HP Thin Clients Flash/SSD Selection Technical white paper

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Technical white paper

HP Thin Clients Flash/SSD

Selection

Table of contents

Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Considerations for selecting storage devices ......................................................................................................................... 2

Operating system write filter enablement .......................................................................................................................... 2

Operating system size ............................................................................................................................................................. 2

NAND flash and flash controllers .......................................................................................................................................... 2

Comparing flash storage devices, uMLC option to hard disk drives .............................................................................. 3

Storage requirements .............................................................................................................................................................. 3

HP recommendations ................................................................................................................................................................... 3

For more information ................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Summary of content (5 pages)

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Technical white paper HP Thin Clients Flash/SSD Selection Table of contents Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Considerations for selecting storage devices .......
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Executive summary Windows-based thin client environments that include more than the typical virtualized desktop scenario and/or require writes to the local storage device should be carefully evaluated and may need a higher endurance and/or larger capacity local storage device. This paper provides considerations for selecting the appropriate storage device and recommendations from HP for optimal performance and data accessibility.
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Comparing flash storage devices, uMLC option to hard disk drives Use the following table to compare the capacity and price of solid-state drives based on SLC flash memory, MLC flash memory, uMLC flash memory, and a typical 500 GB hard-disk drive (HDD).
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HP Configuration (Windows-based) HP Recommendation All products using Enhanced Write Filter with MLC flash Standard SSD offered, typically 16 GB or 32 GB MLC Thin Client using Disabled Write Filter or File-Based Write Filter with local application writing regularly to flash Windows Embedded Standard 7: 16 GB uMLC SSD Windows Embedded 8 or later: 64 GB MLC SSD 4 t820, mt41, mt40, other notebook designs with File-Based Write Filter or Disabled Write Filter 64 GB or larger MLC SSD or HDD t510, t610 wi
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For more information For more technical information about flash technology, see the following article: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03757461.pdf. Contact HP Support for additional information about selecting your storage device. To help us improve our documents, please provide feedback at hp.com/solutions/feedback. Sign up for updates hp.com/go/getupdated © Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are U.S.