Running consumer ssd in a server has been deemed hazardous and silly… but that’s only the case when your utilizing a hardware raid solution.
Provided you have UPS systems and software storage that can talk to the disk directly its perfectly safe. We use Ceph!
These are tested with FIO on a Dell M620 with H310 JBOD mode controller.
Micron/Crucial M500
running IO "sequential read" test... result is 491.86MB per second running IO "sequential write" test... result is 421.42MB per second running IO "seq read/seq write" test... result is 228.74MB/184.88MB per second running IO "random read" test... result is 240.35MB per second equals 61530.2 IOs per second running IO "random write" test... result is 230.34MB per second equals 58968.2 IOs per second running IO "rand read/rand write" test... result is 93.90MB/94.01MB per second equals 24038.8/24067.5 IOs per second
Micron/Crucial M550
running IO "sequential read" test... result is 523.79MB per second running IO "sequential write" test... result is 476.59MB per second running IO "seq read/seq write" test... result is 211.70MB/173.50MB per second running IO "random read" test... result is 253.36MB per second equals 64861.0 IOs per second running IO "random write" test... result is 233.42MB per second equals 59754.2 IOs per second running IO "rand read/rand write" test... result is 102.42MB/102.28MB per second equals 26219.5/26184.0 IOs per second
Micron M600
running IO "sequential read" test... result is 507.47MB per second running IO "sequential write" test... result is 477.18MB per second running IO "seq read/seq write" test... result is 198.38MB/166.73MB per second running IO "random read" test... result is 244.66MB per second equals 62633.2 IOs per second running IO "random write" test... result is 238.35MB per second equals 61017.5 IOs per second running IO "rand read/rand write" test... result is 103.10MB/102.95MB per second equals 26393.8/26354.0 IOs per second
Sandisk 960GB SSD Extreme Pro
running IO "sequential read" test... result is 394.66MB per second running IO "sequential write" test... result is 451.28MB per second running IO "seq read/seq write" test... result is 181.48MB/158.89MB per second running IO "random read" test... result is 255.99MB per second equals 65533.5 IOs per second running IO "random write" test... result is 223.86MB per second equals 57309.2 IOs per second running IO "rand read/rand write" test... result is 71.47MB/71.46MB per second equals 18296.0/18294.2 IOs per second
Crucial MX300 1TB
running IO "sequential read" test... result is 504.80MB per second running IO "sequential write" test... result is 501.97MB per second running IO "seq read/seq write" test... result is 239.47MB/210.71MB per second running IO "random read" test... result is 175.78MB per second equals 45000.0 IOs per second running IO "random write" test... result is 291.85MB per second equals 74713.5 IOs per second running IO "rand read/rand write" test... result is 137.10MB/137.09MB per second equals 35096.8/35095.0 IOs per second