This is a note containing links on the general topic of low-cost SSD products and reviews for server use and will evolve over time.
Note that there are numerous problems with enterprise server use of notebook flash SSDs, that hopefully will be resolved by 2012:
- not yet hot-swappable
- limited lifespan, MLC even moreso than SLC
- relatively untested under continuous load or in harsh electrical environments, like data centers.
- lack of software, such as production-ready OS drivers and mgmt. tools, such as an online defragmentation utility
- cost per TB
Canned Google Search
cnet.com: SSD News Posts
2008
Kevin Burton’s New Feedblog
Sept, 2008
anandtech: Intel X25-M SSD: Intel Delivers One of the World’s Fastest Drives
tomshardware: Intel’s X25-M Solid State Drive Reviewed : Intel’s First Flash SSD Ready for Vertical Take-Off
Oct, 2008
cnet.com: Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)
Linus got one of the new Intel SSDs
Nov, 2008
2008 Disk Performance, by Tim Bray, Sun
Dec, 2008
bit-tech.net: G.Skill, Intel X25-M & Patriot SSD group test
theinquirer.net: Toshiba announces the first 512GB SSD
Jan, 2009
cnet.com: Buyer beware: Solid-state drive prices vary–a lot
legionhardware.com: G.Skill Titan SSD 128GB
techreport: A Look at 4 X25-E Extreme SSDs in RAID
Feb, 2009
cnet: Intel solid-state drive price cuts enough?
pcperspective.com: Long-term performance analysis of Intel Mainstream SSDs
theregister: Intel refutes SSD slowdown accusation
Ted Tso: Aligning filesystems to an SSD’s erase block size
March, 2009
wsj: Sun, Rivals Seek New Uses for Flash-Based Storage
cnet.com: Fusion-io touts ‘fastest’ solid-state drive
anandtech.com: SSD versus Enterprise SAS and SATA disks
MySQL Performance Blog: SSD, XFS, LVM, fsync, write cache, barrier and lost transactions
Linus’ SSD Followup
April, 2009
pcper.com: Intel Responds to Fragmentation with New X25-M Firmware
James Hamilton: SSD versus Enterprise SATA and SAS disks
May, 2009
Computerworld: Analysis: SSD performance — is a slowdown inevitable?
June, 2009
storagemojo.com: Outrageously cool new hard drive
pcper.com: Indilinx based OCZ Vertex and Super Talent UltraDrive ME SSDs Reviewed, TRIM comments
OCZ Support Forums: Summit FW Upgrade?
July, 2009
Solid-State Drive Benchmarks and the Write Cache
Oct, 2009
intel forums: Limited write (erase) cycles
blog.fastmail.fm: The state of SSD storage for a database server
Nov, 2009
theregister: Brace of Intel SSDs imminent
theinquirer.net: One Terabyte SSD hits the shops
Dec, 2009
theregister.co.uk: Say hello to Seagate’s Pulsar SSD
May, 2010
theregister.co.uk: Seagate Momentus XT hybrid notebook drive
news.cnet.com: DDRdrive releases superfast, superexpensive SSD
June, 2010
theregister: WD SiliconEdge Blue 256GB SSD
mysqlperformanceblog.com: Virident tachIOn: New player on Flash PCI-E cards market
July, 2010
bit-tech.net: Mac SSD performance and TRIM in OSX
August, 2010
reviews.cnet.com: Seagate Momentus XT (2.5″ SATA 3.0 Ghz 500GB H.D. with 4GB Flash)
November, 2010
theinquirer.net: Macbook Air SSD is available for all
Time for an SSD? At $249 for X25-M 120GB, Intel thinks so
theregister.co.uk: NFS smackdown: NetApp knocks EMC out. Flash Cache as good as SSD tier
storageioblog.com: Another StorageIO Hybrid Momentus Moment
December, 2010
storagebits: SSD reliability lower than disks?
February, 2011
ComputerWorld: Intel unveils next gen 510 Series SSDs with 6Gbit/sec throughput
March, 2011
StorageMojo: Flash isn’t storage!
April, 2011
Seven SSD sizzlers
storagemojo: Anobit’s voodoo that they do (technology that makes MLC flash as reliable and long-lived as more expensive SLC?)
theregister.co.uk: Introducing the biggest storage company you’ve never heard ofL UIT leaps Great Wall of China
theregister.co.uk: Texas Memory Systems launches 10TB flash array
May, 2011
Crucial M4 256GB Sata 3 SSD
theregister.co.uk: EMC’s all-flash benediction: Turbulence ahead (plus overview of current enterprise offerings)
theregister.co.uk: TMS launches RamSan-70 Gorilla
June, 2011
theregister.co.uk: Micron streaks away with PCIe flash
theregister.co.uk: Is a Fusion-io bubble building up? (Fusion-io vs. Micron P320H)
Intel 510 250GB Sata 3 SSD
Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series
July, 2011
computerworld.com: Could NAND flash kill DRAM in PCs?
ssdperformanceblog.com: Intel 320 SSD read performance
November, 2011
mysqlperformanceblog.com: Review of Virident FlashMAX MLC cards
theinquirer.net: Corsair looks to Marvell for TRIM support in RAID SSDs
February, 2012
theinquirer.net: Intel 520 Series SSD review
Resources
StorageMojo Blog
StorageSearch.com
WD VelociRaptor
Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB Review: Big Green Gets Meaner!
blogs.sun.com: MySQL Performance on Sun Storage 7000
MySQLConf 09: Don MacAskill, “The SmugMug Tale”
enterprisestorageforum.com: Solid-State Drives Tag Index
Keywords: ssd, review, performance, linux, intel, velociraptor
