Hello to all,
My company is currently using ESXi 6.0 (free version) hosting four virtual machines. It is configured with two datastore hard drive devices with a total capacity of two terabytes. Are SSD devices reliable enough these days to run virtual machines on them? The virtual machines that are currently hosted are critical systems used in a business environment hosting databases. I have researched a number of articles that state SSDs are limited to a finite number of reads and writes before they fail. I plan on using VMware ESXi Essentials on a new server. I am debating on whether I should use traditional hard disk drives or SSDs.
Also, i plan on hosting about eight to ten VMs on the new server. Can anyone recommend a server brand that would be ideal for this type of setup? I am considering SuperMicro.
I hope this is not too vague.
Thank you!