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  • 1.  Sage100 Advanced (2018-2020) and SSD's

    Posted 09-03-2020 17:42

    Hi All.

    A number of years ago, one of our clients tried putting SSD's in their server, instead of SAS 10K or 15K drives in a raid array.

    Relatively quickly they ran into problems with the SSD's going "bad" due to all the reading/writing that happens in Sage100.  They ended up having to replace the SSD's with rotational drives, and the problems went away immediately.

    Forward to today - a different client is asking if they should get SSD's in their new server for reliability and performance.  It is a dell server, and the SSD's are available "mixed-use"  "write-intensive" and "read-intensive"

    Does anyone have any specific experience with SSD's in a server for Sage100 advanced, and if so, can advise on the experience and the spec's on the drives ?

    Thanks in advance

    Jeff F.



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    Jeff Fiddelman
    Exeplex, LLC
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  • 2.  RE: Sage100 Advanced (2018-2020) and SSD's

    Posted 09-03-2020 18:07
    SSD notice on Windows 10, not sure if it affected Windows server too

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-tests-fix-for-bug-that-defrags-ssd-drives-too-often/

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    Moira Goggin
    Executive Director
    90 Minds, Inc.
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  • 3.  RE: Sage100 Advanced (2018-2020) and SSD's

    Posted 09-03-2020 20:00
    I thought SSDs didn't need defragging because they are random access.  Mechanical hard drives need it to reduce the amount of physical movement retrieving a file.
    And I love how as the ability to refuse updates decreases, so does the quality control on the updates.

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    Phil McIntosh
    President
    Friendly Systems, Inc.
    Asheville NC
    678.273.4010 ext 5
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