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Thanks for the info. &nbsp;I have many users 24/7 so HDD will be my choice. &nbsp;Good news since SSD costs about 30X more per gigabyte.
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Thanks for the info.  I have many users 24/7 so HDD will be my choice.  Good news since SSD costs about 30X more per gigabyte.

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I'm building a new SQL Server 2008 box and was considering SSD as part of the solution. &nbsp;Here's my current hardware plan:<br />
Intel Quad Core x2<br />
16GB RAM<br />
Disk #1 = RAID1 SSD (Windows Server 2008 + SQL Server 2008)<br />
Disk #2 = RAID10 =&gt; Data File<br />
Disk #3 = RAID10 =&gt; Log File<br />
Redundant Gigabit Ethernet network<br />
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Is this a worthwhile use of an SSD? &nbsp;I can't use them to store the entire DB.
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I'm building a new SQL Server 2008 box and was considering SSD as part of the solution.  Here's my current hardware plan:
Intel Quad Core x2
16GB RAM
Disk #1 = RAID1 SSD (Windows Server 2008 + SQL Server 2008)
Disk #2 = RAID10 => Data File
Disk #3 = RAID10 => Log File
Redundant Gigabit Ethernet network

Is this a worthwhile use of an SSD?  I can't use them to store the entire DB.

SQL SSD setup

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

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