I found myself pulled into a design debate at the office this afternoon.
It centered on whether or not we should be using SSD’s as the boot drives for new blade installations.
SSD’s seem like a good idea at first glance;
Fewer moving parts = increased reliability
Greener solution – requires less power
Generates less heat
Quieter
But when you see what Dell is charging for SSD’s for the m710 blade you’ll likely have second thoughts.
Considering these prices, I’d be better off going with a hardware initiator and booting directly from the SAN.
Looks like we’re staying with a RAID1 SAS configuration for now.
