BUILD Great deal on HGST SLC SAS Enterprise SSD as boot drive, ZIL or ARC

[traderjay]

Hey guys - I just bought this drive from ebay and the seller is great - http://www.ebay.com/itm/HGST-100GB-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

HDD is brand new with zero power cycle count and the price is decent too! Makes a great drive for boot, ZIL or ARC especially that it is enterprise grade SSD using SLC NANDs.

 

[zoomzoom]

You'd get a better value with spending $50 more and buying an 250GB 850 EVO (1 or 2) or an additional $37 for the 850 Pro, which comes with a 10yr warranty (EVOs are 5yr).

 

[Ericloewe]

It's probably not going to be a good SLOG (if it even has power loss protection), it's too small for most L2ARC applications and overkill for a boot drive (SAS for booting? What a pain in the ass...).

 

[traderjay]

It's probably not going to be a good SLOG (if it even has power loss protection), it's too small for most L2ARC applications and overkill for a boot drive (SAS for booting? What a pain in the ass...).

Yeah maybe the capacity is insufficient but I just reinstalled my FreeNAS into this drive and everything is working great since I have a few spare SAS ports.