[OpenIndiana-discuss] Powerloss protected SSDs for ...Re: Low low end server

[Ben Taylor]

While I agree that monitoring is good, and batteries wear out, and this is
a problem in production environments.  For a hobbyist, where I can take
down my system without permission from my boss or business unit, it is
really that bad of an idea?


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Doug Hughes <doug at will.to> wrote:

> capacitors are better. Batteries wear out and are difficult to have the
> correct monitoring for replacement.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Ben Taylor <bentaylor.solx86 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Surprised someone hasn't developed a SATA power cable with small battery
> > Passthrough for this exact application.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Doug Hughes <doug at will.to> wrote:
> >
> > > true, Volker..
> > >
> > > Just to note though, the 320s have no battery, but they do have enough
> > > capacitor to flush anything from the small ram into flash on power
> > outage.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Volker A. Brandt <vab at bb-c.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Why not Intel 320 series? Also 710 series work fine for this, for a
> > > > > bit more $$ and a bit more speed. The 320 are not as fast as the
> > > > > S3700 or S3500 but they are a LOT less expensive.
> > > >
> > > > This thread started out as a discussion of the merits of the HP N54L
> > > > microserver for home use.  I am not really sure if a home server
> needs
> > > > mirrored battery-protected SSDs.  :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards -- Volker
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