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Hyper-V for small business, SAS or SSD?
I had this question after viewing Some Hyper-V Hardware and Software Best Practices.
We are looking at a new server to replace our aging SBS2011 box. I'm going Hyper-V, but I really don't know if it's worth going to a cluster based on our budget and use. Maybe 1 live + 1 replica. The boxes we will probably buy have 8-10 hot plug. Does it make sense to go with 3 eSSDs (costs have really come down!) in Raid 5 for the host OS + DC/Exchange/LoB Apps (sql, WSUS, SEPM) VMs and put the LoB data on 5-7 10k-15k SAS? I know the newer RAID controllers support this.
We are looking at a new server to replace our aging SBS2011 box. I'm going Hyper-V, but I really don't know if it's worth going to a cluster based on our budget and use. Maybe 1 live + 1 replica. The boxes we will probably buy have 8-10 hot plug. Does it make sense to go with 3 eSSDs (costs have really come down!) in Raid 5 for the host OS + DC/Exchange/LoB Apps (sql, WSUS, SEPM) VMs and put the LoB data on 5-7 10k-15k SAS? I know the newer RAID controllers support this.
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Just be very careful, stringing SSDs in a RAID combination without the correct controller, speeds will not what you expect and will be less than RAID 6 and RAID 10 using SAS disks.
RAID 5 is no longer acceptable for use in an Enterprise Environment.
Dell issued this statement many years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/ydi6i/dell_raid_5_is_no_longer_recommended_for_any/
RAID 5 is no longer acceptable for use in an Enterprise Environment.
Dell issued this statement many years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/ydi6i/dell_raid_5_is_no_longer_recommended_for_any/
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Thanks for the helpful comments. I will post a bit more specific info on my use case later, but quickly:
The SSD vs SAS drives in question are all in the dell server configurator. They would be enterprise drives tuned to an enterprise controller in a vendor supported scenario. The cost difference between 10k 600GB and 400GB SSD is minimal given we are only dealing with 8-10 spindles, so I was thinking it makes more sense to go SSD. However, the SSD are technically SATA, not SAS.
The SSD vs SAS drives in question are all in the dell server configurator. They would be enterprise drives tuned to an enterprise controller in a vendor supported scenario. The cost difference between 10k 600GB and 400GB SSD is minimal given we are only dealing with 8-10 spindles, so I was thinking it makes more sense to go SSD. However, the SSD are technically SATA, not SAS.
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Thanks for the links. Good stuff. I will be posting another question regarding the full server build.
THanks!