Hi Guys, Just bought a Gigabyte BRIX for a small remote node. The idea is to run esxi and then to begin with a VM for a opsview / nagios node. Wanted to know if anyone had any advise for a cheap and cheerful msata ssd. Roughly I think opsview recommends 80GB. I was thinking 120GB. An recommendations., made consideration is cost.
Crucial M550 if you require higher write speeds, M500/m4 if you don't mind the sub-200MB/s writes in exchange for lower price.
That M4 is simply ideal for what you need it for imo. Although I suspect it's the 128GB version and not the 128MB revision.
Samsung EVO and mushkin Atlas DX are also some great choices in msata ssd. At least in the US both have a very good price. Very competitive price against the Crucial but both have faster writes and better overall random performance. These are probably the 2 best msata ssd available currently. Only some m.2/pci-e stuff has better performance.
Had a little rethink, 128GB/ 120GB might be a little tight if I want to add any more vms. Might add local read only DC's and or printservers in the near future so thinking that this 256Gb might be worth it. http://www.ebuyer.com/497442-crucial-240gb-m500-msata-ssd-ct240m500ssd3 Jinq-sea if it was for me I would have bought it but as its work claiming back the cash on expenses would be a near impossibilty..
