[dba-Tech] Everyone needs one or two

Hi Jon

They are most likely as unhappy with the situation as you are, and they
don't manufacture the drives but buy them. So the interesting info would be:
What drives?

We have been running SSDs from both IBM, Kingston, and Intel without a
single failure, half in servers, half in desktops. Lately we have settled
with the Intel 520 series which are very fast and not that expensive.

If you wish users clapping their hands, you have three options: Intel i5 or
faster CPU, a fast SSD, and a screen of 24" or larger with 1920 x 1200 (not
1080) resolution or larger.

/gustav

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jon Tydda
Sendt: 26. juni 2013 22:51
Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Everyone needs one or two

I don't want to bias anyone against the manufacturer, but their name sounds
like Renovo... :-)


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
Sent: 26 June 2013 20:33
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Everyone needs one or two

On 2013-06-26 2:12 PM, Jon Tydda wrote:
> Reliability has to vastly improve first. We bought 250 laptops with 
> SSDs three years ago at work, and we've replaced nearly 50 of the 
> drives under warranty.
>
> It could be that they don't like having Bitlocker encryption on them, 
> but I wouldn't buy one for my data drive just yet.

Wow, 20% failure rate over 3 years ain't a good storage option!

PB