SSD's in mail server good idea?

I am researching on hard drives and was wondering if SSD's are a good
choice for fast storage? I am read conflicting stories about their
reliability. Some think they wear out quickly with many I/O writes.
Others claim they are more reliable because they have no moving parts.

My thought is that they are reliable enough for a few years but my
main concern is their effectiveness in using them in a mail server.
What about their seek time and speed in a medium traffic server like
10000 messages/day? I plan to use them in a Raid 1 configuration and I
am not sure if there are controllers out there which can be used with
SSD's.

Tony

 

>I am researching on hard drives and was wondering if SSD's are a good
>choice for fast storage? I am read conflicting stories about their
>reliability. Some think they wear out quickly with many I/O writes.
>Others claim they are more reliable because they have no moving parts.
>
>My thought is that they are reliable enough for a few years but my
>main concern is their effectiveness in using them in a mail server.
>What about their seek time and speed in a medium traffic server like
>10000 messages/day? I plan to use them in a Raid 1 configuration and I
>am not sure if there are controllers out there which can be used with
>SSD's.
>
>Tony

Read Anand's article on SSDs and make your choice from there:
http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531

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