This is a tricky question, as there are two types of SSD, commercial grade and consumer grade.
A consumer grade or retail SSD is NOT SUITABLE for a server, as it could fail within a mater of months when installed on hight traffic servers, however if you have a single domain, with not much traffic you will maybe (if you are very lucky), get a year or two. All servers are constantly accessing their storage drives, so a retail SSD, will be under major stress. The problem is that when an SSD fails, if fails completely, usually without any warning.
A commercial grade SSD, is designed for longevity and (in most cases) can handle a server environment. Where there are never any guarantees, you should get a good few years or service. The problem with commercial grade SSD’s is that they can cost a silly amount of money, meaning for most home users, it is just bad value for money, and yes, all SSD’s fail completely when they are done (in most cases).
So, for most people, I don’t recommend using an SSD for the above reason, I recommend using a good quality mechanical HDD, but as always what hardware you use is nothing to do with me, so you should make your own mind up, and do your own research.
A while ago I had an email from someone using EHCP force on a 10 year old laptop, asking about which SSD he should “upgrade” it to, I sent him link to an commercial grade SSD, that was suitable for his needs and the price tag was around £1000, I also sent him a link to a good quality HDD, with a price tag of £80, and explained about the issues with using an SSD. As his old HDD was failing, he went for the £80 HDD. This was a few years ages, and as far as I know, he is still using his £80 HDD.
An SSD is great for a desktop PC, as the performance increased is massive, but I don’t recommend using one on a home server, I suggest you leave that to the rich hosting companies.
Just to clear though, there is nothing in Ubuntu or EHCP force that will not work on an SSD.
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