RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?

[NashBrydges]

@pmoncho said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@nashbrydges said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@dbeato said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

Wow, that is a nice LAB and you will have many systems running. That’s a lot of hard drives too. What SSDs will you be using?

They're drives from a previous project I was working on. The drives are Kingston KC400s.

I'm consolidating from a few older 11th gen servers to slightly newer (without breaking the bank).

How does the server "react" to the Kingston drives since they do not have Dell's HD firmware?

I have a Dell R620 that didn't have any problems with off-the-shelf consumer Kingston drives. The indicator lights are all green even though, as expected, the SSDs appear as non-critical status because they don't have the Dell firmware (see screenshot from H710P Mini controller). The controller reads the SSD S.M.A.R.T. data and reports "failure predicted" even on those consumer drives.

These 512GB SSDs however were purchased directly from Dell so I'll know more once the server is setup. The previous project never panned out so they are still new.

[NashBrydges]

The R720xd in its new home. The drive indicator lights are all green on the server. OMSA complains about the firmware even though these were purchased from Dell directly.

[Dashrender]

hardware rarely arrives up to date with firmware in my experience.

[NashBrydges]

@dashrender Interestingly enough, this is the current firmware for this drive.

[TheDeepStorage]

RAID 5 for SSD is a yes. Space-efficient, yet performs decently, if you need the extra redundancy and make the system future-proof just get a second server with SSD in RAID 5 and balance the storage efficiency with replicating part of the data with a VSAN type solution. StarWind can make it easier from a cost perspective due to us having a free version, but ultimately any VSAN will do the trick.

[hobbit666]

@nashbrydges Nice looking rack

[TheDeepStorage]

@hobbit666 And that is what we call sexual harassment

[JaredBusch]

@hobbit666 said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@nashbrydges Nice looking rack

old school actually with round holes. do not see that much.

[NashBrydges]

@jaredbusch Rack is definitely old but as long as the rails work, it's all good

[StuartJordan]

@jaredbusch said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@hobbit666 said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@nashbrydges Nice looking rack

old school actually with round holes. do not see that much.

Great for the nuts and screws...

[MattSpeller]

@jaredbusch said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@hobbit666 said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@nashbrydges Nice looking rack

old school actually with round holes. do not see that much.

I'd gladly trade the round holes for my square hole racks with the nutcerts that have me impaling my hand with a screwdriver a few times a year.

[dafyre]

@mattspeller said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@jaredbusch said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@hobbit666 said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@nashbrydges Nice looking rack

old school actually with round holes. do not see that much.

I'd gladly trade the round holes for my square hole racks with the nutcerts that have me impaling my hand with a screwdriver a few times a year.

Hear hear!