Sure, and judging by System Z sales there's still a demand for earthquake-resistant machines with hot-swappable CPUs. But for most of us, infrequent downtime i

Sure, and judging by System Z sales there's still a demand for earthquake-resistant machines with hot-swappable CPUs. But for most of us, infrequent downtime is acceptable, and most single-machine downtimes are either automatically mitigated or have very limited impact. In that scenario, getting a prosumer SSD and over-provisioning it can be a sensible choice.