is there any interest in intel's x25e ssds?

so far my 32 gig has made a great backup and it's fast too. also works great as my external virtualbox for ubuntu. anybody else using enterprise ssd's in non server situations?

 

I use my 32GB X25E as a backup drive as well. I had a mobile external Hitachi G-Drive spinner that I wasn't using. It has a very solid aluminum case and of course a small form factor. I took the mechanical drive out and put the Intel in it. Makes for a great external drive I have it in my vehicle with my mobile set up.

 

i'm getting a 64 gig x25e tomorrow. i'm tempted to backout but the fast speed even when it's full wins.

 

i dont see the point of those when you can buy 2 128 gig ssd that run at 500mbs read write and use them in raid for back up ? what are the benifits ?

 

The benefits of reliability is one factor. The Intel SSD's are by far the most reliable and dependable drives out there. That is proven. Also, the SLC type, which is the E-Series are Enterprise level drives which are even better.

If you want to get a SSD that you really never have to worry about don't hesitate getting the Intel. There is a reason why 90% of them are used in large enterprise situations. What should he get a SF drive.

 

reliability and longevity. and enterprise drives hold up better on speed when they fill up. speed is overrated sometimes. sandforce is going to have to figure that out soon, and this is something i hope they figure out quicker than the speed of their controllers or they too will come to a screeching halt.

 

true, to a certain point-- especially with SSD2 SATAIII these days they are so fast most people can't even tell the difference.

 

The way I see it, the X25-E occupies the unattractive middle ground between consumer-grade SSDs and something like the ioDrive - it's neither affordable nor fast.

 

indeed. X25-E is only suitable for corporation for specific cases where ioDrive etc. is too expensive. For example, log volume of ZFS.

I don't know why consumer would want x25-e, it is expensive, the size is small, the performance is no longer on par with the current gen and the only advantage is its write life cycle which is never called for in consumer machine setup.

 

well when you buy it used off craigslist for cheap, like 32gb x25e for $65 i think that more than well qualifies for a good backup drive or fast flash drive. my deal with 64gb x25e for $100 didn't fall through. pissed me off. craigslist has been a big waste of my time mostly.

 

As a backup, I don't see why an SSD is better than plain old HDD where you get 500G+ for the same 65 bucks.

 

because i can carry it around with less worries. it also doubles as a flash drive. i have less than 20 gigs worth of digital treasure. and now it can transfer in a couple minutes and not half an hour of more. plus when i was using hdd, i had a lot of waste on their because so much space.

 

at that price totaly understandable

 

there are VERY few things that aren't worth it at 15% of their retail price...

 

Reliabilty is my choice. Show me a more reliable SSD? Most of the owners of these drives are very early adopters to the SSD world when there was not much of a choice. I'm not just going to throw it away. If you had a spare spiining drive or this drive which one would you use for backups? I use mine in a mobile/vehicle setting. It is subject to high temps, vibrations, hours of sitting doing survellance, meaning the lower power draw is nice. Alot of times I have to pack my stuff up quickly and do not want to worry about fragile devices. Hence the use of Toughbooks.

 

Is there any documentations saying the 25E is more reliable than 25M ? If backup reliability is critical, one should use multiple backup set rather than depending on the inherit lower failure rate. That is the whole point about RAID.

 

Being that it's SLC and an Enterprise model I would assume so. Although, my M Series has not given me one hiccup either.

 

SLC doesn't automatically translated into more reliable and the now famous 8M bug(as well as some rare cases of data loss due to lose power) presents in the 25E series as well if you search the Intel forum.

25E has their appeal in heavily banged servers say for log volume of ZFS or SQL server log db location(actually cheaper if you count $/write) but it has nothing to do with it being coined as the enterprise line.

If you look at the size, you would notice that is extremely small and is not intended for replacement of HDD in corporate world.

 

I don't think we can change each others opinion or thoughts so I'm out. I just don't want to keep going back and forth. I know what works, has worked for several years in my usage.

 

I don't think I imply that it DOESN'T WORK though I very much doubt the rationale behind it(i.e. 25E <> more reliable comparing with 25M).