Intel SSD 320 series vs SATA2

Hello,

I need some advice who knows about hard drives.I'm about to lease a dedicated server and I'm debating whether I should get 2 tb sata 2 or 240 gb SSD.240 gb is enough for me, but what I'm more interested in is the speed.I will be managing 100k+ files and each file will be around 500 kb, so I need some really good speed when it comes to reading and writing.

Can you pls advise me should I go with SSD or Sata 2

Btw, price doesn't matter and it's almost the same.

Also, if you could link me to a good resource to read about how SSD could be better or Sata 2 could be better, that would be great.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

Anyone ?

SSDs have great read access speed, so since you are going to be managing lots of files, it 's the best choice. Make sure it 's a good quality SSD though, there 's huge differences among them - check benchmarks to find out more.

SSD for sure... even cheap SSD is going to be faster than a good SATA2

Upgraded from Sata 15k to Intel SSD 320 and load average went from 2-3 down to 0.25-0.75