Two 2.5" enterprise SATA?

[maverick2]

I’m having a hard time finding enterprise grade SATA drives in 2.5" form factor. Preferably HDDs.

I did find Samsung SM863 SSD’s in SATA rated for enterprise but wanted to know if using linux software RAID 1 would cause any issues with these drives. According to Samsung, they say Yes to hardware RAID controllers.

The server only has 2 bays, and both are 2.5". Would need at least 500GB, although 1 or 2TB would be preferred.

[toddryan4 (ToddRyanIT)]

Would these blow your budget?:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2RC-0034-000C4&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=samsung_enterprise_ssd-_-2RC-0034-000C4-_-Product

You mentioned you would prefer HDDs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N849R5252&cm_re=enterprise_2.5_hdd_sata-_-22-178-734-_-Product

The Solid State Drives would be tons faster but obviously they cost roughly 3x as much for about the same capacity.

[maverick2]

@ToddRyanNICB

Would these blow your budget?:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2RC-0034-000C4&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=samsung_enterprise_ssd-_-2RC-0034-000C4-_-Product

You mentioned you would prefer HDDs:

Seagate 2TB Enterprise Capacity 2.5 Internal Hard Disk Drive SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM 128MB Cache Model ST2000NX0303 - Newegg.com

The Solid State Drives would be tons faster but obviously they cost roughly 3x as much for about the same capacity.

Sweet! Didn’t know Seagate actually made 2.5" for enterprise. I know WD has the Red’s but they only go up to 1TB and lack speed and cache.

[aaronreid (reidclone)]

SSDs all day long, and you can google SSDs today to find that they are now even more reliable than spinning rust

have fun

[kooler-starwind]

@aaronreid

SSDs all day long, and you can google SSDs today to find that they are now even more reliable than spinning rust

have fun

SSDs are for rookies, man use NVMe

[kelseaforseagate]

@maverick2

Sweet! Didn’t know Seagate actually made 2.5" for enterprise. I know WD has the Red’s but they only go up to 1TB and lack speed and cache.

Hey Mav- if you have any questions on a Seagate drive, please let me know! Just wanted to make sure you knew I was around to help with anything Todd already gave you some great info, but providing a link so you can check out additional options here: Seagate Enterprise Hard Drives & SSDs | Seagate US

[maverick2]

@kelseaforseagate

@maverick2

Sweet! Didn’t know Seagate actually made 2.5" for enterprise. I know WD has the Red’s but they only go up to 1TB and lack speed and cache.

Hey Mav- if you have any questions on a Seagate drive, please let me know! Just wanted to make sure you knew I was around to help with anything Todd already gave you some great info, but providing a link so you can check out additional options here: Seagate Enterprise Hard Drives & SSDs | Seagate US

Awesome - I ended up picking up a few of your 1 and 2 TB drives.