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Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:11:29 -0800
phosita from private IP, post #15781562

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U.2 NVME drives

Admin-ji, are you using any of these?


Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:07:13 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #11166218

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This web server has a SSD for the OS and a RAID 5 of enterprise SSDs for storage/content-- I forgot what brand and model I used.  It was a special order for
three of them and they weren't cheap.  My email server has a SSD for the OS and a RAID 5 of three Seagate 2X14s for storage, which are the dual-actuator version
of the X14.  So I have 28 TB available for email, calendar, and storage.  I also have an additional web server for the Divorcing.Law project (video-on-demand
masterclasses in family law), which is identical to the email server.  I've found that the SSDs work well in a RAID configuration.  Obviously, they are
blindingly fast, but my main concern is going to be long-term reliability.  I have access to the SMART data and so far, everything looks fine and these will
have a years-long service life.  The current law firm portal server is from 2019 and has a RAID 1 for both the OS and the storage drives.  Overkill, but the
data is important.

My next-generation law firm portal server and workstation is currently being spec'ed out, and it's likely to be a dual-node HPE Cray XD2000.  One node for my
workstation with a Nvidia L4S GPU, and the other node for my law firm portal with a Nvidia H100.  It is going to be less costly than I thought, but still a lot
of money.


Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:09:14 -0800
Andy from private IP
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P.S.  These are SATA SSDs with a software RAID in Linux, not U.2 NVME.  Sorry I didn't answer your original question, lol.


Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:15:27 -0800
phosita from private IP
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There are only two kinds of drive: drives that have failed; and drives that will fail.

Heh. Anyway I have a workstation with a couple available u.2 slots still. Guess I'll have to get searching.
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