are supported?
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March 22nd, 2013 07:00
For Cachecade you want to use an enterprise class SSD, which the Samsung's 840 series isn't.
I'd recommend to get something more along the lines of:
- Micron's RealSSD P400e series
- Intel's 710 series
- Seagate's Pulsar.2 series
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March 22nd, 2013 11:00
if we use the samsung they wont be recognized by the controller?
their speed and specs seem be much better then those posted on the list
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March 22nd, 2013 12:00
Well, any of these drives may or may not work. The only ones anyone can 'guarantee' to work are Dell SSDs.
That being said, you want a drive with a high durability, not just fast. SSDs have a limited write lifespan. For home use, most SSDs will last a decent amount of time, but Cachecade is going to be used heavily for writes most likely, which means that the write durability will play a big role. Desktop/laptop quality drives have a much lower write lifespan than enterprise class drives (it is not uncommon for an enterprise class drive to be able to do 10 times more in writes than a home-user class drive).
A 15k rpm SAS harddrive can typically do up to 200 IOPS. If you have an enterprise class SSD that does 10,000 IOPS, it may seem slow compared to a home-user class SSD that can do 90k IOPS, but it is still a huge performance boost from a 15k SAS drive.