Consumer drive in server

[Monkey5283]

Can you use consumer ssd in a server environment 

[Slayerking92]

yes

[Shimejii]

Probably would be fine, just depends on longevity 

[Windows7ge]

You can it's just you may not have the same support/warranty, they may run hotter, they may not be rated for as many write operations before failure, not rated for 24/7 operation, etc.

 

They will work though.

[dalekphalm]

Yes, definitely. I have a Dell T410 server at home that I'm using several consumer HDD's and a consumer SSD in.

 

Note: SAN appliances (like Dell EqualLogics) typically MUST use their own firmware, which means you have to buy a certified drive from them. Even if you get literally the exact same drive from the manufacturer, it won't work.

 

But most Servers are wide open and will work with just about any HDD or SSD.

[Jarsky]

Are you talking for home or a business?

 

Consumer SSD's are typically Read oriented using TLC/QLC nand with SLC/MLC buffers that make them fast. 

Those caches may not be suitable depending on your application, and in RAID arrays if the RAID doesnt support TRIM then it can have a very noticeable adverse affect on performance with consumer drives.

 

Enterprise drives are typically MLC (or at the very expensive end some are SLC), and they typically use SAS for bi-lateral communication which has different operations being Read Intensive, Write Intensive and Mixed use depending on your application of them in your environment. 

 

 

Can you use Consumer SSD's in a server environment? Yes

Should you use Consumer SSD's in a server environment? Depends on the use case

 

[Monkey5283]

1 hour ago, Jarsky said:

Are you talking for home or a business?

 

Consumer SSD's are typically Read oriented using TLC/QLC nand with SLC/MLC buffers that make them fast. 

Those caches may not be suitable depending on your application, and in RAID arrays if the RAID doesnt support TRIM then it can have a very noticeable adverse affect on performance with consumer drives.

 

Enterprise drives are typically MLC (or at the very expensive end some are SLC), and they typically use SAS for bi-lateral communication which has different operations being Read Intensive, Write Intensive and Mixed use depending on your application of them in your environment. 

 

 

Can you use Consumer SSD's in a server environment? Yes

Should you use Consumer SSD's in a server environment? Depends on the use case

 

I have a dell power edge R610 that I wanna use for nas and game server duty using unraid