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We were going to go for the larger sized (space wise) MLC based ones except that they're in the smaller form factor, not easy to fit in the server chassis. The
by lozzd2 17y ago
We were going to go for the larger sized (space wise) MLC based ones except that they're in the smaller form factor, not easy to fit in the server chassis. The connector on them is also non standard, unlike the MLC models which slide right in. Makes a big difference when you're buying a lot of them.
Also, if we ever decide to re-commission these machines later, the SLC based ones will be more useful for us.
- chrisbolt 17y agoI've been using both the MLC and SLC Intels and they both have the same standard SATA connector. Also, server chassis are moving to 2.5" SATA bays, our latest servers have 2 dual processor motherboards in 1U (Supermicro calls them 1U-twin), with 4 2.5" bays for each motherboard.
- lozzd 17y agoThe chassis has 2.5" bays, and so do the SSDs we used. However, the only MLC SSDs available were 1.8" versions, hence my comment. We had to work pretty hard to get any of them!