Intel DC S3700 Series Taylorsville SSDSC2BA200G301 2.5" 200GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Purchased this drive for use as a SLOG on an HDD-only ZFS RAIDZ array. Unfortunately, it's one of the few SSDs that's really able to support the use case without the possibility of data loss, due to the employment of power loss protection capacitors. But what an SSD! The individual drive specs are well-published elsewhere, so I won't repeat them here. But for use as a SLOG device, marvelous. After adding the SLOG, 4K random write over sync NFS, my throughput raised from around 2MB/s to around 30MB/s. Similar increases in throughput throughout the write range. I'm using the array as a VMware datastore, via sync NFS share. Prior to adding the SLOG, write operations in a VM were unbearably slow. Access times varied wildly, and maxed out in the 1-2s range. Now seeing access times averaging around 1ms (over 1Gbps ethernet) and spiking (rarely) around 12ms. Needless to say, I am very happy with the results.

Cons: None found so far.

Overall Review: Overall a much better choice than iSCSI or async NFS. The price is a bit steep, but I am happy I paid it. VMs are now extremely responsive, and consistent. Would be nice to see some other SSD makers put their focus on consistent performance and (!!!) power loss protection.

Pros: - High drive write endurance ~14 PB compared to the S3500's ~450TB drive life. - Fast - Intel - Works in almost any bit of hardware - Capacitor backed to ensure writes do not get corrupted. - Not too expensive for an enterprise grade SSD

Cons: None

Overall Review: Great drives to use in a mirror as a ZFS ZIL SLOG

Pros: While other SSD's may benchmark higher in peak write speeds of sequential data, OR random data, the DC S3700 has something the others do not, and that is consistent performance under all loads. It does this 24/7 nonstop because of its automated garbage collection. This lets the drive run in systems that do not support TRIM, like legacy operating systems or a RAID array. It also has a small built in battery backup to ensure the contents of the buffer are flushed to disk in the event of a power loss. This drive also has extremely high endurance, over the 10 Petabyte range. This is the drive to have if you want consistent, reliable, long term flash storage.

Cons: This thing is a bit pricey. I wish it would come down about %20 more.

Pros: Personal opinion doesn't really mean much. Search Google and read some real reviews where they do detailed analysis of this drive. Basically this drive is: 1) Fast. 2) Immortal. The write life is insane and is made for heavy duty server applications. 3) Reliable. The internal algorithms of this drive are made to ensure consistent performance. While most consumer drives have inconsistent performance as the internal cleanup operations are executed.

Cons: Price per gig.

Overall Review: I am using it for my OS in my linux file server.

Pros: Working flawlessly in mission critical environment.

Cons: none so far.