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Here is Brendan Gregg showing how vibrations can affect disk latency:

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I'm an absolute noob here, but is using SSD racks for storage a feasible option cost wise and for this issue in particular?

Absolutely it's an option

It's gonna cost more

But it's also going to be nearly vibration-free (just the PSU fans), and stupidly-fast

No, ssds are still way to expensive If you don't need the performance.

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I'm an absolute noob here, but is using SSD racks for storage a feasible option cost wise and for this issue in particular?

Absolutely it's an option

It's gonna cost more

But it's also going to be nearly vibration-free (just the PSU fans), and stupidly-fast

No, ssds are still way to expensive If you don't need the performance.

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