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Review on πŸ’Ύ Kingston Digital 60GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) Solid State Drive: Improved Performance and Reliability by Chad Myers

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Kingston 60GB V300 SSD SATA3

I bought a couple of these Kingston 60GB SSDs (previous generation of these drives) as my system drive (for OS and configuration data) two years ago and I have exactly watched how they performed, how they behaved, how they dealt with TRIM and everything else. They have held up perfectly, there can be no question of performance losses. They're used on two always-on servers and mirrored to a slow-spinning hard drive, but with a large pending write queue, so write speeds aren't too bad if you're not writing much during. Like updating 30 software packages or something. Reading is only done on SSDs, so you rarely notice there's also an HDD in the mix. Based on that I bought them for another system but as mirrors for each other. So far they're fast, bullet-like, and good value for money. Not necessarily the first product that comes to mind for a server, but they've held up like soldiers and are exactly what you need.

Pros
  • Best in its niche
Cons
  • Not satisfied with everything