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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on SSD
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Hi,

On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:05:10 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

> >
> > You will have to read afterwards the same 8GB over and over again to
> > make the drive believe that you want to have these 8GB faster.
> 
> and do it randomly. disk is for sure smart enough to not cache long
> linear reads .
> 
> >
> > How to make sure that the data is really cached?
> > There is no way.
> true.
> 
> That's why i don't like such solution. And such drive is very
> expensive.
> 
past tense. When I was shopping last month I saw a significant drop in
the price of these drives. I would have bought one if its height would
have been 7mm.

I do not know if it was mistake by the dealer or what else caused the
sudden drop.

Erich