SSD HDD in PCs

[Renfield-64]

Hi,

I am about to buy 5 new PCs for our school and have been quoted on 120GB SATA Solid State Drive 2.5" instead of normal HDDs.

Are there any drawbacks to using SSDs over normal HDDs? The storage size is enough.

 

We are currently running all PCs here as 32Bit Windows Enterprise Pro but sometime within the next year we are likely to upgrade to Win 10.

 

Thanks.

[DJ-1701]

Personally, I wouldn't want to get anything that is not an SSD now for the Operating System at least. Especially if you are moving to Windows 10 soon.

[3s-gtech]

Drawbacks? Honestly, in workstations where local storage isn't often needed, no. They're quicker, quieter, more reliable and flexible. We made the switch to SSD only in 2013 and I have never regretted it. Hugely reduced my maintenance workload.

[caffrey]

I wouldn't touch anything now without a SSD in it

[LeMarchand]

Yep; even my at my schools where money is tight I insist on SSDs in anything new (or refurbed).

 

The only problem we had was in our suite where cached profiles were filling up the disks. Just set a GPO to delete any older than x days and all was fine. The machines only take seconds to create a new profile if necessary.

[bald_pig]

I can't see why people still buy machines without an SSD, you'd be mad to get a machine with just a HDD

[localzuk]

SSDs all the way now. Only place I buy HDDs now is for our onsite backup NAS. Our central storage is all SSD too.

[DalekSec]

SSDs are soooo 2016, M.2 NVMe drives are the future now!

 

On a serious note, i agree with what everyone else is saying. SSDs trump HDD in everything bar size. And in a place where size doesn't matter you'd be stupid not get an SSD!

[bald_pig]

SSDs are soooo 2016, M.2 NVMe drives are the future now!

 

On a serious note, i agree with what everyone else is saying. SSDs trump HDD in everything bar size. And in a place where size doesn't matter you'd be stupid not get an SSD!

 

Even in a place where size does matter, I'd still run an SSD alongside a HDD for additional storage

[DalekSec]

Even in a place where size does matter, I'd still run an SSD alongside a HDD for additional storage

 

Agreed, but depends on form factor, we mainly have SFF so only space for the one drive (not OneDrive)

[bald_pig]

Agreed, but depends on form factor, we mainly have SFF so only space for the one drive (not OneDrive)

 

What happened to M.2? lol

[Arthur]

SSDs trump HDD in everything bar size.

Do you mean price because SSDs are available in capacities larger than 14TB if you have the money?

 

https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/08/seagate-unveils-60tb-ssd-the-worlds-largest-hard-drive

www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/8/1/12342696/samsung-pm1633a-ssd-15tb-storage-drive-specs-price

 

Agreed, but depends on form factor, we mainly have SFF so only space for the one drive

Even Intel NUCs have space for two drives (M.2 PCIe NVMe and 2.5") depending on model. Both of them could be SSDs or you could have one of each (SSD + HDD).

Edited October 13, 2017 by Arthur

[DalekSec]

Yes there is exceptions to the rule, but the majority of PCs that are for enterprise/schools don't have m.2!

 

Well our dell ones we buy that are SFF don't have M.2 and only have the one drive bay!

 

Intel NUCs might have m.2 but the cheaper ones only have tiny CPUs!

 

and not heard of the 14TB SSD thats awesome!

 

( i use exclamation marks to much! )

[caffrey]

Only problem with SSDs is the price seems to go up instead of down - I was hoping we would be achieving price parity with traditional hard drives by now

[Renfield-64]

Thank you guys, that has alaid my fears.