Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:12:54 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS melting under postgres... Message-ID: <476675D6.7060905@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <fk3l7f$g1g$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <47606C09.2070209@isc.org> <06CAC7FC-DB58-441D-A6E0-76D1D8133393@tamu.edu> <86ir31xwlu.fsf@ds4.des.no> <ADCCD5E6-A792-49B9-A346-753176C12F2E@tamu.edu> <fjuljp$cvb$1@ger.gmane.org> <476343B4.8080208@FreeBSD.org> <fk09p8$b16$1@ger.gmane.org> <86tzmk54tt.fsf@ds4.des.no> <fk0ue7$bp$1@ger.gmane.org> <86r6hmsnew.fsf@ds4.des.no> <9bbcef730712160657r79507740m2b6d7d4b787c99a5@mail.gmail.com> <86zlwafvld.fsf@ds4.des.no> <fk3l7f$g1g$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > I'm interested in how SSD could help me (if they actually can) with > large-ish systems running web servers with associated software (e.g. > database) and office-like servers. So far, I'm having trouble > envisioning a seek-intensive storage application that's also temporary > (to avoid keeping the "real" data on flash drives). Maybe a mail server > queue, with mailboxes on standard drives? > Yep. Although, I don't know if the "cheap" SSDs mentioned can compete with the SD-RAM backed "super SSDs". Because, in the mail-server scenario (also: clamav-box, spamassassin etc.), all you really want to have is I/O. I don't know if the flash-based "SSDs" can really compete in that area. cheers, Rainer
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