In this series I am going to be looking at how PCI-E SSDs can be used with VDI, I’ll be covering the hardware in use, the user experience and also why I believe PCI-E SSDs to be the best option to get your virtual desktops running as fast as possible.
Tag: Solid State
3 months in – OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 in a Server
Its been a little while since posting What happens when you put a OCZ PCI-E SSD in a server? and I thought I would give an update to its progress. After 2520 hours powered on (about 105 days or 3.5 months) the SSD is yet to give us any trouble – that’s while hosting 3 a fully active virtual machines… Read more
Why I’m looking forwards to Windows 8 Tablets
Last year just before Christmas I was very close to getting a Motorola Xoom Android Tablet PC but after much thought I changed my mind and decided that I would wait for Windows 8. Looking at the reasons below most of these relate to my nature as a IT professional and how I would use the tablet at both home,… Read more
SSDs – almost at the £1/1GB price point!
After the previous article looking at the merits of a Solid State drive in a server I had a root around the Internet and found out that normal 2.5″ (Notebook PC sized) SSDs are nearly at the £1/1GB magical price point. The particular drive I’m looking at is the OCZ Technology 120GB Agility 3 from dabs.com which currently ships (free… Read more
What happens when you put a OCZ PCI-E SSD in a server?
For a while I’ve been wondering just how well a PCI-Express Solid State drive would work inside a standard off the shelf rack mounted server. Finally I have been given the chance to find out and as it turns out everything works quite nicely. The solid state in question is a OCZ Revo Drive 3 x2 240GB (from Novatech) and the server is a… Read more