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Do you use pagefiles on Virtual Machines running on a Host with SSD?
I have a Server running two 1TB SSD Drives in a Raid 1. I loaded server 2012 with HyperV on it. I then loaded Virtual Servers on that. I took off the pagefile on the Host because it is SSD based off some best practices I read. However the Virtual Machines themselves have Pagefiles on them. Should I take them off? AND do best practices for servers with SSD apply to the virtual machines as well such as cutting off Indexing and TRIM etc?
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I somehow agree, RAID 1 will bring you security in case of one SSD failure but can rather decrease your performances, especially writing performances.
RAID is not a replacement for a proper backup policy.. Just ask anyone that has suffered through cryptolocker
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Well...yes I am using Raid 1 for a "fail safe" but we have backup as well. I am looking for best performance though. So would the idea be to have a Raid 0 with those two drives and just fall back on a backup if it crashes. I have seen backups fail to restore and I am not sure that is the wisest course of action to just rely on that either.
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