I would not put a Vertex 3 in a server environment regardless of any backups that you have. It simply does not seem reliable enough from all of the horror stories I have read here. I have both Intel and Crucial drives running in a business environment. But, my SQL installs run off of dedicated...
I think that the reason you are not seeing any expert reviews is because they have been there and done that. Crucial was not one of the first out the gate with the Indilinx controller. The performance should be close to the Vertex and Agility drives that are present in most of the reviews and...
Why not get an AMD X2 that you might be able to unlock to an X4. Then you could afford the SSD and with the possibly of a higher end CPU. You can always add more memory later if you need to save money that way.
Thank you all of your replies, but I may end up going in another direction. Although I have certainly heard of virtualization before, I never thought that I had a compelling reason to try it. This may be that perfect circumstance. I could image the existing server over to either a new server or...
I have a 5 year old server that needs to keep running. It is currently running Server 2003 and SQL 2000. I am getting worried that the hard drives are getting old. I have mirrored 74 Gig Raptors for the OS and mirrored 10K 74 Gig SCSI for the SQL database. My database is currently about 45 Gigs...
Does anyone know if these fake anti-virus programs are spread through email or the Internet? Also, does it matter which browser you are using?
Also, it seems like the only way that I can get rid of them now is to logoff the computer and then launch Task Manager and Malwarebytes as soon as...
I was in a similar situation to yours a few months ago. I really wanted an Intel G2, but I knew that any of the Indilinx drives would also be a good choice. Because I was not in a hurry, I was able to wait until what I felt was a good deal came my way. I got the Agility 60 for $130 after rebate...
Your problems maybe related to the 64-bit OS. It sounds like your old drive may be sitting around still. Swap the OS drive out and then see if it affects your ability to overclock.
It is interesting to see the price of drives fluctuate in even a relatively short period of time. I bought a 60gig Agility drive shortly after the Intel G2 came out and only paid $130 for it after rebate. Then the demand and availability for the Intel caused the prices on that drive to go crazy...
I also used Acronis to clone my old Raptor to my new Agility drive. Everything worked fine; however, I later put my Raptor back in and repartitioned the Agility. My CrystalDiskMark went up about 5-10%. To be fair, this was the secondary drive and not the OS drive. I am waiting for my real copy...
I think that Trim also needs to be supported in the driver. That is why the same chipset supports Trim in single drive mode but not in RAID mode. A different driver is used depending on what mode the chipset is in. I wonder if Intel is waiting until their drive supports Trim until they update...
I know that Newegg is just trying to make as much as they can from what is currently a limited resource, but I am sure that Intel cannot be happy about this price gouging. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts.
ZZF has a Fly Buy Deal on the Agility 60G for $159 before a $30 Rebate Card. I assume the Intel will be back down to reasonable levels soon (maybe), but at this price I figured it would make a great toy. After reading Anand's SSD article today, it looks like this is still worlds ahead of my old...
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