SSD Amahi Drive

[dalben]

I'm in the midst of configuring a server for Amahi. I have a 500Gb seagate lying around that I was going to use for the System disk (OS, Amahi, Applications etc) but I'm wondering whether a 64Gb SSD Drive will suffice.

I want the disk to run the OS and Amahi. Host some apps like SABNNZBD, SickBeard, Tansmission etc so I can keep just one drive spinning all the time (or whatever an SSD does) and keep the storage/data drives spinning only when they need to be accessed. I intend to have 4 x 2TB drives and greyhole running over them.

So, would a 64Gb SSD do the job for me ? Or should I use the 500Gb Seagate instead.

[bigfoot65]

You could use the SSD drive, but you will need to mount your shares on the 500GB drive. There are a few users who have their OS on SSD.

If you intend to your Greyhole, you will need to ensure your landing zone is moved off the SSD drive though. We have seen in the past where there are issues with the SSD being too fast for it. Think there might be a few posts in the forums regarding SSD.

SSD is great for desktop, but don't see a big advantage using it for a server. Since most of your disk activity will be with shares. 62Gb is not big enough to hold OS and shares for most.

I have seen a big benefit with Windows and SSD, just not sure about a server OS. I have not done much research, just my opinion.

[dalben]

Cool, thanks for that. Just the answer and reasoning I was looking for.

I guess that allows me to move the SSD budget to my desktop.